Order of Dave Barry Books
Dave Barry is an American author and humourist. He also wrote a column published in The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. His novel Big Trouble was adapted to a film starring Tim Allen and Rene Russo in 2011. Barry resides in South Florida, which he suggested should be sawed off and disowned by the United States, thus solving many of the country’s problems.
Dave Barry became a published author in 1983 with the non-fiction book The Taming of the Screw. He would not get into fiction until 1999 with Big Trouble. Below is a list of Dave Barry’s books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Peter and the Starcatchers Books
(with Ridley Pearson)
| Peter and the Starcatchers | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Peter and the Shadow Thieves | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Peter and the Secret of Rundoon | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Peter and the Sword of Mercy | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bridge to Never Land | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Never Land Books
(with Ridley Pearson)
| Escape from the Carnivale | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cave of the Dark Wind | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blood Tide | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Class Trip/The Worst Books
| The Worst Class Trip Ever | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Worst Night Ever | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Big Trouble | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tricky Business | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Science Fair | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lunatics | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Insane City | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Plane of Thought | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Swamp Story | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Taming of the Screw | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Babies and Other Hazards of Sex | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-Free Book | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Claw Your Way to the Top | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry's Greatest Hits | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Homes and Other Black Holes | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry Turns Forty | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry Talks Back | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry Does Japan | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The World According to Dave Barry | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry's Gift Guide To End All Gift Guides | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry in Cyberspace | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry Turns Fifty | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Greatest Invention In The History Of Mankind Is Beer | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| My Teenage Son's Goal In Life Is To Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Boogers are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Why is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar? | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry on Dads | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dave Barry's History of the Millennium | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I'll Mature When I'm Dead | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| You Can Date Boys When You're Forty | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Live Right and Find Happiness | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best. State. Ever. | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| For This We Left Egypt? | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lessons From Lucy | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Field Guide to the Jewish People | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Troll Target Books
(with Geoffrey C. Ward, Miriam Rinn)
| Together: How We Belong | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: The Peter and Never Land series, along with the standalone novel Science Fair, were co-authored by Ridley Pearson. Lunatics was co-authored by Alan Zweibel.
Hard Listening is written with fellow Rock Bottom Remainders band members Mitch Albom, Sam Barry, Matt Groening, Roy Blount Jr., Stephen King, James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow and Amy Tan.
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