John Banville Books / Benjamin Black Books in Order
John Banville Books / Benjamin Black has written 41 books, published between 1970 and 2025. The first book is Long Lankin (1970) and the newest is Venetian Vespers (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 41
- Published
- 1970–2025
- Pages on record
- 8,772 in 35 of 41 books
- Reading time
- 146–219 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,772 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 41 titles with a page count on record.
John Banville Books / Benjamin Black is the combined catalogue entry for 41 books dated 1970 to 2025. The list opens with Long Lankin (1970), Nightspawn (1971) and Birchwood (1973), then Doctor Copernicus (1976), Kepler (1981) and The Newton Letter (1982). The Book of Evidence (1989) and Ghosts (1993) follow. Subject tags include historical and psychological fiction, mystery, pathologists, scientists, Dublin and Ireland. Series include Quirke, Revolutions Trilogy, Frames: The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy, Cleave Trilogy and St. John Strafford, and Venetian Vespers (2025) is the newest title.
How many John Banville Books / Benjamin Black books are there?
John Banville Books / Benjamin Black has 41 books, released between 1970 and 2025. They include 6 series and 19 titles listed outside any series.
John Banville Books / Benjamin Black Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 41 John Banville Books / Benjamin Black books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Long Lankin1970 · 100 pages · confirmed 2/419701002/4
- 2Nightspawn1971 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/419711992/4
- 3Birchwood1973 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/419731762/4
- 419762412/4
- 519811922/4
- 619822332/4
- 7Mefisto1986 · 233 pages · confirmed 2/419862332/4
- 819892192/4
- 919932442/4
- 10The Broken Jug1994 · 84 pages · confirmed 2/41994842/4
- 1119952322/4
- 12The Untouchable1997 · 367 pages · confirmed 2/419973672/4
- 13The Supreme Fictions of John Banville1999 · 189 pages · confirmed 2/419991892/4
- 1420002112/4
- 15God's Gift2001 · 72 pages · confirmed 2/42001722/4
- 1620022572/4
- 17The Sea2005 · 195 pages · confirmed 2/420051952/4
- 1820063692/4
- 1920073042/4
- 20The Lemur (As:Benjamin Black)2008 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/420081322/4
- 21The Infinities2009 · 273 pages · confirmed 2/420092732/4
- 2220103042/4
- 232011–2/4
- 24Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader2012 · 501 pages · confirmed 2/420125012/4
- 2520122872/4
- 2620123042/4
- 2720133042/4
- 2820154232/4
- 29The Blue Guitar2015 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/420152552/4
- 30Time Pieces2016 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/420162122/4
- 31Wolf on a String / Prague Nights (As:Benjamin Black)2017 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/420173092/4
- 32Mrs. Osmond2017 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/420173692/4
- 3320203042/4
- 34Conversation in the Mountains2020 · 54 pages · confirmed 2/42020542/4
- 3520203042/4
- 362021–2/4
- 37The Singularities2022 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420223202/4
- 382023–2/4
- 392024–2/4
- 402024–2/4
- 41Venetian Vespers2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
John Banville Books / Benjamin Black series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Quirke books in order 9 books
John Banville Books / Benjamin Black books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Revolutions Trilogy in order
3 booksFrames: The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy in order
3 books- 1. The Book of Evidence
- 2. Ghosts
- 3. Athena
Cleave Trilogy in order
3 books- 1. Eclipse
- 2. Shroud
- 3. Ancient Light
St. John Strafford in order
3 booksBenjamin Black Poetry in order
1 bookStandalone books
19 books19 John Banville Books / Benjamin Black titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Banville Books / Benjamin Black books in order?
You only need to read John Banville Books / Benjamin Black books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with John Banville Books / Benjamin Black
Start with Christine Falls (2006), the first Quirke book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Long Lankin (1970).
What is the newest John Banville Books / Benjamin Black book?
Venetian Vespers (2025) is the newest John Banville Books / Benjamin Black book released so far.
Is there a new John Banville Books / Benjamin Black book coming?
No next John Banville Books / Benjamin Black book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John Banville Books / Benjamin Black at a glance
- Still publishing
- John Banville Books / Benjamin Black published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- John Banville Books / Benjamin Black books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,772 pages across the 35 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Banville Books / Benjamin Black books, 11 of 41, were published in the 2010s.
What the John Banville Books / Benjamin Black books are about
36 of the 41 John Banville Books / Benjamin Black books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dublin (ireland) is tagged on 8 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Dublin (Ireland) 8 of 36 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 36 books
- Historical fiction 6 of 36 books
- Ireland 5 of 36 books
- Pathologists 5 of 36 books
- Psychological fiction 5 of 36 books
- History 4 of 36 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 4 of 36 books
- Drama 3 of 36 books
- Irish authors 3 of 36 books
- Murder 3 of 36 books
- Scientists 3 of 36 books