Howard Frank Mosher Books in Order
14 books are credited to Howard Frank Mosher, published between 1977 and 2022; 2 of them appeared after Howard Frank Mosher's death in 2017. The first book is Disappearances (1977) and the newest is Where the Rivers Flow North (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1977–2022
- Pages on record
- 3,352 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 56–84 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,352 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Every book Howard Frank Mosher wrote is set in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, usually in the invented Kingdom County. Mosher (1942-2017) published thirteen books, eleven of them fiction, and his subject is a rural Yankee community meeting a modernising world, its residents drawn as taciturn and singular. Disappearances (1977) opens the catalogue and God's Kingdom (2015) was the last novel to appear in his lifetime; 14 titles are catalogued in all, the latest dated 2022.
How many Howard Frank Mosher books are there?
Howard Frank Mosher has 14 books, released between 1977 and 2022. 2 of them were published after Howard Frank Mosher's death in 2017.
Howard Frank Mosher Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Howard Frank Mosher 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.
- 1Disappearances1977 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/419772551/4
- 2Marie Blythe1983 · 455 pages · confirmed 1/419834551/4
- 3A Stranger in the Kingdom1989 · 421 pages · confirmed 1/419894211/4
- 4Northern Borders1994 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/419942911/4
- 5North Country1997 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/419972721/4
- 6The Fall of the Year1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419992881/4
- 7The True Account2003 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420033521/4
- 8Waiting for Teddy Williams2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420042881/4
- 9On Kingdom Mountain2007 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420072881/4
- 10Walking to Gatlinburg2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 11The Great Northern Express2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 12God's Kingdom2015 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420152401/4
- 13Points North2018 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/420182021/4
- 14Where the Rivers Flow North2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Howard Frank Mosher 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.
Standalone books
14 books14 Howard Frank Mosher titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Howard Frank Mosher books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 14 Howard Frank Mosher books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Howard Frank Mosher
Start with Disappearances (1977), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Howard Frank Mosher book?
Where the Rivers Flow North (2022) is the newest Howard Frank Mosher book released so far.
Is there a new Howard Frank Mosher book coming?
No next Howard Frank Mosher book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Howard Frank Mosher at a glance
- Died
- Howard Frank Mosher died in 2017, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Howard Frank Mosher are still being published after Howard Frank Mosher's death in 2017; the newest appeared in 2022.
- Release pace
- Howard Frank Mosher books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 3,352 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Howard Frank Mosher books, 4 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
What the Howard Frank Mosher books are about
13 of the 14 Howard Frank Mosher books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: vermont is tagged on 5 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Vermont 5 of 13 books
- Family life 3 of 13 books
- Action & adventure 2 of 13 books
- Clergy 2 of 13 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 13 books