Best Craig Johnson Audiobooks
Where to Start with Craig Johnson
- Best entry point → The Cold Dish
- Start the Walt Longmire #0.5 series → Tooth and Claw
- Short listen, big payoff → The Longmire Defense
- Underrated but highly rated → Daughter of the Morning Star
- What fans keep coming back to → Death Without Company
- Highest rated by listeners → As The Crow Flies (Walt Longmire #8)
Best Craig Johnson Audiobooks
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The Longmire Defense
Walt Longmire • Book 19
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.69 ABR Score (12.8K ratings)★ 4.54 Goodreads (11.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (1.8K)9h 43m listening time • Released 2023George Guidall's weathered drawl makes Walt's reckoning with his family's violent legacy feel inevitable and devastating—this is the Longmire series at its moral and emotional peak.
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As The Crow Flies
Walt Longmire • Book 8
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.60 ABR Score (26.2K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (19.1K) ★ 4.71 Audible (7.1K)9h 25m listening time • Released 2012 - 3
Daughter of the Morning Star
Walt Longmire • Book 17
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.60 ABR Score (15.6K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (12.1K) ★ 4.72 Audible (3.4K)8h 25m listening time • Released 2021 - 4
Junkyard Dogs
Walt Longmire • Book 6
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.58 ABR Score (28.1K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (21.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (7.1K)7h 33m listening time • Released 2010 - 5
Land of Wolves
Walt Longmire • Book 15
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.57 ABR Score (17.4K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (12.6K) ★ 4.7 Audible (4.8K)8h 10m listening time • Released 2019 - 6
The Western Star
Walt Longmire • Book 13
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.56 ABR Score (18.0K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (12.2K) ★ 4.71 Audible (5.8K)7h 39m listening time • Released 2017 - 7
Hell Is Empty
Walt Longmire • Book 7
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.56 ABR Score (25.4K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (18.4K) ★ 4.67 Audible (7.0K)8h 28m listening time • Released 2011 - 8
The Dark Horse
Walt Longmire • Book 5
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.55 ABR Score (28.7K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (21.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.1K)9h 32m listening time • Released 2009 - 9
Kindness Goes Unpunished
Walt Longmire • Book 3
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.55 ABR Score (33.4K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (24.5K) ★ 4.67 Audible (8.9K)8h 42m listening time • Released 2007George Guidall's gravel-voiced delivery turns this Wyoming sheriff loose in Philadelphia, and his command of Walt's deadpan humor against genuine danger is exactly why this series hooks people.
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Dry Bones
Walt Longmire • Book 11
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.55 ABR Score (21.4K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (14.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (6.9K)8h 16m listening time • Released 2015 - 11
A Serpent's Tooth
Walt Longmire • Book 9
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.54 ABR Score (24.4K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (17.1K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.2K)9h 26m listening time • Released 2013George Guidall's weathered drawl makes Walt Longmire feel lived-in and real—by book nine, his narration IS the Wyoming sheriff, grounding this series' best mystery in genuine emotional stakes.
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Another Man's Moccasins
Walt Longmire • Book 4
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.54 ABR Score (31.0K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (22.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (8.4K)8h 43m listening time • Released 2008 - 13
Any Other Name
Walt Longmire • Book 10
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.53 ABR Score (20.9K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (14.9K) ★ 4.68 Audible (6.0K)8h 30m listening time • Released 2014 - 14
Death Without Company
Walt Longmire • Book 2
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.53 ABR Score (38.9K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (28.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (10.6K)9h 48m listening time • Released 2007George Guidall's gravel-worn narration transforms this Wyoming murder mystery into something genuinely atmospheric, making Walt Longmire's methodical investigation feel less like plot mechanics and more like time spent with a man you trust.
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An Obvious Fact
Walt Longmire • Book 12
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.53 ABR Score (20.6K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (14.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (6.0K)7h 50m listening time • Released 2016 - 16
Next to Last Stand
Walt Longmire • Book 16
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.51 ABR Score (15.9K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (12.0K) ★ 4.68 Audible (3.8K)7h 56m listening time • Released 2020 - 17
The Cold Dish
Walt Longmire • Book 1
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.42 ABR Score (64.3K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (46.6K) ★ 4.54 Audible (17.7K)13h 17m listening time • Released 2007George Guidall's gravelly, measured drawl turns Walt Longmire into the kind of sheriff you trust completely, making this Wyoming noir feel lived-in and inevitable rather than constructed.
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First Frost
Walt Longmire • Book 20
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.40 ABR Score (10.3K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (8.8K) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.5K)9h 53m listening time • Released 2024 - 19
Return to Sender
Walt Longmire • Book 21
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.25 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (1.0K)8h 56m listening time • Released 2025George Guidall's gravel-worn delivery makes Walt's deadpan humor land harder than ever, turning this desert mystery into something you won't want to pause.
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Tooth and Claw
Walt Longmire #0.5
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.25 ABR Score (7.3K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (6.0K) ★ 4.54 Audible (1.2K)4h 25m listening time • Released 2024George Guidall's gravel-worn delivery transforms this young Walt Longmire origin story into something primal and hypnotic—he makes the frozen Alaska wasteland feel like a character plotting against you.