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Tony Hillerman Books in Order

6 series including Leaphorn & Chee Series with Anne Hillerman, 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.

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1 Leaphorn & Chee Series with Anne Hillerman 2 Tony Hillerman Other Novels 3 Tony Hillerman Short Story Collections 4 Tony Hillerman Children's Books 5 Tony Hillerman Non-Fiction Books 6 Tony Hillerman Anthologies

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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Coyote Waits
Leaphorn & Chee Series with Anne Hillerman

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

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

Reading Order

6 series · 52 books

Leaphorn & Chee Series with Anne Hillerman

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

Tony Hillerman Other Novels

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1 The Fly on the Wall 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Finding Moon 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Tony Hillerman Short Story Collections

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1 The Best of the West 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Mysterious West 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other True Stories 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Tony Hillerman Children's Books

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1 The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (Short Story) 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band (Short Story) 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from 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 from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 New Mexico, Rio Grande, and Other Essays (Short Story) 1975 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Spell of New Mexico (Short Story) 1976 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Tony Hillerman's Indian Country Map and Guide 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Indian Country 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Talking Mysteries: A Conversation With Tony Hillerman (Short Story) ( With: Ernie Bulow) 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Hillerman Country ( With: Barney Hillerman) 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Seldom Disappointed 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Kilroy Was There (Short Story) 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Tony Hillerman Anthologies

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

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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