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:
Publication Order of Peter and the Starcatchers Books
(with Ridley Pearson)
| Peter and the Starcatchers | (2004) |    |
| Peter and the Shadow Thieves | (2006) | |
| Peter and the Secret of Rundoon | (2007) | |
| Peter and the Sword of Mercy | (2009) | |
| The Bridge to Never Land | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Never Land Books
(with Ridley Pearson)
| Escape from the Carnivale | (2006) | |
| Cave of the Dark Wind | (2007) | |
| Blood Tide | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Class Trip/The Worst Books
| The Worst Class Trip Ever | (2015) | |
| The Worst Night Ever | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Big Trouble | (1999) | |
| Tricky Business | (2002) | |
| The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog | (2006) | |
| Science Fair | (2008) | |
| Lunatics | (2012) | |
| Insane City | (2013) | |
| Plane of Thought | (2017) | |
| Swamp Story | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Taming of the Screw | (1983) | |
| Babies and Other Hazards of Sex | (1984) | |
| Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead | (1985) | |
| Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-Free Book | (1985) | |
| Claw Your Way to the Top | (1987) | |
| Dave Barry's Greatest Hits | (1988) | |
| Homes and Other Black Holes | (1988) | |
| Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States | (1989) | |
| Dave Barry Turns Forty | (1990) | |
| Dave Barry Talks Back | (1991) | |
| Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need | (1991) | |
| Dave Barry Does Japan | (1992) | |
| Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up | (1994) | |
| The World According to Dave Barry | (1994) | |
| Dave Barry's Gift Guide To End All Gift Guides | (1994) | |
| Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys | (1995) | |
| Dave Barry in Cyberspace | (1996) | |
| Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus | (1997) | |
| Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs | (1997) | |
| Dave Barry Turns Fifty | (1998) | |
| Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down | (2000) | |
| The Greatest Invention In The History Of Mankind Is Beer | (2001) | |
| My Teenage Son's Goal In Life Is To Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old | (2001) | |
| Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway | (2001) | |
| Boogers are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism | (2003) | |
| Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Why is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar? | (2006) | |
| Dave Barry on Dads | (2007) | |
| Dave Barry's History of the Millennium | (2007) | |
| I'll Mature When I'm Dead | (2010) | |
| You Can Date Boys When You're Forty | (2014) | |
| Live Right and Find Happiness | (2015) | |
| Best. State. Ever. | (2016) | |
| For This We Left Egypt? | (2017) | |
| Lessons From Lucy | (2019) | |
| A Field Guide to the Jewish People | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Troll Target Books
(with Geoffrey C. Ward)
| Together: How We Belong | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Florida Stories | (1993) | |
| Naked Came the Manatee | (1997) | |
| The Putt at the End of the World | (2000) | |
| The New Treasury of Great Humorists | (2010) | |
| Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All | (2013) | |
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.