Where to Start with Craig Johnson
- Best entry point → The Cold Dish
- Start the Walt Longmire #0.5 series → Tooth and Claw
- Quick read, big payoff → The Longmire Defense
- Underrated but highly rated → Daughter of the Morning Star
- What readers keep coming back to → Death Without Company
- Highest rated by readers → As The Crow Flies (Walt Longmire #8)
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The Longmire Defense
Walt Longmire • Book 19
★ 4.69 BLT Score (11.0K ratings)★ 4.54 Goodreads (11.0K) - 2
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Daughter of the Morning Star
Walt Longmire • Book 17
★ 4.60 BLT Score (12.1K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (12.1K) - 4
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Kindness Goes Unpunished
Walt Longmire • Book 3
★ 4.55 BLT Score (24.5K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (24.5K) - 10
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Another Man's Moccasins
Walt Longmire • Book 4
★ 4.54 BLT Score (22.6K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (22.6K) - 13
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Death Without Company
Walt Longmire • Book 2
★ 4.53 BLT Score (28.3K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (28.3K) - 15
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Next to Last Stand
Walt Longmire • Book 16
★ 4.51 BLT Score (12.0K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (12.0K) - 17
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