Max Barry Book List

Max was born March 18, 1973, and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He says he pretended to sell high-end computer systems for Hewlett-Packard while secretly writing his first novel, Syrup. He put an extra X in his name for Syrup because he thought it was a funny joke about marketing and failed to realize everyone would assume he was a pretentious asshole. Jennifer Government, his second novel, was published without any superfluous Xs and sold much better.
Max has published one novel that could conceivably be regarded as a crime novel and it has been listed here. Look for his other books on his website.


Stand Alone

Company (2007)
The 22 Murders of Madison May (2021)


Non-Crime Novels

Syrup (1999)
Jennifer Government (2002)
Machine Man (2008)
Lexicon (2013)