Ben H. Winters books

Ben H. Winters is an American author known for genre-blending novels including the Edgar Award-winning Last Policeman trilogy and literary mashups like Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination 2013 Buy
Indy Writes Books 2014 Buy
Dead Man’s Hand 2014 Buy
The End is Now 2014 Buy
The End Has Come 2015 Buy
Manhattan Mayhem 2015 Buy
The Highway Kind 2016 Buy

Ben H. Winters Audiobooks

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Hitchhikers 2025 Buy

Literally Disturbed Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Tales to Keep You Up at Night 2013 Buy
More Tales to Keep You Up at Night 2014 Buy
Romantically Disturbed 2014 Buy

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Jewish Comedy Thesaurus 2007 Buy

Plays

Title Published Buy on Amazon
AFairy Tale 2008 Buy
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere 2010 Buy
Uncle Pirate 2011 Buy
Q&A 2021 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Test Drive 2017 N/A

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman 2009 Buy
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters 2009 Buy
Android Karenina 2010 Buy
Bedbugs 2011 Buy
The Mystery of the Missing Everything 2011 Buy
Underground Airlines 2016 Buy
Golden State 2019 Buy
The Quiet Boy 2021 Buy
Self Help 2022 Buy
Stranger 2023 Buy
The Bonus Room 2023 Buy
Big Time 2024 Buy

The Last Policeman Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Ostatni policjant 2012 N/A
The Last Policeman 2012 Buy
Countdown City 2013 Buy
Opuszczone miasto 2013 N/A
Utracony świat 2014 N/A
World of Trouble 2014 Buy

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Travel 2001 Buy
Golf 2002 Buy
Christmas 2002 Buy
Parenting 2003 Buy
College 2 2004 Buy
Man Skills 2010 Buy
Expert Advice for Extreme Situations 2019 Buy
Apocalypse 2023 Buy
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook 1999 Buy
Dating and Sex 2001 Buy
Work 2003 Buy
University 2004 Buy
Weddings 2004 Buy
Life 2006 Buy
The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac 2006 Buy

Ben H. Winters writes across a wide range of genres, blending mystery, science fiction, horror, and literary fiction in ways that are hard to predict from one book to the next. He won the Edgar Award for The Last Policeman, a pre-apocalyptic mystery that asks what happens to law and order when the world is about to end.

His early work includes the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series, co-written with Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht, along with literary mashups that inserted monsters and robots into classic novels. He later shifted toward more serious fiction with Underground Airlines, an alternate-history thriller, and Golden State, a dystopian mystery about truth and lies. His plays, short fiction, and anthology contributions round out a body of work that resists easy categorization.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Ben H. Winters written?

Ben H. Winters has written 50 books across nine series.

What was Ben H. Winters's first book?

Ben H. Winters’s first book is The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, published in 1999.

What is Ben H. Winters best known for?

Ben H. Winters is best known for The Last Policeman trilogy, which won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original. The series follows a detective investigating murders while an asteroid heads toward Earth. He also gained attention for his literary mashups, including Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and Android Karenina.

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