Peter Turner

Peter Turner was an English author of biographies and non-fictions famously known for his memoir on Gloria Grahame, a talented actress who spent the last days of her life with the author and his family. The memoir titles Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool was later adapted to a movie. Turner has also written a few guides for travellers to New Zealand, among other works.

The best place to start is the Lonely Planet series, the earliest of Peter Turner's multi-book series: it opens with New Zealand (1977) and runs to 75 books across 1977–2022, ending with Experience Tasmania 1 (2022). Peter Turner's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Peter Turner has 140 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1977 and 2023. 133 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Lonely Planet series with 75 books — and 7 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Peter Turner's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Lonely Planet (1977–2022, 75 books), Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit (1980–1995, 9 books) and Books on (2009–2017, 8 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Peter Turner's 140 books into 4 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Lonely Planet (75 books, 1977–2022); Devils Advocates (41 books, 2010–2023); Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit (9 books, 1980–1995); Books on (8 books, 2009–2017).