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John Banville / Benjamin Black Books in Order
William John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. He also had a 30-year career working in the Irish newspaper industry and served as literary editor of The Irish Times from 1988 until 1999.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of John Banville / Benjamin Black's book series? John Banville / Benjamin Black has written 9 book series. The most notable is the Frames: The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by John Banville / Benjamin Black
- #1
The Book of Evidence(1989) - #2
Ghosts(1993) - #3
Athena(1995)
- #1
Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader(2012) - #2
Time Pieces(2016)
- #1
The Big Sleep (By: Raymond Chandler)(1939) - #2
Farewell, My Lovely (By: Raymond Chandler)(1940) - #3
The High Window (By: Raymond Chandler)(1942) - #4
The Lady in the Lake (By: Raymond Chandler)(1943) - #5
The Little Sister (By: Raymond Chandler)(1949) - #6
The Long Goodbye (By: Raymond Chandler)(1953) - #7
Playback (By: Raymond Chandler)(1958) - #8
Poodle Springs (By: Robert B. Parker,Raymond Chandler)(1989) - #9
Perchance to Dream (By: Robert B. Parker)(1991) - #10
The Black-Eyed Blonde / Marlowe (As: Benjamin Black)(2014) - #11
Only to Sleep (By: Lawrence Osborne)(2018) - #12
The Goodbye Coast (By: Joe Ide)(2022) - #13
The Second Murderer (By: Denise Mina)(2023)
- #1
Christine Falls(2006) - #2The Silver Swan(2007)
- #3
Elegy for April(2010) - #4
A Death in Summer(2011) - #5
Vengeance(2012) - #6
Holy Orders(2013) - #7
Even the Dead(2015) - #8
April in Spain(2021) - #9
The Lock-Up(2023)
- #1
Nightspawn(1971) - #2
Birchwood(1973) - #3Mefisto(1986)
- #4The Untouchable(1997)
- #5
The Sea(2005) - #6
The Lemur (As:Benjamin Black)(2008) - #7
The Infinities(2009) - #8
The Blue Guitar(2015) - #9
Wolf on a String / Prague Nights (As:Benjamin Black)(2017) - #10
Mrs. Osmond(2017) - #11
The Singularities(2022) - #12
Venetian Vespers(2025) - #13
God's Gift(2001) - #14Long Lankin(1970)
- #15
The Supreme Fictions of John Banville(1999) - #16
Timeless Voices, Modern Echoes (As: Benjamin Black)(2024) - #17
The Broken Jug(1994) - #18
Conversation in the Mountains(2020)
- #1
The Secret Guests (As: Benjamin Black)(2020) - #2
Snow(2020) - #3April in Spain(2021)
- #4The Lock-Up(2023)
- #5
The Drowned(2024)
- #1
Eclipse(2000) - #2Shroud(2002)
- #3
Ancient Light(2012)
- #1
Doctor Copernicus(1976) - #2Kepler(1981)
- #3
The Newton Letter(1982)
- #1
The Flaneur (By: Edmund White)(2001) - #2
Florence, a Delicate Case (By: David Leavitt)(2002) - #3
Prague Pictures(2003) - #4
Ghost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now (By: Patrick McGrath)(2005) - #5
Oxford Revisited: A City Revisited (By: Justin Cartwright)(2008) - #6Timeless Voices, Modern Echoes(2024)
- #7
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers(2005) - #8
Imagined Lives(2010) - #9
The Picador Book of 40(2012) - #10
Best European Fiction 2013(2012)
About John Banville / Benjamin Black
William John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. He also had a 30-year career working in the Irish newspaper industry and served as literary editor of The Irish Times from 1988 until 1999.
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