Hillerman is best known for his series of 15 murder mysteries set on the vast Navajo Indian reservation. They star two Navajo tribal policemen: Joe Leaphorn, the legendary older detective, and Jim Chee, the impetuous younger lieutenant. The novels are listed below in order of publication.
- Tony Hillerman's Detective Novels of Indian Country
- The Blessing Way (1970)
- Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
- Listening Woman (1978)
- People of the Darkness (1980)
- The Dark Wind (1982)
- The Ghost Way (1984)
- Skinwalkers (1986)
- A Thief of Time (1988)
- Talking God (1989)
- Coyote Waits (1990)
- Sacred Clowns (1993)
- The Fallen Man (1997)
- The First Eagle (1998)
- Hunting Badger (1999) (more)
- Golden Calf (to be published in 2002)
- Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
- More by Tony Hillerman
- Tony Hillerman's Indian Country Map and Guide (more)
- Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir
- Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band (for children)
- Finding Moon
- The Fly on the Wall
- The Mysterious West
- The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth (for children)
- The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
- The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs
- Hillerman Country: A Journey Through the Southwest With Tony Hillerman
- Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir
- Others
- Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries, by Laurance Linford
