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Ben H. Winters
Goodreads Author
Born
in Washington, D.C., The United States
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May 2010
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https://www.goodreads.com/benhwinters
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The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1)
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2012
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26 editions
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Underground Airlines
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2016
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4 editions
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Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2)
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2013
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33 editions
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World of Trouble (The Last Policeman, #3)
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2014
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Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
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2009
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3 editions
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Golden State
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2019
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18 editions
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Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine
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2020
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Bedbugs
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2011
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15 editions
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The Quiet Boy
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2021
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8 editions
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Big Time
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2024
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6 editions
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“one of crime fiction’s most inventive practitioners…”
I’m proud to say Golden State has gotten some wonderful press.
Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
“At a time in the real world when everybody seems to own their version of the truth and phrases like “alternative facts” are used to cover falsehoods, Golden State is, no lie, a fascinating examination that takes fidelity and correctness down a freaky Orwellian path.”―USA Today
“Winters has a knac
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“Because as any writer will tell you, an IDEA for a book is like falling in love, it’s all wild emotion and headlong rush, but the ACTUAL ACT of writing a book is like building a relationship: it is joyous, slow, fragile, frustrating, exhilarating, painstaking, exhausting, worth it.”
― The Last Policeman
― The Last Policeman
“It is a strange kind of fire, the fire of self-righteousness, which gives us such pleasure by its warmth but does so little to banish the darkness.”
― Underground Airlines
― Underground Airlines
“The first time we met he shot me in the head with an electric staple gun, but our relationship has evolved in the subsequent months.”
― World of Trouble
― World of Trouble
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• Vote on a book you have not read, or will definitely reread for the discussion. This poll isn't a popularity contest for books you have read, it's for something we will read and then promptly discuss.
• If you vote on a book and it wins, we expect to see you back. :-P Don't vote if you can't participate, but feel free to comment below the poll if you'd like.
Happy voting!
We can either use the top 3 winners, or do a runoff poll next month, let me know if you care which!
PLEASE:
• Vote on a book you have not read, or will definitely reread for the discussion. This poll isn't a popularity contest for books you have read, it's for something we will read and then promptly discuss.
• If you vote on a book and it wins, we expect to see you back. :-P Don't vote if you can't participate, but feel free to comment below the poll if you'd like.
Happy voting!
We can either use the top 3 winners, or do a runoff poll next month, let me know if you care which!
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
Lesser known, subtle, pre-apocalypse
2014, 316 pages, 3.75 rating
$3.99 Kindle, cheap used paperback
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Aliens, respected author but not a huge name
1987, 248 pages, 4.09 rating
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Bleak, drama, "modern classic"
2006, 241 pages, 3.94 rating
$8.99 Kindle, cheap used paperback
Pines by Blake Crouch
High action, twisty, made into tv-show, love or hate
2012, 309 pages, 3.86 rating
$5.68 Kindle, cheap used paperback
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
YA, aliens, action, who's the bad guy?, a little romance
2013, 457 pages, 4.16 rating
$7.49 Kindle, cheap used paperback
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
YA, popular, easy-ready, made into movie
2008, 374 pages, 4.38 rating
$2.99 Kindle, cheap used paperback
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
YA, supervolcano
2011, 476 pages, 3.94 rating
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Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
YA, EMP & zombies, drama and action
2011, 465 pages, 3.94 rating
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Kahayatle by Elle Casey
YA, zombies, martial arts
2012, 280 pages, 4.25 rating
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“The first time we met he shot me in the head with an electric staple gun, but our relationship has evolved in the subsequent months.”
― World of Trouble
― World of Trouble
Q&A with Ben H. Winters
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Hi Ben! Just finished World of Trouble and loved it! However, I wondered why poor Hen could not have found Nico alive so they could be together at the end. I did think it was a good thing that he returned to Ruthie and the Amish at the end but the events leading up to that seemed so violent and sad. I hope when faced with such an outcome i could behave better.Let your fans know what's next for you! Good luck with all your future projects!
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