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Tony Hillerman Books in Order

6 series including Leaphorn & Chee Series, Tony Hillerman Children's Books and more

★ 12 NYT bestsellers 6 series 52 books Latest: Shadow of the Solstice ( By: Anne Hillerman) (2025)

Tony Hillerman has written 52 books since 1970. Those titles are spread across 6 series, led by Leaphorn & Chee Series with Anne Hillerman with 28 books. As of 2025, the latest we've recorded is Shadow of the Solstice.

New York Times Bestsellers

12 books

Tony Hillerman has placed 12 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 108 weeks on the charts.

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Talking God
Leaphorn & Chee Series with Anne Hillerman

15 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #2 · debuted Jun 1989

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Cover of Coyote Waits
Coyote Waits
Leaphorn & Chee Series with Anne Hillerman

13 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #3 · debuted Jul 1990

Full chart history →

Bestseller chart data from BestsellerStats.net — explore Tony Hillerman’s complete chart history, week by week.

Reading Order

6 series · 52 books
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1 The Blessing Way 1970 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Dance Hall of the Dead 1973 🏆 Edgar Awards 1974Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Listening Woman 1978 🏆 National Book Award 1980Edgar Awards 1979Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 People of Darkness 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Dark Wind 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 The Ghostway 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Skinwalkers 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 A Thief of Time 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Talking God 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Coyote Waits 1990 🏆 Nero Award 1991Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Sacred Clowns 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 The Fallen Man 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 The First Eagle 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Hunting Badger 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 The Wailing Wind 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 The Sinister Pig 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Skeleton Man 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 The Shape Shifter 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Rock with Wings by Anne Hillerman 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Song of the Lion by Anne Hillerman 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 Cave of Bones by Anne Hillerman 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 The Tale Teller by Anne Hillerman 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Stargazer by Anne Hillerman 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 The Sacred Bridge by Anne Hillerman 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
26 The Way of the Bear by Anne Hillerman 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
27 Lost Birds by Anne Hillerman 2024 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
28 Shadow of the Solstice by Anne Hillerman 2025 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Tony Hillerman Other Novels

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1 The Fly on the Wall 1971 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Finding Moon 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Best of the West by Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman Short Story Collections

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1 The Best of the West 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Mysterious West 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other True Stories 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (Short Story) by Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman Children's Books

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1 The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (Short Story) 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band (Short Story) 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Tony Hillerman Non-Fiction Books

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1 The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs (Short Story) 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 New Mexico, Rio Grande, and Other Essays (Short Story) 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Spell of New Mexico (Short Story) 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Tony Hillerman's Indian Country Map and Guide 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Indian Country 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Talking Mysteries: A Conversation With Tony Hillerman (Short Story) with Ernie Bulow 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Hillerman Country with Barney Hillerman 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Seldom Disappointed 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Kilroy Was There (Short Story) 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Perfect Murder by Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman Anthologies

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1 The Perfect Murder 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 2nd Culprit 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Serpent's Tongue: Prose, Poetry, and Art of the New Mexican Pueblos 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 First Cases, Volume 3 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 A Century of Great Suspense Stories 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 A New Omnibus of Crime 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Anthony Grove Hillerman was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels. Several of his works have been adapted as theatrical and television movies.

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