Russell Banks

Russell Banks

Russell Banks was born in 1940 and died in 2023., Russell Banks has written at least 55 books. Their most popular book is Cloudsplitter with 32 saves with an average rating of 3.67⭐.

Author Bio

Russell Banks was a member of the International Parliament of Writers and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes and awards. He has written fiction, and more recently, non-fiction, with Dreaming up America. His main works include the novels Continental Drift, Rule of the Bone, Cloudsplitter, The Sweet Hereafter, and Affliction. The latter two novels were each made into feature films in 1997.

Cloudsplitter

Cloudsplitter
ByRussell Banks

1998 • 32 Readers • 758 pages 3.7

Rule of the Bone

Rule of the Bone
ByRussell Banks

1995 • 29 Readers • 390 pages 4

The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter
ByRussell Banks

1991 • 27 Readers • 416 pages 4

The Lost Memory of Skin

2011 • 17 Readers • 436 pages 3.3

The Writer's Library

The Writer's Library
ByNancy Pearl,Jeff Schwager

2020 • 16 Readers • 368 pages 4

Continental Drift

Continental Drift
ByRussell Banks

1985 • 15 Readers • 408 pages 4.5

Unholy Ghost

Unholy Ghost
ByNell Casey(Editor),Al Álvarez(Contributor)

2001 • 13 Readers • 299 pages 3

Affliction

Affliction
ByRussell Banks

1989 • 12 Readers • 355 pages 4

The Magic Kingdom

The Magic Kingdom
ByRussell Banks

2022 • 10 Readers • 352 pages 3

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Varieties of Exile
ByMavis Gallant

2003 • 7 Readers • 324 pages

American Spirits

American Spirits
ByRussell Banks

2024 • 7 Readers • 241 pages

A Walk on the Wild Side

1956 • 6 Readers • 346 pages 4

A permanent member of the family

2013 • 6 Readers • 228 pages 4

Birthday Stories: Selected and Introduced by Haruki Murakami

Birthday Stories: Selected and Introduced by Haruki Murakami
ByDavid Foster Wallace,Paul Theroux,+10 more

2004 • 5 Readers • 182 pages 3

Moonbath

Moonbath
ByYanick Lahens,Emily Gogolak(Translator)

2014 • 5 Readers

The Reserve

The Reserve
ByRussell Banks

2009 • 5 Readers • 320 pages 3

Foregone

Foregone
ByRussell Banks

2021 • 4 Readers • 320 pages 3.5

Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times

2001 • 4 Readers • 268 pages

The Lost Memory of Skin

2011 • 4 Readers • 416 pages 5

The Darling

The Darling
ByRussell Banks

2004 • 4 Readers • 403 pages 3

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015
ByLaura Furman(Editor),Percival Everett(Contributor)

2015 • 3 Readers • 477 pages

Family Life

Family Life
ByRussell Banks

1987 • 2 Readers • 144 pages

Trailerpark

Trailerpark
ByRussell Banks

1981 • 2 Readers • 292 pages

Hamilton Stark

Hamilton Stark
ByRussell Banks,Arturo Patten

1978 • 2 Readers • 308 pages

Dreaming Up America

Dreaming Up America
ByRussell Banks

2011 • 2 Readers • 144 pages 3

Lost Classics

Lost Classics
ByMichael Ondaatje(Editor),Michael Redhill(Editor)

2000 • 2 Readers • 304 pages 4

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Beneath the Roses
ByRussell Banks(Collaborator),Gregory Crewdson(Photographer)

2 Readers 4.5

Voyager: Travel Writings

2016 • 2 Readers • 288 pages 4

Soñando América

Soñando América
ByRussell Banks

2004 • 1 Reader • 141 pages 4

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Sweet Hereafter
ByRussell Banks

1 Reader

Bridge of San Luis Rey

Bridge of San Luis Rey
ByThornton Wilder,Russell Banks

1927 • 1 Reader • 138 pages

Success Stories

Success Stories
ByRussell Banks

1986 • 1 Reader • 210 pages 4

Lost Memory of Skin

Lost Memory of Skin
ByRussell Banks

2011 • 1 Reader • 417 pages 3

La legge di Bone

La legge di Bone
ByRussell Banks,Massimo Birattari(Translator)

1995 • 1 Reader • 341 pages

I tradimenti

I tradimenti
ByRussell Banks,Gianni Pannofino(Translator)

2021 • 1 Reader • 357 pages

La deriva dei continenti

La deriva dei continenti
ByRussell Banks,Paola Brusasco(Translator)

1985 • 1 Reader • 482 pages

Lointain souvenir de la peau

Lointain souvenir de la peau
ByRussell Banks,Pierre Furlan(Translator)

2011 • 1 Reader • 544 pages

The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks

1999 • 1 Reader • 530 pages

The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories

1999 • 1 Reader • 667 pages 3

La terra della magia

La terra della magia
ByRussell Banks,Gianni Pannofino(Translator)

2022 • 1 Reader • 448 pages

The World Split Open: Great Authors on How and Why We Write

2014 • 1 Reader 5

Book of Jamaica

Book of Jamaica
ByRussell Banks

1980 • 1 Reader • 326 pages

The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970

1999 • 1 Reader • 652 pages 4

The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Short Stories Since 1970

1999 • 1 Reader • 652 pages

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1 Reader

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Foregone: A Novel
ByRussell Banks

1 Reader

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Varieties of Exile
ByRussell Banks

1 Reader

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1 Reader

The Angel on the Roof

The Angel on the Roof
ByRussell Banks

2001 • 1 Reader • 530 pages

The New World

The New World
ByRussell Banks

1978 • 1 Reader • 148 pages

The Relation of my Imprisonment

1983 • 1 Reader • 121 pages

La réserve

La réserve
ByRussell Banks

The Best American Short Stories 1971

The Best American Short Stories 1971
ByJack Cady,Don Mitchell,+19 more

1971 • 404 pages

Gegenströmung

Gegenströmung
ByRussell Banks

2003 • 508 pages

American darling

American darling
ByRussell Banks