Wrote The Accidental Billionaires and The Antisocial Network, which became the films The Social Network and Dumb Money; some of his books appear under the pen name Holden Scott.
The books reconstruct financial episodes scene by scene from participant interviews, which is why several became films and why they reach readers who never open a market history. Read them as accounts told from one side, with dialogue and detail reconstructed rather than documented.
5 books of their own · 3 articles
Dramatised founding story; source for The Social Network.
GameStop and Citadel Securities' order flow; dramatised.
The MIT blackjack team; dramatised and disputed in places.
Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Howard Marks
Fast narrative of the takeover and the layoffs.
The Accidental Billionaires | Dramatised founding story; source for The Social Network. | 2009 | T3 | – |
Bitcoin Billionaires | – | 2019 | T3 | Anthony Pompliano |
The Antisocial Network | GameStop and Citadel Securities' order flow; dramatised. | 2021 | T3 | – |
Bringing Down the House | The MIT blackjack team; dramatised and disputed in places. | 2002 | T3 | Mohnish Pabrai, Howard Marks |
| Breaking Twitter | Fast narrative of the takeover and the layoffs. | 2023 | T3 | – |
| stay tuned for updates on Ben’s next appearance. | Ben Mezrich | 2023-08-09 |
| Woolly: The True Story of the De-extinction of One of History’s Most Iconic Creatures | Ben Mezrich | 2017-03-03 |
| The 37th Parallel | Ben Mezrich | 2016-05-23 |
| Ben Mezrich Strikes Hollywood Gold (Again) | Boston Magazine | 2024 |
| Ben Mezrich's non-fiction life Paywall | The Boston Globe | 2015 |
| Ben Mezrich: Based on a True Story | Boston Magazine | 2008 |