Dave Barry is a humor writer. For 25 years he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened. Dave has also written many books, virtually none of which contain useful information. Two of his books were used as the basis for the CBS TV sitcom "Dave's World," in which Harry Anderson played a much taller version of Dave. Dave plays lead guitar in a literary rock band called the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose other members include Stephen King, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson and Mitch Albom. They are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud. Dave has also made many TV appearances, including one on the David Letterman show where he proved that it is possible to set fire to a pair of men's underpants with a Barbie doll. In his spare time, Dave is a candidate for president of the United States. If elected, his highest priority will be to seek the death penalty for whoever is responsible for making Americans install low-flow toilets. Dave lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife, Michelle, a sportswriter. He has a son, Rob, and a daughter, Sophie, neither of whom thinks he's funny.
Series
Books
"My Teenage Son's Goal In Life Is To Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old" and Other Thoughts On Parenting From Dave Barry
2001
Dave Barry Turns 50
1998
Walt Disney's Peter Pan
2009
Homes and Other Black Holes
1988
Dave Barry's Bad Habits
A 100% Fact-Free Book
1985
For This We Left Egypt?
A Passover Haggadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them
2017
Peter and the Starcatchers
2004
The Taming of the Screw
1983
Lessons From Lucy
The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog
2019
Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs
1997
Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
1988
The Greatest Invention in the History of Mankind Is Beer
and Other Manly Insights from Dave Barry
2001
Science Fair
2010
The Worst Night Ever
2016
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
2006
Tricky Business
2002
Blood Tide
2008
The Best of Dave Barry
1992
Insane City
2013
Dave Barry Turns Forty
1990
Dave Barry's History of the Millennium
2007
Claw Your Way to the Top
How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week
1987
Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead
1996
Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex
1990
All the Dave Barry You Could Ever Want
2001
Dave Barry's Gift Guide To End All Gift Guides
1994
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
2007
You Can Date Boys When You're Forty
Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About
2014
Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster)
Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry
2015
Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up
1994
Cave of the Dark Wind
2007
Peter and the Sword of Mercy
2009
Naked Came the Manatee
1997
Swamp Story
2023
The World According to Dave Barry
1994
Dave Barry in Cyberspace
1996
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
2006
Dave Barry's Funniest Stuff
1998
Lunatics
2012
Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
1997
Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter and the Starcatchers / Peter and the Shadow Thieves / Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
2008
The Bridge to Never Land
2011
Best. State. Ever.
A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
2016
Dave Barry's Money Secrets
Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
2006
Big Trouble
1999
Dave Barry Talks Back
1991
The Signet Book of American Humor
1999
Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway
2001
Dave Barry's Guide to Life
1991
I'll Mature When I'm Dead
Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood
2010
Dave Barry Does Japan
1992
More of Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
1996
Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
1991
A Field Guide to the Jewish People
Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them…and Much More. Maybe Too Much More
2019
The Worst Class Trip Ever
2015
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys
1995
Class Clown
The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass—How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up
2025
Disney After Dark
2009
Dave Barry on Dads
2007
Dave Barry Slept Here
A Sort of History of the United States
1989
