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ⓘ About Dave Barry
His next job was writing for the West Chester (Pennsylvania) Daily Local News, where he said he was required to write ordinary, non-humorous news coverage of local government meetings between 1971 and 1974. Between 1974 and 1983 he worked as an English teacher and wrote short occasional articles. Barry has published little about his personal life in the 1970’s. His first marriage didn’t last long. After attending a church-sponsored college and being exempt from military service in Vietnam on religious grounds, he chose to write from a non-religious viewpoint, explaining that anything written from a religious perspective risks “offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.” He also described his political position as critical of anyone in office.
All Book Series by Dave Barry
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
Book 3 of 8 · published 2006
Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead
Book 3 of 36 · published 1985
Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
Book 8 of 36 · published 1989
The Greatest Invention In The History Of Mankind Is Beer
Book 22 of 36 · published 2001
My Teenage Son's Goal In Life Is To Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old
Book 23 of 36 · published 2001
Boogers are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism
Book 25 of 36 · published 2003
Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Why is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
Book 26 of 36 · published 2006
For This We Left Egypt?
Book 33 of 36 · published 2017 Co-authored · Alan Zweibel,Adam Mansbach
A Field Guide to the Jewish People
Book 35 of 36 · published 2019 Co-authored · Alan Zweibel,Adam Mansbach
Walt Disney's Peter Pan
Single-title series · published 2017 Co-authored · Ridley Pearson
Walt Disney's Peter Pan
Single-title series · published 2017 Co-authored · Ridley Pearson
San Francisco Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 1990 Anthology · John Miller
On Suicide: Great Writers on the Ultimate Question
Book 3 of 12 · published 1992 Anthology · William Shakespeare,Virginia Woolf,Ambrose Bierce,Leo Tolstoy,Graham Greene,Langston Hughes,Emily Dickinson,John Donne,Plato,Jorge Luis Borges,Gustave Flaubert,Robert Coles,Walker Percy,Albert Camus,Cynthia Ozick,William Styron,Dorothy Parker,Sylvia Plath,Primo Levi,Phillip Lopate,John Miller,Genevieve Anderson,Alfred Alvarez,Émile Durkheim,Howard I. Kushner
New Orleans Stories
Book 4 of 12 · published 1992 Anthology · John Miller,Genevieve Anderson
Chicago Stories
Book 5 of 12 · published 1993 Anthology · Stuart Dybek,John Miller
Southwest Stories
Book 6 of 12 · published 1993 Anthology · D.H. Lawrence,Alison Moore,Barry Gifford,Sandra Cisneros,Larry McMurtry,Sam Shepard,Leslie Marmon Silko,C.G. Jung,John Miller,Georgia O'Keefe
Florida Stories
Book 7 of 12 · published 1993 Co-authored · Elmore Leonard,Ernest Hemingway,John D. MacDonald,Damon Runyon,Isaac Bashevis Singer,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Stephen Crane,Zora Neale Hurston,Elizabeth Bishop,Tennessee Williams,Alison Lurie,Wallace Stevens,John Sayles,John James Audubon,Joy Williams,Joan Didion,John Miller,KirstenMiller,William Bartram
Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems
Book 8 of 12 · published 1994 Anthology · John Miller,KirstenMiller
Alaska Stories
Book 9 of 12 · published 1995 Anthology · John Miller,KirstenMiller
Texas Stories
Book 10 of 12 · published 1995 Anthology · John Miller,KirstenMiller
San Francisco Thrillers
Book 11 of 12 · published 1995 Anthology · Tim Smith,John Miller
Cape Cod Stories
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2002 Anthology · Tim Smith,John Miller
Baseball As America Seeing Ourselves Through Our National Game
Book 4 of 6 · published 2002
Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2013
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Dave Barry?
His next job was writing for the West Chester (Pennsylvania) Daily Local News, where he said he was required to write ordinary, non-humorous news coverage of local government meetings between 1971 and 1974. Between 1974 and 1983 he worked as an English teacher and wrote short occasional articles. Barry has published little about his personal life in the 1970's.
Which Dave Barry series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Peter and the Starcatchers series, the earliest of Dave Barry's multi-book series: it opens with Peter and the Starcatchers (2004) and runs to 5 books across 2004–2011, ending with The Bridge to Never Land (2011). Dave Barry's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Dave Barry written?
Dave Barry has 75 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1983 and 2025. 12 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Peter and the Starcatchers series with 5 books — and 63 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Dave Barry's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Dave Barry's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Troll Target (1997, 1 book), Peter and the Starcatchers (2004–2011, 5 books) and Never Land (2006–2008, 3 books), plus 2 more.
How are Dave Barry's books organised into series?
This guide splits Dave Barry's 75 books into 5 named series and 63 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Peter and the Starcatchers (5 books, 2004–2011); Never Land (3 books, 2006–2008); Class Trip/The Worst (2 books, 2015–2016); Ridley Pearson Children's (1 book, 2017); Troll Target (1 book, 1997).