Drew Magary Books in Order
Drew Magary has written 8 books, published between 2008 and 2021. The first book is Men with Balls (2008) and the newest is The Night the Lights Went Out (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2008–2021
- Pages on record
- 1,225 in 4 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 20–31 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,225 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Drew Magary is an American journalist, humour columnist, podcast host and novelist. Magary reported for GQ, spent years as a columnist at Deadspin, and now writes for Defector Media and SFGate. Three of his books are novels, and The Night the Lights Went Out (2021) is a memoir of life with brain damage. The 8 titles catalogued under his name run from Men with Balls (2008) to that memoir, with subject headings for humour, parenting, fatherhood, sports and aging.
How many Drew Magary books are there?
Drew Magary has 8 books, released between 2008 and 2021.
Drew Magary Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Drew Magary 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.
- 1Men with Balls2008 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/420082802/4
- 2The Postmortal / The End Specialist2011 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/420113692/4
- 3F**king Up the Buttons on a Babygrow2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 4The Rover2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 5Someone Could Get Hurt2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 6The Hike2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420162882/4
- 7Point B2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 8The Night the Lights Went Out2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420212882/4
Drew Magary 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
8 books8 Drew Magary titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Drew Magary books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Drew Magary books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Drew Magary
Start with Men with Balls (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Drew Magary book?
The Night the Lights Went Out (2021) is the newest Drew Magary book released so far.
Is there a new Drew Magary book coming?
No next Drew Magary book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Drew Magary
Wikidata records 2 nominations for Drew Magary. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Philip K. Dick Award2012Shortlistedfor The Postmortal
- Arthur C. Clarke Award2012Shortlistedfor The Postmortal
Drew Magary at a glance
- Paused
- No new Drew Magary title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Drew Magary books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,225 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Drew Magary books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Drew Magary books are about
6 of the 8 Drew Magary 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 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.