Order of Ben H. Winters Books
Ben H. Winters is an American author. He is the creator and writer of the Last Policemen trilogy, as well as Countdown City which won the Phillip K. Dick award for Distinguished Science Fiction.
Winters grew up in Maryland before heading to Washington University in St. Louis for college. He was a big of a vagabond after that, living in multiple cities, before settling down in California with his lawyer wife and their children. In addition to writing books, Winters has also written multiple plays for the theater. He has written everything from plays for young audience to the “jukebox musical Breaking Up Is Hard To Do and the adult-themed Slut.
Publication Order of The Last Policeman Books
| The Last Policeman | (2012) |    |
| Countdown City | (2013) | |
| World of Trouble | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Literally Disturbed Books
| Tales to Keep You Up at Night | (2013) | |
| More Tales to Keep You Up at Night | (2014) | |
| Romantically Disturbed | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman | (2009) | |
| Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters | (2009) | |
| Android Karenina | (2010) | |
| Bedbugs | (2011) | |
| The Mystery of the Missing Everything | (2011) | |
| Underground Airlines | (2016) | |
| Golden State | (2019) | |
| The Quiet Boy | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Plays
| AFairy Tale | (2008) | |
| The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere | (2010) | |
| Uncle Pirate | (2011) | |
| Q&A | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Test Drive | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Jewish Comedy Thesaurus | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
| San Francisco Noir | (2002) | |
| Seattle Noir | (2003) | |
| Bronx Noir | (2003) | |
| Brooklyn Noir | (2004) | |
| Chicago Noir | (2005) | |
| Los Angeles Noir | (2007) | |
| Wall Street Noir | (2007) | |
| Havana Noir | (2007) | |
| Detroit Noir | (2007) | |
| D.C. Noir 2 | (2008) | |
| Queens Noir | (2008) | |
| Las Vegas Noir | (2008) | |
| Trinidad Noir | (2008) | |
| Istanbul Noir | (2008) | |
| Paris Noir | (2008) | |
| San Francisco Noir 2 | (2009) | |
| Portland Noir | (2009) | |
| Delhi Noir | (2009) | |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 | (2010) | |
| Mexico City Noir | (2010) | |
| Indian Country Noir | (2010) | |
| Moscow Noir | (2010) | |
| Philadelphia Noir | (2010) | |
| Lone Star Noir | (2010) | |
| Haiti Noir | (2010) | |
| Copenhagen Noir | (2010) | |
| Barcelona Noir | (2011) | |
| Cape Cod Noir | (2011) | |
| Kingston Noir | (2012) | |
| Venice Noir | (2012) | |
| St. Petersburg Noir | (2012) | |
| Kansas City Noir | (2012) | |
| Boston Noir 2 | (2012) | |
| Staten Island Noir | (2012) | |
| New York City Noir: The Five Borough Set | (2012) | |
| USA Noir | (2013) | |
| Haiti Noir 2 | (2013) | |
| Helsinki Noir | (2014) | |
| Prison Noir | (2014) | |
| Tel Aviv Noir | (2014) | |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics | (2015) | |
| Zagreb Noir | (2015) | |
| Buffalo Noir | (2015) | |
| Marseille Noir | (2015) | |
| Beirut Noir | (2015) | |
| Stockholm Noir | (2016) | |
| Rio Noir | (2016) | |
| Brussels Noir | (2016) | |
| St. Louis Noir | (2016) | |
| Prague Noir | (2016) | |
| San Juan Noir | (2016) | |
| Oakland Noir | (2017) | |
| Montana Noir | (2017) | |
| Buenos Aires Noir | (2017) | |
| São Paulo Noir | (2018) | |
| Hong Kong Noir | (2018) | |
| Houston Noir | (2019) | |
| Milwaukee Noir | (2019) | |
| Nairobi Noir | (2020) | |
| Alabama Noir | (2020) | |
| Tampa Bay Noir | (2020) | |
| Addis Ababa Noir | (2020) | |
| Belgrade Noir | (2020) | |
| Accra Noir | (2020) | |
| Paris Noir: The Suburbs | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Apocalypse Triptych Anthology Books
| The End is Nigh | (2014) | |
| The End is Now | (2014) | |
| The End Has Come | (2015) | |
| This is an anthology series written with many authors. | ||
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Dead Man's Hand | (2014) | |
| Manhattan Mayhem | (2015) | |
| The Highway Kind | (2016) | |
| Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine | (2020) | |
| Speculative Los Angeles | (2021) | |
If You Like Ben H. Winters Books, You’ll Love…
The Last Policeman is the first book in the trilogy of the same name. The book follows Detective Hank Palace as there is an asteroid heading towards Earth that threatens to wipe out all life. The world is in a terrible place, a pre-apocalypse, with crops dying and people walking out of their jobs. Not Hank though, he’s investigating a death that everyone thinks is a suicide. Nobody cares except for Hank and he won’t stop until he solves the case.
One of Winters’ more recent outputs is Golden State. This book covers the strange alternate society that values truth and law above all else. Laszlo Ratesic is a veteran of the Speculative Service, who lives in the Golden State. The Golden State is where people who felt a certain way retreated to as truth eroded and lies made public life impossible. The worst crime in Golden State is contradicting the truth and it’s Laz’s job to stop those crimes. As a member of the Speculative Service he is one of the few who is allowed to harbor untruths, but in his work he’ll come to realize that the Golden State isn’t all that it seems.