Peter Turner Books in Order
Explore Peter Turner books in order, with quick summaries, notes on the different writers who share the name, and tips on where to start reading.
Last updated: July 9, 2026
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Publication Order
22 books
American Images
by Peter Turner
1985
Turner surveys postwar American photography, tracing major photographers, styles, and arguments from 1945 to 1980. It is a sharp overview of how documentary, art, and cultural image-making changed across the period.
Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool
by Peter Turner
1986
Peter Turner recalls his relationship with actress Gloria Grahame and the final period of her life in Liverpool with his family. It is a warm, funny, and deeply sad memoir about love, illness, fame, and ordinary kindness.
History of Photography
by Peter Turner
1987
A broad illustrated history of photography, from early technical experiments to modern art and photojournalism. Turner follows the medium as both invention and art form, introducing key figures, movements, and shifts in style.
Issues
by Peter Turner
1987
An advanced-level English course book that uses contemporary issues to build essay writing, discussion, and argument. It is designed to help students organize ideas clearly and write with more control.
Singapore City Guide
by Peter Turner
1991
A compact guide to Singapore that breaks the city into manageable districts, sights, and food stops. Turner focuses on practical navigation while still giving a feel for the city's history and character.
Lonely Planet South East Asia
by Peter Turner
1994
A classic independent-travel guide to Southeast Asia, covering routes, border crossings, transport, lodging, and local background across multiple countries. It is built for travelers trying to move confidently through a large, varied region.
Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei
by Peter Turner
1994
A practical guide across three neighboring destinations, combining transport advice, place-to-stay listings, and cultural background. It is meant to help travelers move between busy cities, smaller towns, and regional sights with less guesswork.
Jakarta
by Peter Turner
1995
This city guide helps travelers make sense of Jakarta's scale, traffic, neighborhoods, and attractions. It is built for both planning ahead and finding your feet once the city starts moving around you.
Issues and Skills for 'A' Level English
by Peter Turner
1997
A revised A-level English guide that balances core writing skills with the social, cultural, and political topics often used in exam essays. It is meant to strengthen both argument and technique.
Indonesia's Eastern Islands
by Peter Turner
1998
This guide focuses on Indonesia's lesser-visited eastern islands, with practical advice on transport, places to stay, and regional culture. Turner helps travelers handle distance, logistics, and local detail without losing the sense of adventure.
New Zealand 9
by Peter Turner
1998
A full-country New Zealand guide for independent travelers, covering both islands, major routes, outdoor activities, and local highlights. It mixes practical planning with enough background to help readers shape a memorable trip.
Singapore
by Peter Turner
1998
A focused travel guide to Singapore, with neighborhood coverage, practical advice, and ideas for seeing more than the obvious landmarks. It is useful for travelers who want the city to feel readable, not overwhelming.
Java
by Peter Turner
1999
Turner guides readers through Java's cities, temples, landscapes, and transport networks in one focused regional volume. It is especially useful for understanding the island's mix of culture, politics, and everyday travel challenges.
Indonesia
by Peter Turner
2000
A wide-ranging guide to the Indonesian archipelago, with practical detail on travel, accommodation, food, and local customs across major islands. It is designed to make a huge, complex destination feel manageable.
New Zealand 10
by Peter Turner
2000
An updated New Zealand guide that covers major routes, towns, outdoor experiences, and practical travel decisions across both islands. Turner balances logistics with landscape, helping readers plan a trip that fits their pace.
National Geographic Traveler
by Peter Turner
2009
A richly illustrated New Zealand guide that mixes trip-planning help with history, culture, scenic drives, walks, and regional detail. Turner aims to help visitors understand the country, not just tick off sights.
10 Secrets of a Happy and Successful Life
by Peter Turner
2013
A short self-help guide organized around ten simple principles for building a happier, more successful life. Turner focuses on mindset, daily choices, and practical habits rather than abstract theory.
The Blair Witch Project
by Peter Turner
2015
A compact film study of the 1999 horror landmark, covering its low-budget production, fake-documentary style, internet marketing, and long afterlife. Turner is interested in how the film manufactures authenticity and fear.
Wilberforce and Grace
by Peter Turner
2015
A faith-centered reflection on William Wilberforce and the idea of grace, using his life and public work as a lens for conviction, reform, and endurance.
Equity and Administration
by Peter Turner
2016
This legal essay collection examines what equity is in common law systems and how it operates in the administration of trusts, funds, businesses, and public power. It is aimed at serious students and practitioners of private law.
We Are Stardust
by Peter Turner
2018
A slim collection of poems that shifts between humorous, romantic, and reflective pieces. The poems have an informal, personal feel and were written in a concentrated burst of creative energy.
Found Footage Horror Films
by Peter Turner
2020
Turner uses cognitive film theory to explore how found-footage horror shapes audience perception, realism, and fear. He studies key films in the subgenre to show how camera style changes the viewing experience.
Where should I start?
For the best-known memoir: Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
For practical travel writing: Lonely Planet South East Asia → Indonesia → New Zealand 10
For horror and film criticism: The Blair Witch Project → Found Footage Horror Films
For photography history: American Images → History of Photography
Author bio
Peter Turner is one of those names that can send you to very different shelves. On this page, it does not point to just one career. It covers several writers who share the same name, and their books run from memoir and travel to photography, film criticism, law, study guides, and poetry.
The best-known Peter Turner here is the Liverpool-born actor and writer born in 1952. He grew up in Toxteth, the youngest of nine children, went to local schools, and joined the National Youth Theatre as a teenager. Acting came first, not publishing, and he worked across theatre, film, and television before turning a painful private story into a book.
That book was Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool. Turner had met Gloria Grahame as a young actor in London and later cared for her when she became seriously ill and stayed with his family in Liverpool. The memoir is remembered because it feels close, funny, and heartbreaking without becoming sentimental. When it was adapted for film in 2017, the story reached a much wider audience, and Turner even appeared briefly on screen.
It is still the Peter Turner title most readers recognize first.
A different Peter Turner in this list is an Australian-born journalist, editor, and travel writer. He worked in Australia and for newspapers in Indonesia, Thailand, and Brunei, and he became a steady guidebook hand for Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Books such as Indonesia, Java, New Zealand 10, and National Geographic Traveler are built for readers who want the practical stuff, but also the history, food, landscape, and local character that make a place stick in the memory.
Then there is Peter Turner the photographer, curator, and critic, born near London in 1947. He studied photography at Guildford School of Art and went on to become the longest-serving editor of Creative Camera, a key British photography magazine. His books American Images and History of Photography show the same broad curiosity. He was interested in how photographs work, how styles change, and why certain images last.
Same name, very different jobs.
The academic Peter Turners add another layer. At Oxford Brookes, Peter Turner has written The Blair Witch Project and Found Footage Horror Films, books that look closely at horror, realism, and what camera-based storytelling does to an audience. In law, P. G. Turner of Cambridge edited Equity and Administration, a collection that asks how equity works in common law systems and how it shapes the handling of trusts, funds, and official power.
There are smaller side roads too. Issues and Issues and Skills for 'A' Level English belong to the world of classroom study and exam prep. 10 Secrets of a Happy and Successful Life goes the practical self-help route. We Are Stardust, by Peter A. Turner, moves into poetry instead, with short pieces that range from light to reflective.
So the smart way to approach a Peter Turner page is by subject, not by assuming a single life story sits behind every title. Start with Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool if you want the memoir. Head to the Lonely Planet books if you are planning a trip. Try the photography and film titles if you like criticism and cultural history. It is a slightly tangled catalog entry, but it is also a good reminder that a shared name can hide a whole map of different careers.
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