Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Father Knows Zilch | 1996 | Linwood Barclay | Buy |
| 2 | Mike Harris Made Me Eat My Dog | 1998 | Linwood Barclay | Buy |
| 3 | This House is Nuts | 1998 | Linwood Barclay | Buy |
| 4 | Last Resort | 2000 | Linwood Barclay | Buy |
| 5 | Ford AbomiNation | 2019 | Linwood Barclay | Buy |
Linwood Barclay published five non-fiction books between 1996 and 2019, mostly drawn from his decades as a humor columnist at the Toronto Star. Father Knows Zilch (1996), This House is Nuts (1998), and Last Resort (2000) collect his columns about family life and suburban absurdity.
Mike Harris Made Me Eat My Dog (1998) is political humor aimed at the Ontario premier. Ford AbomiNation (2019) returns to Canadian political satire. These books predate his fiction career and show the comic voice that later surfaced in the Zack Walker series.