Buzz Bissinger Books in Order
Buzz Bissinger has written 9 books, published between 1988 and 2022. The first book is Friday Night Lights (As: H.G. Bissinger) (1988) and the newest is The Mosquito Bowl (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1988–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,524 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 25–38 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,524 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Buzz Bissinger, born Harry Gerard Bissinger III on 1 November 1954, is an American journalist and author and a longtime contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Nine catalogued books open with Friday Night Lights (1988), credited as H.G. Bissinger, and close with The Mosquito Bowl (2022). Subject headings across the catalogue name football and its social aspects, school sports, Permian High School in Odessa, Texas, the Chicago Cubs, the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia politics. HBO released a documentary about Bissinger, titled Buzz, in 2019.
How many Buzz Bissinger books are there?
Buzz Bissinger has 9 books, released between 1988 and 2022.
Buzz Bissinger Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Buzz Bissinger 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.
- 1Friday Night Lights (As: H.G. Bissinger)1988 · 357 pages · confirmed 2/419883572/4
- 2A Prayer for the City1997 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/419974482/4
- 3Three Nights in August2005 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420053202/4
- 4Shooting Stars2009 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/420092582/4
- 5LeBron's Dream Team2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 6Father's Day2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 7After Friday Night Lights2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 8The Classic Mantle2012 · 141 pages · confirmed 2/420121412/4
- 9The Mosquito Bowl2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
Buzz Bissinger 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.
Standalone books
9 books9 Buzz Bissinger titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Buzz Bissinger books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Buzz Bissinger books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Buzz Bissinger
Start with Friday Night Lights (As: H.G. Bissinger) (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Buzz Bissinger book?
The Mosquito Bowl (2022) is the newest Buzz Bissinger book released so far.
Is there a new Buzz Bissinger book coming?
No next Buzz Bissinger book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Buzz Bissinger has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Buzz Bissinger. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting1987Won
Buzz Bissinger at a glance
- Paused
- No new Buzz Bissinger title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Buzz Bissinger books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,524 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Buzz Bissinger books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Buzz Bissinger books are about
7 of the 9 Buzz Bissinger books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.