Jon Hassler

Author Information
Jon Hassler's Latest Book

Newest Release

  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1977
  • Latest Book:
    October 2009
  • Author Rating:
  • Share:

Full Series List in Order

A Staggerford Novel

Staggerford (Jul-1977)
The Staggerford Flood (Sep-2002)
The Staggerford Murders (Dec-2004)
The New Woman (Dec-2005)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • Four Miles to Pin

  • Staggerford

    A Staggerford Novel

    "A writer good enough to restore your faith in fiction."
    THE NEW YORK TIMES
    It is only a week in the life of a 35-year old bachelor school teacher in a small Minnesota town. But it is an extraodinary week, filled with the poetry of living, the ...

  • Jemmy

  • The Love Hunter

  • A Green Journey

    "Hassler's characters have old-fashioned values and typical human failings; they make this a novel to restore your faith in humanity."
    LOS ANGELES TIMES
    Agatha McGee is following a dream, though it might be late in the game. She's just retired ...

  • Simon's Night

    "A marvel. Out of Old Age, which our peculiar times have determined to view as a sort of generational sin, Jon Hassler has drawn forth a poignant, funny, wise novel about Eternal Youth."
    THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
    Simon Shea, a retired professo...

  • Grand Opening

    Twelve-year old Brendan tells the story, set in 1944-45, that begins with his parents' decision to buy a run-down grocery store in a tiny Minnesota town. What they discover about small town idealism, bigotry, and good old American values will change ...

  • Four Miles to Pinecone

    He was an eyewitness to a crime that his best friend committed. . . . “It all started the day school ended”That was when my English teacher decided not to flunk me -- if I wrote a long story during my summer vacation. My name’s Tom Barry. ...

  • North of Hope

    "Hassler's brilliance has always been his ability to achieve the depth of real literature through such sure-handed, no-gimmicks, honest language that the result appears effortless."
    THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
    After more than twenty years in...



  • Dear James

    When St. Isidore's Elementary in Staggerford, Minnesota is closed, Miss Agatha McGee, who has taught there her whole life, is thrown back on her friends to sustain her. She finds her friends wanting. Fleeing unhappiness at home, Agatha sets off on a ...

  • Rookery Blues

    "UNFORGETTABLE . . . Hassler has skillfully encapsulated an entire world of humanity and emotion in one tiny town in northern Minnesota."
    --San Diego Union-Tribune
    Rookery State College in the late 1960s is an academic backwater if ever there w...

  • Dean's List

    Leland Edwards, a piano-playing fisherman and English professor, has become dean of Rookery State College in Minnesota. With this title comes the daunting task of saving his beloved campus from diminished enrollment, hockey thuggery, and its ignoble ...

  • Underground Christmas

    Jon's story is about a man named Jay who has come rather late to his midlife crisis. Nearing fifty, Jay finds himself dislocated by a divorce and by his only child's attempted suicide. Seeking stability, he has taken a temporary teaching position at ...

  • Rufus at the Door and Other Stories

  • The Staggerford Flood

    A Staggerford Novel

    In The Staggerford Flood, Jon Hassler brings back Agatha McGee and reunites other favorite characters from his award-winning Staggerford novels. When a flood hits Staggerford and neighboring towns, Agatha McGee's house on the highest hill in town bec...

  • The Staggerford Murders

    A Staggerford Novel

    Filled with his trademark humor and warmth, Jon Hassler’s The Staggerford Murders and The Life and Death of Nancy Clancy’s Nephew offer a welcome return to the town that has captivated readers for years.In The Staggerford...

  • The New Woman

    A Staggerford Novel

    Since 1977, Jon Hassler’s Staggerford series has entranced readers with its funny and charming depiction of life in small-town America. The New Woman is his latest visit to this Minnesota hamlet.At the age of eighty-eight, Agatha McGee has grudging...

  • Keepsakes & Other Stories

    From Publishers WeeklyThese seven gentle tales set in Minnesota and North Dakota and all written during the 1970s treat fans of novelist Hassler (A Green Journey; Jemmy) to the earliest fruits of his talent. Some are folksy portraits of small-town ch...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jon Hassler has published 18 books.

Jon Hassler does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Keepsakes & Other Stories, was published in October 2009.

The first book by Jon Hassler, Four Miles to Pin, was published in January 1977.

Yes. Jon Hassler has 1 series.
Author Series
Top Authors in Small Town
No ads, please...

$20 / year

FictionDB Premium Membership

Subscribe