Michael Benson books

Michael Benson is a prolific American non-fiction author who writes true crime books and sports history, including the extensive Tales from the Team series.

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Who’s Who In The JFK Assassination 1988 Buy
Dream Teams: The Best Teams of All Time 1991 Buy
Monster Trucks 1994 Buy
Women In Racing 1996 Buy
Crashes & Collisions 1996 Buy
Muscle Cars: Thunder and Greased Lightning 1996 Buy
Convertibles: Sun, Wind & Speed 1997 Buy
The White Collar Offender 1999 Buy
Essential Bowling 2000 Buy
Dale Earnhardt 2000 Buy
Gloria Estefan 2000 Buy
Craps Strategy 2001 Buy
Lance Armstrong 2003 Buy
Alpha Bravo Delta Guide to War Planes 2004 Buy
Ronald W. Reagan 2004 Buy
Hank Aaron, Baseball Player 2004 Buy
William H. Taft 2004 Buy
Wayne Gretzky: Hockey Player 2004 Buy
The U.S. Marine Corps 2004 Buy
Inside Secret Societies 2005 Buy
The U.S. Coast Guard 2005 Buy
The U.S. Army 2005 Buy
Malcolm X 2005 Buy
Jeff Gordon 2005 Buy
Althea Gibson: Tennis Player 2005 Buy
How To Catch Him With His Pants Down 2006 Buy
Betrayal in Blood 2006 Buy
Lethal Embrace 2007 Buy
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly 2007 Buy
Everything You Wanted to Know About the New York Knicks 2007 Buy
Hooked Up for Murder 2007 Buy
Go F-Yourself 2008 Buy
Winning Words 2008 Buy
White-Collar Crime 2008 Buy
Organized Crime 2008 Buy
Murder in Connecticut 2008 Buy
Cons and Frauds. Criminal Investigations. 2008 Buy
Drug Crime 2008 Buy
The Burn Farm 2009 Buy
Ballparks of North America 2009 Buy
Mommy Deadliest 2010 Buy
The United Nations Conspiracy to Destroy America 2010 Buy
Killer Twins 2010 Buy
Michael Jackson Book: The Man and Legend 2010 Buy
A Killer’s Touch 2011 Buy
Watch Mommy Die 2011 Buy
A Knife in the Heart 2012 Buy
Evil Season 2012 Buy
Haunted Wexford 2014 Buy
The Devil at Genesee Junction 2015 Buy
Why the Grateful Dead Matter 2016 Buy
Escape from Dannemora 2017 Buy
Carmine the Snake 2018 Buy
Against All Odds: The Larry Rolla Story 2018 Buy
Nightmare in Rochester 2018 Buy
Haunting Homicides 2019 Buy
Brooklyn to Baghdad 2019 Buy
Mosquito Point Road 2020 Buy
Lord High Executioner 2020 Buy
The Age of Zodiac 2020 Buy
The Tenderloin 2020 Buy
The Wicked King Wicker 2021 Buy
Rochester’s Most Startling Crimes 2021 Buy
Mafia Hitman 2021 Buy
Gangsters vs. Nazis 2022 Buy
The Cigar 2023 Buy
Moguls: The Lives and Times of Hollywood Film Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck 2024 Buy
Red Hook: Brooklyn Mafia, Ground Zero 2024 Buy
Mafia Secrets: Untold Tales from the Hollywood Godfather 2025 Buy
Hollywood vs. Nazis 2026 Buy

Tales from the Team Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Flat Out and Half Turned Over 2002 Buy
Tales from the San Francisco Giants Dugout 2003 Buy
Tales from the Chicago Blackhawks Locker Room 2003 Buy
Tales from the Virginia Tech Sideline 2003 Buy
Tales from the Drag Strip 2004 Buy
Tales from Pinehurst 2004 Buy
Tales from the Cleveland Browns Sideline 2004 Buy
Tales from the New York Giants Sideline 2004 Buy
Tales from the Indianapolis Colts Sideline 2004 Buy
Tales from the Gonzaga Bulldogs Locker Room 2004 Buy
Tales from the New York Mets Dugout 2005 Buy
Tales from the Boston Bruins Locker Room 2011 Buy
Tales from the Dallas Mavericks Locker Room 2011 Buy
Tales from the Oregon Ducks Sideline 2011 Buy
Tales from the New York Jets Sideline 2011 Buy
Tales from the Oklahoma Sooner Sideline 2011 Buy
Tales from the New England Patriots Sideline 2011 Buy
Tales from the Philadelphia Eagles Sideline 2011 Buy
Tales from the New Jersey Devils Locker Room 2011 Buy
Tales from the Dallas Cowboys Sideline 2011 Buy
Tales from the Indiana Hoosiers Locker Room 2011 Buy
Tales from the Philadelphia Phillies Dugout 2011 Buy
Tales from the Indianapolis 500 2012 Buy
Tales from the Minnesota Twins Dugout 2012 Buy
Amazing Tales from the New York Yankees Dugout 2012 Buy
Tales from the 1962 New York Mets Dugout 2012 Buy
Tales from Augusta’s Fairways 2012 Buy
Bob Chandler’s Tales from the San Diego Padres Dugout 2012 Buy
Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room 2012 Buy
Tales from the Kansas Jayhawks Locker Room 2012 Buy
Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room 2012 Buy
Tales from the Angels Dugout 2012 Buy
Tales from the Wisconsin Badgers Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the West Virginia Mountaineers Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the Atlanta Falcons Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the San Francisco 49ers Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the USC Trojans Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the Florida State Seminoles Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the New Orleans Saints Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the Toronto Maple Leafs Locker Room 2012 Buy
Tales from the Buffalo Bills Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the Miami Hurricanes Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the Seattle Seahawks Sideline 2012 Buy
Tales from the Montreal Canadiens Locker Room 2012 Buy
Amazing Tales from the Cleveland Indians Dugout 2013 Buy
Tales from the Los Angeles Kings Locker Room 2013 Buy
Tales from the Los Angeles Dodgers Dugout 2013 Buy
Tales from the Pittsburgh Pirates Dugout 2013 Buy
Tales from the BYU Cougars Sideline 2013 Buy
Tales from the Boston College Sideline 2013 Buy
Tales from the Iowa Hawkeyes Sideline 2013 Buy
The Buffalo Bills 2013 Buy
Tales from Indiana High School Basketball 2013 Buy
Tales from the Pittsburgh Steelers Sideline 2013 Buy
Amazing Tales from Hog Heaven 2013 Buy
Tales from the St. Louis Blues Locker Room 2013 Buy
Tales from the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sideline 2013 Buy
Tales from the Washington State Cougars Sideline 2013 Buy
Tales from the LSU Tigers Sideline 2013 Buy
Tales from a Top Fuel Dragster 2013 Buy
Tales from the Pittsburgh Penguins Locker Room 2013 Buy
Tales from the Arizona Wildcats Locker Room 2013 Buy
Tales from the Syracuse Orange’s Locker Room 2014 Buy
Tales from the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates Dugout 2014 Buy
Tales from the Chicago Bulls Locker Room 2014 Buy
Amazing Tales from the 2004 Boston Red Sox Dugout 2014 Buy
Tales from the Dodgers Dugout 2014 Buy
Tales from the Seattle Mariners Dugout 2014 Buy
Tales from the Georgia Tech Sideline 2014 Buy
Tales from the Denver Broncos Sideline 2014 Buy
Tales from the San Diego Chargers Sideline 2014 Buy
Tales from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline 2014 Buy
Tales from the Boston College Hockey Locker Room 2014 Buy
Tales from the Sacramento Kings Locker Room 2014 Buy
Tales from the Cincinnati Bearcats Locker Room 2014 Buy
Tales from the Maryland Terrapins 2014 Buy
Tales from the Vanderbilt Commodores 2014 Buy
Tales from the Villanova Wildcats Locker Room 2015 Buy
Tales from the Missouri Tigers 2015 Buy
Tales from the Arizona Diamondbacks Dugout 2015 Buy
Tales from the Kansas City Royals Dugout 2015 Buy
Tales from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Locker Room 2015 Buy
Tales from the University of South Carolina Gamecocks Locker Room 2015 Buy
Tales from the Purdue Boilermakers Locker Room 2015 Buy
Tales from the Green Bay Packers Sideline 2015 Buy
Tales from the Kansas City Chiefs Sideline 2015 Buy
Tales from the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Locker Room 2016 Buy
Tales from the New York Rangers Locker Room 2016 Buy
Tales from the Atlanta Braves Dugout 2016 Buy
Tales from the Toronto Blue Jays Dugout 2017 Buy
Tales from the 1967 Red Sox 2017 Buy
Amazing Tales from the Boston Red Sox Dugout 2017 Buy
Tales from the Oakland Raiders Sideline 2017 Buy
Tales from the Chicago White Sox Dugout 2018 Buy
Tales from the Oklahoma Sooners Sideline 2018 Buy
Tales from the Cleveland Cavaliers Locker Room 2021 Buy

Michael Benson is one of the most prolific non-fiction authors working in true crime and sports history. Since the late 1980s, he has published over 160 books covering topics from serial killers to baseball dugouts. His true crime catalog includes investigations of real murder cases (A Killer’s Touch, Evil Season), organized crime histories (Carmine the Snake, Lord High Executioner), and examinations of famous criminal cases.

His other major body of work is the Tales from the Team series, which includes nearly 100 books about professional and college sports teams. Each book collects stories, anecdotes, and behind-the-scenes accounts from a specific team, covering everything from the New York Yankees to the Green Bay Packers to college basketball programs.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Michael Benson written?

Michael Benson has written 166 books across two series.

What was Michael Benson's first book?

Michael Benson’s first book is Who’s Who In The JFK Assassination, published in 1988.

What are Michael Benson's two main areas of writing?

Benson writes in two distinct areas. His true crime books cover real murder cases and organized crime, with titles like Mommy Deadliest and Gangsters vs. Nazis. His sports writing includes the massive Tales from the Team series, with nearly 100 books covering professional and college teams.

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