Books in Order: A Comprehensive Guide to Robert Rankin's Novels
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Robert Rankin writes what he's called "Far-Fetched Fiction" — his own invented genre label for a style that mixes science fiction, the occult, urban legend, steampunk, and outright gags into something singular. Raised in Brentford, a London suburb, he uses the place as the backdrop for much of his work, spread across series including Brentford, Cornelius Murphy, and Japanese Devil Fish Girl.
His debut novel, The Antipope, appeared in 1981. This guide runs all ten Brentford novels in publication order, from that 1981 start through 2019's The Chronicles of Banarnia — nearly four decades of a genre entirely of Rankin's own invention.
Start with Book 1: The Antipope
Find it on Amazon →| Start here The Antipope | (1981) | 📚 Find The Antipope on Amazon → |
| The Brentford Triangle | (1982) | 📚 Find The Brentford Triangle on Amazon → |
| East of Ealing | (1984) | 📚 Find East of Ealing on Amazon → |
| The Sprouts of Wrath | (1988) | 📚 Find The Sprouts of Wrath on Amazon → |
| The Brentford Chainstore Massacre | (1997) | 📚 Find The Brentford Chainstore Massacre on Amazon → |
| Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls | (1999) | 📚 Find Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls on Amazon → |
| Knees Up Mother Earth | (2004) | 📚 Find Knees Up Mother Earth on Amazon → |
| The Brightonomicon | (2005) | 📚 Find The Brightonomicon on Amazon → |
| The Lord of the Ring Roads | (2017) | 📚 Find The Lord of the Ring Roads on Amazon → |
| The Chronicles of Banarnia | (2019) | 📚 Find The Chronicles of Banarnia on Amazon → |