Who This Author Is

Bill Bradley has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 10 catalog-linked books across 1981 to 2019, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Young Readers & Series Fiction, Biography & Memoir.

Best for readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers. If you want the easiest first click, start with The last of the great stations and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1981 to 2019; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Interurban Press and Random House Inc.

Best Place To Start

The last of the great stations

Interurban Press • 1992 • quick commitment

It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • Biography & Memoir entry points • common used copies from Interurban Press and Random House Inc

Genres and themes: Young Readers & Series Fiction • Biography & Memoir

Who this author is best for: readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1981 to 2019; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Interurban Press and Random House Inc.

Top Books To Start With

  1. The last of the great stations

    Interurban Press • 1992 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1992 • 120 pages.

  2. Life on the Run

    Vintage Books • 1995 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  3. Values of the Game

    Bantam Dell Pub Group • 2000 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2000 • 79 pages.

  4. Time Present, Time Past: a Memoir

    Random House Inc • 1997 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 450 pages.

  5. Time Present, Time Past

    Random House Inc • 1996 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1996 • 442 pages.

  6. Implications of Soviet New Thinking (Special Report / Institute for East-West Security Studies)

    Westview Press • 1988 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1988 • 93 pages.

  7. Commercial Los Angeles, 1925-1947

    Interurban Press • 1981 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1981.

  8. Life and Times of a Lad Called Bandy

    Kimbeck Publications • 2019 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2019.

  9. New American Story

    Penguin Random House • 2007 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2007.

  10. Hijacking of the Christian Church

    Mass Psychology Inst • 1997 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 1997.

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