Where to Start with Tony Hillerman
- Best entry point → The Blessing Way
- What fans keep coming back to → Dance Hall Of The Dead - Tony Hillerman - Audio Cassette/The World's 30 Greatest Mysteries
- Best narrator for Tony Hillerman → Dance Hall of the Dead/ A Thief of Time/ The Dark Wind/ The Blessing Way/ The First Eagle
- Highest rated by listeners → People of Darkness (Leaphorn & Chee #4)
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People of Darkness
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 4
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.44 ABR Score (14.1K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (12.4K) ★ 4.72 Audible (1.7K)7h 2m listening time • Released 2015 - 2
The Dark Wind
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 5
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.44 ABR Score (14.2K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (12.7K) ★ 4.74 Audible (1.6K)7h 32m listening time • Released 2015George Guidall's measured, deliberate narration transforms Hillerman's Southwest noir into something hypnotic—he makes the desert itself feel like a character plotting against you.
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The Ghostway
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 6
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.42 ABR Score (14.4K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (13.1K) ★ 4.74 Audible (1.3K)7h 8m listening time • Released 2015 - 4
The Fallen Man
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 12
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.39 ABR Score (10.4K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (9.5K) ★ 4.74 Audible (918)7h 27m listening time • Released 2015 - 5
Dance Hall Of The Dead - Tony Hillerman - Audio Cassette/The World's 30 Greatest Mysteries
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 2
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.37 ABR Score (21.8K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (19.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (1.9K)6h 2m listening time • Released 2015George Guidall's measured, deliberate narration transforms this Southwest noir into something hypnotic—his restraint makes every revelation land harder than any shouted twist ever could.
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Skinwalkers
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 7
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.28 ABR Score (16.3K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (15.9K) ★ 4.72 Audible (393)6h 54m listening time • Released 2023George Guidall's measured, authoritative narration transforms Hillerman's Navajo mystery into something genuinely unsettling—he makes the landscape feel as menacing as the crime itself.
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The Shape Shifter
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 18
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.26 ABR Score (10.8K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (10.4K) ★ 4.73 Audible (420)7h 4m listening time • Released 2022 - 8
The Wailing Wind
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 15
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.25 ABR Score (9.4K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (9.2K) ★ 4.83 Audible (205)5h 59m listening time • Released 2023 - 9
The Blessing Way
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 1
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.23 ABR Score (35.5K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (32.5K) ★ 4.51 Audible (3.1K)6h 28m listening time • Released 2015George Guidall's weathered voice transforms Hillerman's debut into a masterclass in procedural tension—he doesn't just narrate the mystery, he embodies the landscape's quiet dread and Leaphorn's methodical unease.
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Dance Hall of the Dead/ A Thief of Time/ The Dark Wind/ The Blessing Way/ The First Eagle
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 2
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.21 ABR Score (20.2K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (19.9K) ★ 4.68 Audible (308)6h 55m listening time • Released 2023 - 11
Hunting Badger
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 14
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.21 ABR Score (10.1K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (9.9K) ★ 4.77 Audible (212)5h 49m listening time • Released 2023 - 12
Skeleton Man
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 17
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.20 ABR Score (10.0K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (9.6K) ★ 4.68 Audible (388)6h 28m listening time • Released 2022 - 13
Sacred Clowns
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 11
Narrated by Christian Baskous
★ 4.20 ABR Score (11.3K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (10.6K) ★ 4.57 Audible (726)8h 55m listening time • Released 2013 - 14
Coyote Waits
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 10
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.18 ABR Score (13.2K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (13.0K) ★ 4.67 Audible (246)6h 38m listening time • Released 2023 - 15
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[Talking God] [By: Tony Hillerman] [January, 2010]
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 9
by Tony Hillerman, Unknown Author
Narrated by Christian Baskous
★ 4.14 ABR Score (11.4K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (875)8h 13m listening time • Released 2013 - 16
The Sinister Pig
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 16
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.12 ABR Score (8.8K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (8.6K) ★ 4.73 Audible (188)5h 40m listening time • Released 2023
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