Howard Engel Books in Order
Howard Engel has written 21 books, published between 1980 and 2014. The first book is The Suicide Murders (1980) and the newest is City of Fallen Angels (2014). Publication order is the reading order below. 13 of the 21 books listed here are in the Benny Cooperman series, which has its own page: Benny Cooperman books in order.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1980–2014
- Pages on record
- 3,811 in 16 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 64–95 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,811 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Benny Cooperman, a private investigator, is Howard Engel's best known creation. The Cooperman novels take place in the Niagara Region around Grantham, Ontario, a stand-in for St. Catharines, where Engel was born. Engel (1931-2019) was a Canadian mystery writer and CBC producer living in Toronto, and a founding author of Crime Writers of Canada in 1982. The Suicide Murders (1980) opens the series, and Mike Ward is a second series among 21 books.
How many Howard Engel books are there?
Howard Engel has 21 books, released between 1980 and 2014. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
Howard Engel Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Howard Engel 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.
- 119802002/4
- 219812242/4
- 31982–2/4
- 419852402/4
- 519862842/4
- 619882752/4
- 719902892/4
- 819923042/4
- 919932622/4
- 10Lord High Executioner1996 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419962562/4
- 1119962462/4
- 12Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell1997 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/419972122/4
- 13A Child's Christmas In Scarborough1997 · 29 pages · confirmed 2/41997292/4
- 14Crimes of Passion2001 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/420012392/4
- 1520012792/4
- 162005–2/4
- 17Man Who Forgot How To Read2007 · confirmed 2/42007–2/4
- 18The Man Who Forgot How to Read2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 1920082462/4
- 202012–2/4
- 2120142262/4
Howard Engel series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Benny Cooperman books in order 13 books
Howard Engel 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.
Mike Ward in order
2 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Howard Engel titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Howard Engel books in order?
You only need to read Howard Engel books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Howard Engel
Start with The Suicide Murders (1980), the first Benny Cooperman book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Howard Engel book?
City of Fallen Angels (2014) is the newest Howard Engel book released so far.
Is there a new Howard Engel book coming?
No next Howard Engel book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Howard Engel at a glance
- Died
- Howard Engel died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Howard Engel on record dates from 2014.
- Release pace
- Howard Engel books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,811 pages across the 16 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 246 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Howard Engel books, 7 of 21, were published in the 1990s.
What the Howard Engel books are about
17 of the 21 Howard Engel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 11 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Private investigators 11 of 17 books
- Benny Cooperman (Fictitious character) 10 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 10 of 17 books
- Ontario 9 of 17 books
- Cooperman, benny (fictitious character) 8 of 17 books
- Jewish men 7 of 17 books
- History 3 of 17 books
- True crime 2 of 17 books