Will Weaver

Will Weaver is a young adult and contemporary fiction author from the American Midwest. His contemporary and fiction novels have earned the writer praise and he has been called an author of unique but natural talent by Los Angeles Times Book Review’s Frank Levering. His writing aimed at teenage readers has also been widely praised for its themes.

The best place to start is the Billy Baggs series, the earliest of Will Weaver's multi-book series: it opens with Striking Out (1900) and runs to 3 books across 1900–1998, ending with Hard Ball (1998). Will Weaver's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Will Weaver has 26 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1900 and 2023. 12 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Minnesota Byways series with 4 books — and 14 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Will Weaver's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Billy Baggs (1900–1998, 3 books), Memory Boy (2001–2012, 2 books) and Minnesota Byways (2005–2011, 4 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Will Weaver's 26 books into 4 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Minnesota Byways (4 books, 2005–2011); Billy Baggs (3 books, 1900–1998); Motor (3 books, 2008–2010); Memory Boy (2 books, 2001–2012).