Howard Fast

Howard Fast was one of the popular American author and television write, who was famous for writing his books based on the historical fiction genre. He was born on November 11, 1914, and died on March 12, 2003. Author Fast sometimes uses the pen names Walter Ericson and E.V.

The best place to start is the Masao Masuto series, the earliest of Howard Fast's multi-book series: it opens with The Case of the Angry Actress / Samantha (1967) and runs to 8 books across 1967–2000, ending with Masuto Investigates (2000). Howard Fast's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Howard Fast has 112 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1852 and 2022. 38 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Masao Masuto series with 8 books — and 74 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Howard Fast's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Harvey Krim (1964–1969, 2 books), John Gomaday and Larry Cohen (1965–1966, 2 books) and Masao Masuto (1967–2000, 8 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits Howard Fast's 112 books into 6 named series and 74 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Masao Masuto (8 books, 1967–2000); Lavette Family (6 books, 1977–1997); The Crossing (2 books, 1971–1994); Harvey Krim (2 books, 1964–1969); John Gomaday and Larry Cohen (2 books, 1965–1966), plus 1 further series.