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ⓘ About Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons is a history, biography memoir, and sports writer who is also one of the most successful and prominent publishing and media personalities. He is a busy man as his work usually involves penning columns for “Sun Herald” and “Sunday Morning Herald” newspapers, authoring bestselling novels, and giving expert opinion on “The Back Page” television show on Foxtel. The in-demand presenter and guest speaker also works for the “London Daily Telegraph” as a correspondent. He is a much-traveled international rugby player and for the past twenty years, he was part of the core of the Wallabies.
All Book Series by Peter FitzSimons
Everyone and Phar Lap: Face to Face with the Best of Australian Sport
Book 7 of 45 · published 1999
Hitchhiking for Ugly People and Other Life Experiences
Book 12 of 45 · published 2004
Nietzsche, Ethics and Education: An Account of Difference
Book 17 of 45 · published 2008
And Now for Some Light Relief...: The Genuinely Funny Joke Book
Book 18 of 45 · published 2009
How Hemlines Predict the Economy: Explanations, Rationalizations, and Theories on Everything
Book 19 of 45 · published 2009
Charles Kingsford Smith And Those Magnificent Men
Book 20 of 45 · published 2009
Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen
Book 21 of 45 · published 2011
Ned Kelly: The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend
Book 24 of 45 · published 2013
More Important than Life or Death
Book 25 of 45 · published 2013 Co-authored · Greg Growden
Gotta Love This Country!: Great stories from around Australia to lift your heart, make you laugh and puff out your chest
Book 27 of 45 · published 2015
The Great Aussie Bloke Slim-Down: How an Over-50 Former Footballer Went From Fat to Fit . . . and Lost 45 Kilos
Book 32 of 45 · published 2016
Burke and Wills: The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers
Book 33 of 45 · published 2017
Seriously...You Have to Laugh: Great Yarns and Tall Tales From the Sporting Fields, Dressing Rooms and Commentary Boxes of Australia
Book 34 of 45 · published 2018
Fair Go, Sport: Inspiring and Uplifting Tales of the Good Folks, Great Sportsmanship and Fair Play
Book 37 of 45 · published 2020
James Cook: the story of the man who mapped the world
Book 38 of 45 · published 2020
Straight to the Pool Room
Book 41 of 45 · published 2021 Co-authored · Jake Fitzsimons
The Legend of Albert Jacka
Latest in the series · book 45 of 45 · published 2025
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Peter FitzSimons?
Peter FitzSimons is a history, biography memoir, and sports writer who is also one of the most successful and prominent publishing and media personalities. He is a busy man as his work usually involves penning columns for “Sun Herald” and “Sunday Morning Herald” newspapers, authoring bestselling novels, and giving expert opinion on “The Back Page” television show on Foxtel. The in-demand presenter and guest speaker also works for the “London Daily Telegraph” as a correspondent.
Which Peter FitzSimons series should I start with?
Peter FitzSimons's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Basking in Beirut (1991).
How many books has Peter FitzSimons written?
Peter FitzSimons has 45 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1991 and 2025. They all sit in a single category — Non-Fiction — rather than in numbered series.
In what order should Peter FitzSimons's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 45 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Peter FitzSimons's books organised into series?
This guide splits Peter FitzSimons's 45 books into categories rather than numbered series: Non-Fiction (45 books).