Peter Bartram Books in Order
Peter Bartram has written 23 books, published between 1981 and 2022. The first book is David Steel: His Life and Politics (1981) and the newest is The Family Tree Mystery (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1981–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,303 in 8 of 23 books
Peter Bartram's catalogue spans business writing and crime fiction, 23 books from 1981 to 2022. David Steel: His Life and Politics (1981) is the earliest title. Guides such as Perfect Business Writing (1993) and How to Write a Press Release (1995) followed. Crime fiction arrived with Headline Murder (2015) and Murder from the Newsdesk (2016). Bartram's series are Headline Hero and Crampton of The Chronicle Mystery. The Family Tree Mystery (2022) is the latest.
How many Peter Bartram books are there?
Peter Bartram has 23 books, released between 1981 and 2022. They include 3 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.
Peter Bartram Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Peter Bartram books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1David Steel: His Life and Politics1981 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/419812001/4
- 2Perfect Business Writing1993 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/41993861/4
- 3The Perfect Report1994 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419941281/4
- 4How to Write a Press Release1995 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419951601/4
- 5Perfect Project Manager1999 · 99 pages · confirmed 1/41999991/4
- 6How to Make Your Case in the Media2006 · 151 pages · confirmed 1/420061511/4
- 7How to Write the Perfect Press Release2006 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/420061701/4
- 8How To Write Well At Work2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 92015–1/4
- 102016–1/4
- 1120163091/4
- 122017–1/4
- 132017–1/4
- 142017–1/4
- 152017–1/4
- 162018–1/4
- 172018–1/4
- 182019–1/4
- 192019–1/4
- 202020–1/4
- 21The Life in Research2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 222021–1/4
- 232022–1/4
Peter Bartram series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Headline Hero books in order 10 books
Peter Bartram books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Headline Hero Trilogy in order
3 booksCrampton of The Chronicle Mystery in order
1 bookStandalone books
9 books9 Peter Bartram titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Peter Bartram books in order?
You only need to read Peter Bartram books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Peter Bartram
Start with Headline Murder (2015), the first Headline Hero book. The earliest catalogued title overall is David Steel: His Life and Politics (1981).
What is the newest Peter Bartram book?
The Family Tree Mystery (2022) is the newest Peter Bartram book released so far.
Is there a new Peter Bartram book coming?
No next Peter Bartram book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Peter Bartram at a glance
- Paused
- No new Peter Bartram title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Peter Bartram books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,303 pages across the 8 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 156 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Peter Bartram books, 11 of 23, were published in the 2010s.
What the Peter Bartram books are about
8 of the 23 Peter Bartram books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: business writing is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Business writing 2 of 8 books
- Press releases 2 of 8 books






