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Benny Cooperman Books in Order

Benny Cooperman by Howard Engel contains 13 books, published between 1980 and 2012. The first book is The Suicide Murders (1980) and the newest is The Whole Megillah (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1980–2012
Pages on record
2,545 in 10 of 13 books
Reading time
42–64 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,545 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Benny Cooperman is a private investigator in Ontario and the lead of Howard Engel's mystery series. The 13 books appeared from The Suicide Murders (1980) to The Whole Megillah (2012). The Ransom Game (1981), Murder on Location (1982) and A City Called July (1986) are among the early books. Subjects include organized crime, television broadcasting and Jewish men, and the series is likely complete.

How many Benny Cooperman books are there?

Benny Cooperman has 13 books, released between 1980 and 2012.

Benny Cooperman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Benny Cooperman 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 The Suicide Murders by Howard Engel, book 1 of the Benny Cooperman series (1980)
  2. Cover of Murder Sees the Light by Howard Engel, book 4 of the Benny Cooperman series (1985)
  3. Cover of A City Called July by Howard Engel, book 5 of the Benny Cooperman series (1986)
  4. Cover of A Victim Must Be Found by Howard Engel, book 6 of the Benny Cooperman series (1988)
  5. Cover of There Was an Old Woman by Howard Engel, book 8 of the Benny Cooperman series (1993)
  6. Cover of The Cooperman Variations by Howard Engel, book 10 of the Benny Cooperman series (2001)
  7. Cover of Memory Book by Howard Engel, book 11 of the Benny Cooperman series (2005)
  1. 1
    The Suicide Murders1980 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980200
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  2. 2
    The Ransom Game1981 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981224
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  3. 3
    Murder on Location1982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  4. 4
    Murder Sees the Light1985 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985240
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  5. 5
    A City Called July1986 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986284
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  6. 6
    A Victim Must Be Found1988 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988275
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  7. 7
    Dead And Buried1990 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990289
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  8. 8
    There Was an Old Woman1993 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993262
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  9. 9
    Getting Away With Murder1996 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996246
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  10. 10
    The Cooperman Variations2001 · 279 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001279
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  11. 11
    Memory Book2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  12. 12
    East of Suez2008 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008246
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  13. 13
    The Whole Megillah2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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Is there a chronological order for Benny Cooperman?

No separate chronological order is on record for Benny Cooperman, 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 Benny Cooperman books in order?

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

Where to start with Benny Cooperman

Start with The Suicide Murders (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Benny Cooperman book?

The Whole Megillah (2012) is the newest Benny Cooperman book released so far.

Is there a new Benny Cooperman book coming?

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

Benny Cooperman at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Benny Cooperman title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Benny Cooperman books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,545 pages across the 10 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 254 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Benny Cooperman books, 6 of 13, were published in the 1980s.

What the Benny Cooperman books are about

11 of the 13 Benny Cooperman 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 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Howard Engel

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.