Ben H. Winters

Author of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

33+ Works 9,720 Members 666 Reviews 4 Favorited

About the Author

Writer Ben H. Winters graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1998. He is a journalist and playwright as well as an author, and he co-wrote the New York Times bestseller Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. (Bowker Author Biography)

Includes the names: HWintersBen, ベン・H. ウィンタース

Also includes: Ben Winters (2)

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Series

The Last Policeman

Literally Disturbed

Works by Ben H. Winters

Popular Recent

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (2009) 2,521 copies

The Last Policeman (2012) 2,126 copies

Underground Airlines (2016) 1,316 copies

Countdown City (2013) 938 copies

World of Trouble (2014) 775 copies

Android Karenina (2010) 675 copies

Golden State (2019) 487 copies

Bedbugs (2011) 314 copies

The Quiet Boy (2021) 111 copies

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Middle School (2009) 82 copies

The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman (2010) 74 copies

Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine (2020) 58 copies

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Paranormal (2011) 44 copies

Literally Disturbed #1: Tales to Keep You Up at Night (2013) 36 copies

Big Time (2024) 36 copies

The Mystery of the Missing Everything (2011) 31 copies

Self Help (2022) 21 copies

The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Cats (2009) 15 copies

Romantically Disturbed: Love Poems to Rip Your Heart Out (Literally Disturbed) (2015) 11 copies

Literally Disturbed #2: More Tales to Keep You Up at Night (2015) 9 copies

Stranger 6 copies

The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Meetings (2009) 6 copies

The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Cars (2009) 6 copies

Q&A (2021) 5 copies

A (Tooth) Fairy Tale (2008) 5 copies

The Last Policeman Trilogy (The Last Policeman, #1-3) (2017) 3 copies

Uncle Pirate (2011) 2 copies

Parasites (2021) 2 copies

Bir Dünya Dert / Kiyamet Polisi 3 (2022) 1 copy

Impact (3) (2017) 1 copy

Tracker: Season 1 1 copy

BRING HER TO ME 1 copy

The Food Taster's Boy (short story) 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius (2013) — Contributor — 393 copies

The End Is Nigh (2014) — Contributor — 284 copies

Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America (2015) — Contributor — 186 copies

Dead Man's Hand (2014) — Contributor — 159 copies

The End Is Now (2014) — Contributor — 155 copies

The End Has Come (2015) — Contributor — 134 copies

Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler (2017) — Contributor — 58 copies

The Highway Kind: Tales of Fast Cars, Desperate Drivers, and Dark Roads (2016) — Contributor — 53 copies

Speculative Los Angeles (2021) — Contributor — 41 copies

Writing for Audio (2020) — Narrator, some editions — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Winters, Ben H.
Legal name: Winters, Benjamin Allen H.
Birthdate: 1976-06-14
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Maryland, USA
Places of residence: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Education: Washington University (BA|1998)
Occupations: author
journalist
Playwright
Relationships: Winters, Diana R. H. (wife)
Awards and honors: Philip K. Dick Award (2013)
Edgar Award (2012)
Grand prix de L'Imaginaire (2019)

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Discussions

The Last Policeman by Ben Winters in Post-apocalyptic Literature (September 2015)

Reviews

Android Karenina (Quirk Classic) by Leo Tolstoy

Read a few chapters. Felt wrong

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vdt_melbourne | 45 other reviews | May 30, 2024 |

Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters

Interesting premise skillfully executed but not to my liking these futuristic "what if" horror tales.

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featherbooks | 76 other reviews | May 7, 2024 |

Sense and sensibility and sea monsters by Ben H. Winters

For me, this is a one-joke novel. It may appeal most to those who love or are deeply familiar with the original. #DNF

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Dorothy2012 | 75 other reviews | Apr 22, 2024 |

Self Help by Ben H. Winters

I picked up Self Help because it was written by Ben Winters and I enjoyed his The Last Policeman trilogy about the end of the world, it was narrated by two star narrators, Will Wheaton and Ron Perlman, it was short (3 hours 46 minutes) and it was included in my Audible membership.

It should have been a perfect listen for this sunny afternoon.

Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. I’m setting it aside a third of the way through because the humour doesn’t work for me. I don’t care about the world of Hollywood wannabes that it describes or the wimpy, can’t-get-his-act-together main character.

When the book failed to raise even a smile after the first ninety minutes, I gave up.

I’m filing it in that familiar category:

“It’s nice work if you can get it…but I don’t get it.”… (more)

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MikeFinnFiction | 2 other reviews | Apr 13, 2024 |

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