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 (With: Ridley Pearson) (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? (With: Alan Zweibel,Adam Mansbach) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lessons From Lucy (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Field Guide to the Jewish People (With: Alan Zweibel,Adam Mansbach) (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

Florida Stories(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Naked Came the Manatee(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Putt at the End of the World(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The New Treasury of Great Humorists(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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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