Mainstream Fiction as Iain Banks
- The Wasp Factory (1984)
- Walking on Glass (1985)
- The Bridge (1986)
- Espedair Street (1987) — adapted for BBC radio in 1998 (directed by Dave Batchelor).
- Canal Dreams (1989)
- The Crow Road (1992) — adapted for BBC TV in 1996 (directed by Gavin Millar).
- Complicity (1993) — filmed in 2000 (directed by Gavin Millar), retitled Retribution for its US DVD/video release.
- Whit (1995)
- A Song of Stone (1997)
- The Business (1999)
- Dead Air (2002)
- The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007)
- Transition (2009) - published in the US as Iain M. Banks
Science Fiction as Iain M. Banks
Novels
The Culture novels
- Consider Phlebas (1987)
- The Player of Games (1988)
- Use of Weapons (1990)
- Excession (1996)
- Inversions (1998)
- Look to Windward (2000)
- Matter (2008)
- Surface Detail (2010)
Other novels
- Against a Dark Background (1993)
- Feersum Endjinn (1994)
- The Algebraist (2004)
Short fiction collections
- The State of the Art (1991)
- The fiction includes three short works set in the Culture universe. It also includes works of fiction more characteristic of Banks' writing published as Iain M. Banks.
Non-fiction
- Raw Spirit (2003) (a travelogue of Scotland and its whisky distilleries)
Introductions
Banks has written a number of introductions for works by other writers including:
- Viriconium (1988) by M. John Harrison, the Unwin edition, ISBN 0-04-440245-7.
- The Adventures of Luther Arkwright: Book 3, Götterdämmerung (1989) by Bryan Talbot from Proutt Publishing, ISBN 0-907865-03-8.
- The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three (1990) edited by David S. Garnett, ISBN 0-07-088833-7.
- The Human Front (2001) by Ken MacLeod, the PS Publishing edition, ISBN 1-902880-30-7 (hbk) and ISBN 1-902880-31-5 (pbk).
Contributions
Banks has contributed to a number of publications, including:
- New Writing Scotland (1983) ISBN 0-9502629-4-3. A poem of Banks's called 041. The title comes from the old subscriber trunk dialling code for Glasgow.
- The Edinburgh Pub Guide (1989) edited by James Bethell, Polygon Press, ISBN 0-7486-6053-4. A review of The Green Tree.
- The Culture #4 (2001) contained the words from the photo story Forbidden Love that Banks wrote for Viz, but which they would not publish without a cut that he would not agree to. It was written (and photographed) at the 1989 Eastercon.
- Critical Wave #26 (1992). After the death of Isaac Asimov, the fanzine contained appreciations of him by many SF authors including Banks.
- New Scientist #1865, pp38—9 (1993) has an article by Banks called Escape from the Laws of Physics about the science (or lack of it) in science fiction. Banks has also had a number of letters published in the magazine, for example, one on creationism in November 2005 .
- The Observer (7 February 1999). A review of the Tower Restaurant on the top floor at the Museum of Scotland in the Life magazine section.
- A Sense of Belonging to Scotland (2002), edited by Andy Hall, The Mercat Press, ISBN 1-84183-036-4. Banks contributed a few paragraphs to this book about the "favourite places of Scottish celebrities". His chosen place was the Forth Bridge.
- The Guardian (2 November 2002). A review of the M. John Harrison novel Light headlined Into the 10th Dimension.
- Novacon 36 Programme Book (2006). A fictional remembrance of Ken MacLeod (the guest of honour for the convention).
He was a semi-regular music reviewer for Marc Riley's Rocket Science radio show on BBC 6 Music. He was the subject of a
South Bank Show television programme broadcast on 16 November 1997, subtitled
The Strange Worlds of Iain Banks, which concentrated on his mainstream work.
The Curse Of Iain Banks, a play written by Maxton Walker, was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1999, with Banks contributing as a voice on tape. He has appeared on the BBC's political discussion television programme
Question Time.
At the beginning of 2006 Banks captained a team of writers to victory in a special series of
University Challenge on BBC2, beating a team of actors 185-105 (1 January 2006), and then the 'news' team 190-45 in the final (2 January 2006). He also won an edition of
Celebrity Mastermind, taking "Malt whisky & the distilleries of Scotland" as his specialist subject on BBC1 on 2 January 2006.