Walt Longmire Books in Order
Craig Johnson has written 30 Walt Longmire books, published between 2004 and 2026: 29 in the Walt Longmire series and 1 related title. The first book is The Cold Dish (2004) and the newest main-line book is The Brothers McKay (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 2004–2026
- Confirmed
- 30 of 30 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,461 in 17 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 91–137 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,461 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Walt Longmire is a Wyoming sheriff and the lead of Craig Johnson's mystery series. The Cold Dish (2004) opens a run of 30 catalogued books that reaches The Brothers McKay (2026), short stories and novellas included. Western settings, police procedural plots and Native American life across Wyoming and Montana fill the subject tags. The series is ongoing.
How many Walt Longmire books are there?
Walt Longmire has 30 books, released between 2004 and 2026. 29 of them belong to the Walt Longmire series, and 1 related title sit outside it: short stories and novellas.
Walt Longmire Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Walt Longmire books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120044003/4
- 220062713/4
- 320073363/4
- 42008–3/4
- 520093683/4
- 62010–3/4
- 72011–3/4
- 82012–3/4
- 92012–3/4
- 1020123523/4
- 112013–3/4
- 1220133683/4
- 1320131763/4
- 1420141833/4
- 1520143683/4
- 1620153523/4
- 1720162083/4
- 1820163173/4
- 1920172953/4
- 2020182923/4
- 212019–3/4
- 2220203363/4
- 2320225033/4
- 2420223363/4
- 252023–3/4
- 262024–4/4
- 272024–3/4
- 282025–4/4
- 292026–3/4
- 302026–4/4
Walt Longmire Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the Walt Longmire series run from The Cold Dish (2004) to The Brothers McKay (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Walt Longmire in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Walt Longmire books in order?
You should read the Walt Longmire series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Walt Longmire book also stands alone.
Where to start with Walt Longmire
Start with The Cold Dish (2004), the earliest published book in the Walt Longmire series.
What is the newest Walt Longmire book?
The Brothers McKay (2026) is the newest book in the Walt Longmire series.
Is there a new Walt Longmire book coming?
No next Walt Longmire book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Walt Longmire at a glance
- Still running
- Walt Longmire is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Walt Longmire books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,461 pages across the 17 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Walt Longmire books, 16 of 30, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 3 of the 30 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Walt Longmire books are about
22 of the 30 Walt Longmire books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: longmire, walt (fictitious character) is tagged on 17 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Longmire, walt (fictitious character) 17 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective 15 of 22 books
- Wyoming 15 of 22 books
- Westerns 12 of 22 books
- Sheriffs 6 of 22 books
- Indians of North America 4 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 22 books
- American literature 2 of 22 books
More books by Craig Johnson
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Craig Johnson books in order 32 books