Tom Rosenstiel Books in Order
Tom Rosenstiel has written 8 books, published between 1993 and 2021. The first book is Strange Bedfellows: How Television and the Presidential Candidates Changed American Politics, 1992 (1993) and the newest is The Days to Come (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1993–2021
- Pages on record
- 1,955 in 7 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 33–49 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,955 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Tom Rosenstiel's catalogue divides between books on the news media and political thrillers. Strange Bedfellows (1993), The Beat Goes On (1994), Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media (1999) and We Interrupt This Newscast (2007) take up television, the press and presidential politics. Shining City (2017), Oppo (2019), The Good Lie (2019) and The Days to Come (2021) follow, and Peter Rena names a series under the Rosenstiel credit. Listed subjects include press and politics, mass media, elections, presidents and thrillers. Eight books in all, with nothing catalogued after 2021.
How many Tom Rosenstiel books are there?
Tom Rosenstiel has 8 books, released between 1993 and 2021. 4 of them belong to the Peter Rena series.
Tom Rosenstiel Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Tom Rosenstiel 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.
- 1Strange Bedfellows: How Television and the Presidential Candidates Changed American Politics, 19921993 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/419933682/4
- 2The Beat Goes on: President Clinton's First Year With the Media1994 · 59 pages · confirmed 2/41994592/4
- 3Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media1999 · 193 pages · confirmed 2/419991932/4
- 4We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and Win Ratings, Too2007 · 231 pages · confirmed 2/420072312/4
- 520173682/4
- 620193682/4
- 72019–2/4
- 820213682/4
Tom Rosenstiel 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.
Peter Rena in order
4 books- 1. Shining City
- 2. The Good Lie
- 3. Oppo
- 4. The Days to Come
Standalone books
4 books4 Tom Rosenstiel titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tom Rosenstiel books in order?
You only need to read Tom Rosenstiel books in order within the Peter Rena series, which holds 4 of the 8 Tom Rosenstiel books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Tom Rosenstiel
Start with Strange Bedfellows: How Television and the Presidential Candidates Changed American Politics, 1992 (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tom Rosenstiel book?
The Days to Come (2021) is the newest Tom Rosenstiel book released so far.
Is there a new Tom Rosenstiel book coming?
No next Tom Rosenstiel book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tom Rosenstiel at a glance
- Paused
- No new Tom Rosenstiel title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Tom Rosenstiel books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,955 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tom Rosenstiel books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Tom Rosenstiel books are about
All 8 Tom Rosenstiel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: politics and government is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Politics and government 3 of 8 books
- Political fiction 2 of 8 books
- Political aspects 2 of 8 books
- Presidents 2 of 8 books
- Press and politics 2 of 8 books
- Thrillers 2 of 8 books