2026 Reading Challenge

Leaphorn & Chee Series

28 primary works • 35 total works
Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Navajo tribal police officers in the southwest USA. Series has been taken over by author's daughter, Anne Hillerman, after his death. These newer volumes are being marketed as: Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels.

Book 1

The Blessing Way
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4.00 · 31922 Ratings · 1890 Reviews · published 1970 · 1 edition
Alternate cover edition can be found here.

Homicide…

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    Book 2

    Dance Hall of the Dead
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    4.06     · 19428 Ratings · 1074 Reviews · published 1973 · 100 editions
    Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin a…

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    Book 3

    Listening Woman
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    4.14     · 16771 Ratings · 741 Reviews · published 1978 · 79 editions
    The blind shaman called Listening Woman speaks of …

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    Book 4

    People of Darkness
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    4.17     · 12163 Ratings · 652 Reviews · published 1980 · 73 editions
    Don’t miss the TV series,  Dark Winds , based on t…

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    Book 5

    The Dark Wind
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    4.14     · 12482 Ratings · 587 Reviews · published 1981 · 78 editions
    A corpse whose palms and soles have been "scalped"…

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    Book 6

    The Ghostway
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    4.13     · 12902 Ratings · 453 Reviews · published 1984 · 74 editions
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    Book 7

    Skinwalkers
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    4.09     · 15703 Ratings · 684 Reviews · published 1986 · 83 editions
    Navajo Tribal Police Officer Jim Chee and Lieutena…

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    Book 8

    A Thief of Time
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    4.13     · 15408 Ratings · 781 Reviews · published 1988 · 95 editions
    “All of Tony Hillerman’s Navajo tribal police nove…

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    Book 9

    Talking God
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    4.07     · 10334 Ratings · 504 Reviews · published 1989 · 91 editions
    A grave robber and a corpse reunite Navajo Tribal …

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    Book 10

    Coyote Waits
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    4.07     · 12804 Ratings · 470 Reviews · published 1990 · 9 editions
    The car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman D…

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    Book 11

    Sacred Clowns
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    4.06     · 10379 Ratings · 466 Reviews · published 1993 · 16 editions
    First there was the trouble at Saint Boneventure b…

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    Book 12

    The Fallen Man
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    4.14     · 9375 Ratings · 513 Reviews · published 1996 · 76 editions
    From New York Times bestselling author Tony Hiller…

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    Book 13

    The First Eagle
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    4.12     · 8467 Ratings · 468 Reviews · published 1998 · 1 edition
    When Acting Lt. Jim Chee catches a Hopi poacher hu…

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    Book 14

    Hunting Badger
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    4.08     · 9774 Ratings · 476 Reviews · published 1999 · 5 editions
    Three men raid the gambling casino run by the Ute …

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    Book 15

    The Wailing Wind
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    4.13     · 9024 Ratings · 461 Reviews · published 2002 · 55 editions

    Officer Bernadette Manuelito found the dead man sl…

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    Book 16

    The Sinister Pig
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    3.97     · 8423 Ratings · 534 Reviews · published 2003 · 33 editions
    Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police is t…

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    Book 17

    Skeleton Man
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    4.03     · 9495 Ratings · 560 Reviews · published 2004 · 57 editions
    In 1956, an airplane crash left the remains of 172…

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    Book 18

    The Shape Shifter
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    4.05     · 10313 Ratings · 622 Reviews · published 2006 · 53 editions
    7 hours 10 minutes
    Since his retirement from the Na…

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    Book 19

    Spider Woman's Daughter
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    4.04     · 16265 Ratings · 2018 Reviews · published 2013 · 4 editions
    It happened in an instant. After a breakfast with …

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    Book 20

    Rock with Wings
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    3.97     · 12113 Ratings · 1293 Reviews · published 2015 · 26 editions
    Book #2 from the series: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuel…

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    Book 21

    Song of the Lion
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    4.11     · 10106 Ratings · 1015 Reviews · published 2017 · 11 editions
    Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the…

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    Book 22

    Cave of Bones
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    4.04     · 9782 Ratings · 980 Reviews · published 2018 · 16 editions
    Anne Hillerman brings together modern mystery, Nav…

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    Book 23

    The Tale Teller
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    4.18     · 9239 Ratings · 909 Reviews · published 2019 · 16 editions
    Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn…

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    Book 24

    Stargazer
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    4.22     · 9697 Ratings · 855 Reviews · published 2021 · 16 editions
    Murder, deception, Navajo tradition, and the stars…

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    Book 25

    The Sacred Bridge
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    4.22     · 8427 Ratings · 713 Reviews · published 2022 · 11 editions
    "A fine legacy series . . . in the spirit of her l…

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    Book 26

    The Way of the Bear
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    4.18     · 8009 Ratings · 610 Reviews · published 2023 · 7 editions
    Fossil harvesting, ancient lore, greed, rejected l…

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    Book 27

    Lost Birds
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    4.25     · 7623 Ratings · 601 Reviews · published 2024 · 1 edition
    “Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York …

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    Book 28

    Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel
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    4.23     · 4563 Ratings · 382 Reviews · published 2025 · 7 editions
    An Instant New York Times Bestseller

    “Anne Hillerma…

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    Book 1-3

    The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman
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    4.27     · 773 Ratings · 48 Reviews · published 1989 · 18 editions
    Part of a series of Joe Leaphorn Mysteries. Old, b…

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    Book 4-6

    Three Jim Chee Mysteries: People of Darkness / The Dark Wind / The Ghostway
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    4.33     · 425 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1990 · 12 editions
    In People of Darkness, Hillerman's first novel to …

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    Book 7-9

    Leaphorn & Chee: Skinwalkers / A Thief of Time / Talking God
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    4.54     · 125 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1992 · 7 editions
    Three classic Tony Hillerman mysteries in one volu…

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    Book 7, 9

    The Tony Hillerman Audio Collection: Skinwalkers / Talking God
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    4.28     · 61 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1992 · 1 edition
    Against the sublime beauty of the American southwe…

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    Book 10-12

    Le coyotte attend / Les clowns sacrés / Un homme est tombé
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · 1 edition

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    Book 12-13

    Tony Hillerman Boxed Gift Set: The Fallen Man, The First Eagle
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    4.45     · 33 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1998 · 3 editions
    Hundreds of thousands of devoteeswill cheer the re…

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    Book 12-14

    Leaphorn, Chee, and More: The Fallen Man / The First Eagle / Hunting Badger
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    4.54     · 152 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1998 · 5 editions
    Now available for the first time in one volume are…

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