Barry Lyga Books in Order
Barry Lyga has written 36 books, published between 2004 and 2026. The first book is Graphic Novels in Your Media Center (2004) and the newest is Every Hunter Is Hunted (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 36
- Published
- 2004–2026
- Pages on record
- 6,213 in 19 of 36 books
- Reading time
- 104–155 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,213 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 36 titles with a page count on record.
Barry Lyga, born September 11, 1971, is an American young adult novelist and short story writer based in New York. Lyga took a BA in English at Yale in 1993, then spent ten years at Diamond Comic Distributors after a teenage immersion in comic books, publishing short stories along the way. I Hunt Killers arrived in March 2012. The catalogue holds 36 books, from Graphic Novels in Your Media Center (2004) to Every Hunter Is Hunted (2026), taking in The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl (2006), Boy Toy (2007) and Archvillain (2010). I Hunt Killers, Flash, Archvillain and Un/Edited are the series credited to Lyga.
The Flash series follows Barry Allen, a forensic scientist who gains super-speed after an accident. As the Flash, he fights crime in Central City while balancing supervillains with his double life.
How many Barry Lyga books are there?
Barry Lyga has 36 books, released between 2004 and 2026. They include 4 series and 19 titles listed outside any series.
Barry Lyga Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 36 Barry Lyga books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Graphic Novels in Your Media Center2004 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/420041801/4
- 2The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl2006 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/420063111/4
- 3Boy Toy2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 4Hero-Type2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 520092001/4
- 6Goth Girl Rising2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 72010–1/4
- 8Mangaman2011 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420111441/4
- 920123841/4
- 102012–1/4
- 1120135441/4
- 122013–1/4
- 1320133521/4
- 14Unsoul'd2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 152014–1/4
- 162014–1/4
- 172014–1/4
- 1820144961/4
- 19After the Red Rain2015 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420154001/4
- 20The Secret Sea2016 · 444 pages · confirmed 1/420164441/4
- 2120172562/4
- 22Bang2017 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420173041/4
- 2320182562/4
- 24Thanos: Titan Consumed2018 · 406 pages · confirmed 1/420184061/4
- 2520182722/4
- 262018–1/4
- 27The Flash: Crossover Crisis2019 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420192721/4
- 28The Hive2019 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420194161/4
- 29The Flash: Crossover Crisis 22020 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420202721/4
- 302021–1/4
- 31The Flash: Crossover Crisis 32021 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420213041/4
- 32Time Will Tell2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 332022–1/4
- 34Unedited2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 35Before the Hunt2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 36Every Hunter Is Hunted2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Barry Lyga books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
I Hunt Killers in order
8 books- 1. I Hunt Killers
- 2. Game
- 3. Neutral Mask
- 4. Lucky Day
- 5. Career Day
- 6. Blood Boy
- 7. Blood of My Blood
- 8. Down Time
Flash in order
4 booksArchvillain in order
3 booksWolverine in order
1 bookUn/Edited in order
1 book- 1. Edited
Standalone books
19 books19 Barry Lyga titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Barry Lyga books in order?
You only need to read Barry Lyga books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Barry Lyga
Start with Graphic Novels in Your Media Center (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Barry Lyga book?
Every Hunter Is Hunted (2026) is the newest Barry Lyga book released so far.
Is there a new Barry Lyga book coming?
No next Barry Lyga book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Barry Lyga at a glance
- Still publishing
- Barry Lyga published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Barry Lyga books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,213 pages across the 19 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barry Lyga books, 22 of 36, were published in the 2010s.
What the Barry Lyga books are about
22 of the 36 Barry Lyga books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 14 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 14 of 22 books
- Adventure stories 4 of 22 books
- Heroes 4 of 22 books
- Schools 4 of 22 books
- Young adult fiction 4 of 22 books
- Extraterrestrial beings 3 of 22 books
- Flash (Fictitious character) 3 of 22 books
- Flash (Fictitious character) -- Fiction 3 of 22 books
- Magic 3 of 22 books
- Science fiction 3 of 22 books
- Superheroes -- Fiction 3 of 22 books