Bentley Little Books in Order

Bentley Little has written 40 books, published between 1989 and 2025. The first book is The Revelation (1989) and the newest is City Hall (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Bentley Little also publishes as Phillip Emmons.

Books
40
Published
1989–2025
Confirmed
40 of 40 titles
Pages on record
11,152 in 30 of 40 books
Reading time
186–279 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,152 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 40 titles with a page count on record.

Bentley Little writes horror. Thirty-nine catalogued books run from The Revelation (1989) to City Hall (2025), taking in The Mailman (1991), The Summoning (1993) and Night School, also published as University (1994). Most of the list is standalone. Haunted houses, Arizona settings and the struggle of good against evil recur as subjects, at a median length of 389 pages.

How many Bentley Little books are there?

Bentley Little has 40 books, released between 1989 and 2025.

Bentley Little Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 40 Bentley Little books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    The RevelationBentley Little Standalone Novels #11989 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989326
  2. 2
    The MailmanBentley Little Standalone Novels #21991 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991320
  3. 3
    Evil DeedsBentley Little Standalone Novels #31992 · 436 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992436
  4. 4
    Death InstinctBentley Little Standalone Novels #41992 · 381 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992381
  5. 5
    The SummoningBentley Little Standalone Novels #51993 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993544
  6. 6
    Night School / UniversityBentley Little Standalone Novels #61994 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994320
  7. 7
    Dark Dominion / DominionBentley Little Standalone Novels #71995 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995416
  8. 8
    Mondo James DeanMondo #41996 · 193 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996193
  9. 9
    The StoreBentley Little Standalone Novels #81996 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996432
  10. 10
    Murmurous HauntsBentley Little Short Story #11997 · confirmed 3/4
    1997
  11. 11
    The HouseBentley Little Standalone Novels #91997 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997368
  12. 12
    The Town / GuestsBentley Little Standalone Novels #101997 · 376 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997376
  13. 13
    The IgnoredBentley Little Standalone Novels #111997 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997432
  14. 14
    The WalkingBentley Little Standalone Novels #122000 · 373 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000373
  15. 15
    The AssociationBentley Little Standalone Novels #132001 · 438 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001438
  16. 16
    The CollectionBentley Little Short Story #22002 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002432
  17. 17
    The ReturnBentley Little Standalone Novels #142002 · 354 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002354
  18. 18
    The PolicyBentley Little Standalone Novels #152003 · 389 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003389
  19. 19
    The ResortBentley Little Standalone Novels #162004 · 390 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004390
  20. 20
    DispatchBentley Little Standalone Novels #172005 · 386 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005386
  21. 21
    The BurningBentley Little Standalone Novels #182006 · 391 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006391
  22. 22
    The VanishingBentley Little Standalone Novels #192007 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007400
  23. 23
    The AcademyBentley Little Standalone Novels #202008 · 391 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008391
  24. 24
    His Father's SonBentley Little Standalone Novels #212009 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009384
  25. 25
    The DisappearanceBentley Little Standalone Novels #222010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010
  26. 26
    The CircleBentley Little Short Stories/Novellas #12012 · 137 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012137
  27. 27
    Indignities of the FleshBentley Little Short Story #32012 · 208 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012208
  28. 28
    Cut Corners Volume 1Bentley Little Short Story #42012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012
  29. 29
    The HauntedBentley Little Standalone Novels #232012 · 389 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012389
  30. 30
    The InfluenceBentley Little Standalone Novels #242013 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013416
  31. 31
    The ConsultantBentley Little Standalone Novels #252015 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015400
  32. 32
    The HandymanBentley Little Standalone Novels #262017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017
  33. 33
    The WashingtoniansBentley Little Short Stories/Novellas #22018 · confirmed 4/4
    2018
  34. 34
    Walking AloneBentley Little Short Story #52018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018
  35. 35
    The BankBentley Little Standalone Novels #272020 · 330 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020330
  36. 36
    GloriaBentley Little Standalone Novels #282021 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021400
  37. 37
    DMVBentley Little Standalone Novels #292023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023
  38. 38
    BehindBentley Little Standalone Novels #302024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024
  39. 39
    LandscapingBentley Little Short Stories/Novellas #32025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025
  40. 40
    City HallBentley Little Standalone Novels #312025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025

Bentley Little books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Bentley Little Standalone Novels

31 books

31 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Bentley Little Short Story

5 books

5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Bentley Little Short Stories/Novellas

3 books

3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Mondo in order

1 book
  1. 4. Mondo James Dean

Do you have to read Bentley Little books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 40 Bentley Little books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Bentley Little

Start with The Revelation (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bentley Little book?

City Hall (2025) is the newest Bentley Little book released so far.

Is there a new Bentley Little book coming?

No next Bentley Little book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Bentley Little has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 3 nominations for Bentley Little. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Bentley Little at a glance

Still publishing
Bentley Little published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Bentley Little books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
11,152 pages across the 30 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 389 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bentley Little books, 12 of 40, were published in the 1990s.
Corroboration
1 of the 40 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Bentley Little books are about

25 of the 40 Bentley Little books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 16 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.