Bennett's debut as an author was the novel
Mr. Shivers (2010). He went on to write
The Company Man (2011),
The Troupe (2012), and
American Elsewhere (2013). Bennett's fifth novel,
City of Stairs (2014), was the first of a fantasy trilogy,
The Divine Cities, followed by
City of Blades (2016) and
City of Miracles (2017).
The Divine Cities trilogy was a finalist for Best Series for the 2018
Hugo Awards. In August 2018, Crown published Bennett's
Foundryside, the first installment of his
The Founders Trilogy. That book was followed by
Shorefall in 2020 and
Locklands in 2022. In February 2024, Del Rey published Bennett's
The Tainted Cup, the first book in his
The Shadow of the Leviathan series, which won the 2025
Hugo Award for Best Novel. The book was followed by
A Drop of Corruption in 2025; a third is planned. ==Awards and nominations==