P.J. Hoge

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2009
  • Latest Book:
    January 2020
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Full Series List in Order

Prairie Preacher

1 - Prairie Preacher (Jan-2010)
2 - Victoria's Nest (Nov-2010)
3 - Rainbows and Rattlesnakes (Jul-2011)
4 - Z (Sep-2011)
5 - Kartoffel Noggin (Oct-2011)
6 - Coot and the Gophers (Oct-2011)
7 - Life in the Petunia Patch (Dec-2011)
8 - The Pickle Jar (Feb-2012)
9 - Potato Peelings (Mar-2012)
10 - Winter Shadows (Jul-2012)
11 - Venom of the Queen Bee (Oct-2012)
12 - Probably Yesterday (Nov-2012)
13 - Buck Fifty (Feb-2013)
14 - Families! the Good, Bad and Wobbly (Jun-2013)
15 - Loose Ends (Aug-2013)
16 - Miss Puffer and the Banshee (Sep-2014)
17 - Rusty Zipper (Aug-2014)
18 - Flutes and Fiddles (Dec-2014)
19 - Balancing Rock ()
22 - Rats in a Sleeping Bag (Jul-2018)
23 - Worth the Effort (Aug-2018)
24 - Abbott Island (Sep-2018)
25 - The Parson'S Son (Sep-2018)
26 - Wallpaper Paste (Dec-2018)
27 - Wasichu Wedding (Jan-2019)
28 - Early Harvest (Jul-2019)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Garrett: Death of a Selfish Man

    Garrett Cameron is a successful businessman who has built a solitary lifethat is, unti l he receives a devastati ng phone callhis son and daughter-in-law have been in a horrible car accident. Garrett has always been busy building his fortune and, a...

  • Prairie Preacher

    Prairie Preacher - 1

    Prairie Preacher tells the story of a young Lutheran pastor who accepts his first call to a church in central North Dakota in 1955. Byron Ellison is assigned there for one year, at the end of which the congregation will vote to keep him on permanentl...

  • Victoria's Nest

    Prairie Preacher - 2

    Victorias Nest visits the North Dakota farming community of Merton, fifteen years after Prairie Preacher. This continues the story of the Schroeder Family as Victoria becomes an adult. It is about her struggles as she tries to find her place in her f...

  • Rainbows and Rattlesnakes

    Prairie Preacher - 3

    Rainbows and Rattlesnakes is the continuing story of the Praire Preacher family. This book is about the Pastor Byron's youngest daughter, six year old Ginger. In an attempt to overcome some difficulties, she takes an action that causes her life to c...

  • Z

    Prairie Preacher - 4

    Throughout Rainbows and Rattlenakes, Dr. Zach Jeffries worked to overcome the trauma of his tortured childhood. He thought he had dealt with it and put it in the past. The young man was able to begin building a happy, quiet life adn looking forward ...

  • Coot and the Gophers

    Prairie Preacher - 6

    FBI Agent Carl Kincaid was doing his job when he saved a young girls life. Her name was Miriam, and she was the would-be victim of a religious cult leader who doled out more than his share of abuse. Before being caught by authorities, the evangelist ...

  • Kartoffel Noggin

    Prairie Preacher - 5

    Kartoffel Noggin, the fifth installment of the Prairie Preacher series, transports readers from the small North Dakota farming community the Schroeder family calls home to war-torn South Vietnam. The year is 1969, and Andy Schroder, the little boy we...

  • Life in the Petunia Patch

    Prairie Preacher - 7

    It had been an amazing year. Carl Kincaids entire life had changed. It was a far cry from that lonely Louisiana hospital room. Little did he know then, that some strangers would change his life! He was happier now than he had ever been, even though i...

  • The Pickle Jar

    Prairie Preacher - 8

    Matt Harrington had spent most of his life feeling certain of his direction and future. Suddenly the actions of others took his life on an unexpected turn. He was unable to stop the changes, or even anticipate them! He knew he had serious decisions t...



  • Potato Peelings

    Prairie Preacher - 9

    Teased by his siblings for being a potato head, Andy Schroeder had been a good natured, optimistic young person. He was in college and deciding where to attend law school, when he received his draft papers. Soon, he was known as Spud by the guys in h...

  • Winter Shadows

    Prairie Preacher - 10

    A car accident on a Souix Reservation leaves a young boy and his siblings homeless. They are sent to live on a farm, where his much older stepbrother is recuperating from his war injuries. Clarence only agrees to move because of his brothers and sist...

  • Venom of the Queen Bee

    Prairie Preacher - 11

    Diane Waggoner is on the cusp of finally finding happiness in her life. After becoming engaged to former priest Matt Harrington, Diane prepares to visit her invalid mother at a care facility in Portland, Maine-knowing that she is walking straight int...

  • Probably Yesterday

    Prairie Preacher - 12

    The bullwhip cracked the frigid air and its end tore across her back leaving huge welts. The whipping did not stop until the young girl managed to stumble her way into a small log shed. She closed the door behind her. She heard her father wedge somet...

  • Buck Fifty

    Prairie Preacher - 13

    The seven-year-old boy went over a small rise to an old run-down farm surrounded by untrimmed trees and overgrown weeds. The barn was mostly collapsed and the roof of the house has a gaping hole on one end. He went around the house to the side window...

  • Families! the Good, Bad and Wobbly

    Prairie Preacher - 14

    May of 1972 finds the folks of the Engelmann clan preparing for the long-awaited wedding of Matt Harrington and Diane Waggoner. Numerous family members from out East will be attending the event. In the past, members of both their families had shown v...

  • Loose Ends

    Prairie Preacher - 15

    Ian Harrington had worked all his life in law enforcement, until a gunshot ruined his arm, rendering it almost useless. With the help of his family and friends, he was able to rebuild his life. Even though being an accountant was less exciting, it wa...

  • Rusty Zipper

    Prairie Preacher - 17

    Elton and Nora Schroeder were looking forward to their trip to the Cayman Islands. It would be the first time the couple had been alone in years. When they checked into the luxurious hotel, there was the promise of a relaxing vacation of renewal and ...

  • Miss Puffer and the Banshee

    Prairie Preacher - 16

  • Flutes and Fiddles

    Prairie Preacher - 18

    The public school music instructor Gary Larson was dismayed at the loss of his familys rented home. They lost everything, except their lives and that of their family dog. All they could salvage was in a cardboard box. Gary worried, however, that he s...



  • Summer Rain

    Brett nodded in a daze. He knew in his heart that this was going to be more than just a few questions. A few minutes later, the deputy joined them in the car. He and Sheriff Bernard had a conversation that Brett couldn't hear. Bernard turned in his s...

  • The Better Thing

    Three days before her wedding, Autumns life fell in shambles. Emotionally distraught at Brads death, her parents felt it may be a good idea for her to visit relatives in North Dakota for a change of scenery. Her cousins became concerned about her use...

  • Rats in a Sleeping Bag

    Prairie Preacher - 22

    The entire group of friends in North Dakota were looking forward to the promised visit of their Caymanian friends. Schroeders had promised the teenaged boys, who were instrumental in saving their lives on the island, that they would have a great trai...

  • Worth the Effort

    Prairie Preacher - 23

    Johnny Standing Elk rolled his eyes and thought, This woman is a walking disaster area. Then he decided that he still had the rest of today and thirteen more to watch out for her. He made himself a heartfelt promise to never make a commitment to lo...

  • Abbott Island

    Prairie Preacher - 24

    W. H. Crandall has been left as an abandoned child as an infant, and he grew up in the foster care system. When he became a teen, he migrated toward juvenile detention. Then as he was getting older, he was given the option of joining the military or ...

  • The Parson'S Son

    Prairie Preacher - 25

    Miklos Sarantakis had always been a decent sort, quite religious, and believed strongly in family. He felt that family was the most important thing on earth -- the love of a good wife and children. If blessed to have that, he would do anything to pro...

  • Wallpaper Paste

    Prairie Preacher - 26

    Matt and Diane Harrington were settling into their newly married life. Diane’s past had been hampered by a dysfunctional childhood, an abusive early marriage, and physical violence at the hands of her in-laws and even her own mother. Now she had a ...

  • Wasichu Wedding

    Prairie Preacher - 27

    Johnny Standing Elk’s family was normal, except for his father, Joseph Standing Elk. He was an elderly full-blooded Teton Sioux, stubborn as a mule and ornery as his ailing body would allow. He was not well and hadn’t been for some time, but he w...

  • Early Harvest

    Prairie Preacher - 28

    EARLY HARVEST 28th of the Prairie Preacher Series Darrell and Jeannie had a wonderful marriage and were looking forward to the arrival of their first child later this summer. However, this summer so far had been miserable. They had lost one of thei...

  • Honor Thy Mother

    Tia Howard had moved from her hometown in Minnesota to begin a life on her own. She had always been close to her family, except for one sister, Desi. She had kept contact with her mother and brother by phone and letter until the response was abruptly...



  • Balancing Rock

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    Prairie Preacher - 19

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

P.J. Hoge has published 30 books.

P.J. Hoge does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Honor Thy Mother, was published in January 2020.

The first book by P.J. Hoge, Garrett: Death of a Selfish Man, was published in July 2009.

Yes. P.J. Hoge has 1 series.
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