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Bennett Books in Order

Bennett by Elliott Lewis contains 7 books, published between 1980 and 1983. The first book is Two Heads Are Better (1980) and the newest is Death and the Single Girl (1983). Publication order is the reading order below.

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Books
7
Published
1980–1983
Pages on record
1,092 in 5 of 7 books
Reading time
18–27 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,092 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

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Bennett is a mystery series by Elliott Lewis, published in a tight four-year run. Two Heads Are Better and Dirty Linen appeared in 1980, People in Glass Houses and Double Trouble in 1981, Bennett's World in 1982, and Here Today, Dead Tomorrow and Death and the Single Girl in 1983, seven books in all.

How many Bennett books are there?

Bennett has 7 books, released between 1980 and 1983.

Bennett Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Bennett 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. Cover of Two Heads Are Better by Elliott Lewis, book 1 of the Bennett series (1980)
  2. Cover of Dirty Linen by Elliott Lewis, book 2 of the Bennett series (1980)
  3. Cover of People in Glass Houses by Elliott Lewis, book 3 of the Bennett series (1981)
  4. Cover of Double Trouble by Elliott Lewis, book 4 of the Bennett series (1981)
  5. Cover of Bennett's World by Elliott Lewis, book 5 of the Bennett series (1982)
  6. Cover of Here Today, Dead Tomorrow by Elliott Lewis, book 6 of the Bennett series (1983)
  7. Cover of Death and the Single Girl by Elliott Lewis, book 7 of the Bennett series (1983)
  1. 1
    Two Heads Are Better1980 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980208
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  2. 2
    Dirty Linen1980 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980180
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  3. 3
    People in Glass Houses1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  4. 4
    Double Trouble1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  5. 5
    Bennett's World1982 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982288
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  6. 6
    Here Today, Dead Tomorrow1983 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983208
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  7. 7
    Death and the Single Girl1983 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983208
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Is there a chronological order for Bennett?

No separate chronological order is on record for Bennett, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Bennett books in order?

You should read the Bennett books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Bennett book also stands alone.

Where to start with Bennett

Start with Two Heads Are Better (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bennett book?

Death and the Single Girl (1983) is the newest Bennett book released so far.

Is there a new Bennett book coming?

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

Bennett at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Bennett title on record dates from 1983, 43 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Bennett books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,092 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bennett books, 7 of 7, were published in the 1980s.

What the Bennett books are about

1 of the 7 Bennett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.