The Guardian's Reading Guide for Iain Banks

 I read Iain Banks in prison, Consider Phlebas. I think it one of the best science fiction novels for creating a truly unique society. I recommend it, highly. I only wish I might have read some of his literary fiction.

The Guardian's Where to start with: Iain Banks may be a help to you, if you want to double-check my opinion.

This month marks 10 years since the award-winning novelist Iain Banks died aged 59. The beloved Scottish writer, who wrote literary fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M Banks, began his writing career with the hit novel The Wasp Factory in 1984. He went on to write more than 30 books, including novels, short story collections and Raw Spirit, a travelogue of Scotland and its whisky distilleries. (In 2006 the author won Celebrity Mastermind, his specialist subject being malt whiskies.) In celebration of Banks’ rich and varied work, Steven Poole picks out some good ways in to his world.

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