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Ella Clah Books in Order

Ella Clah contains 18 books, published between 1995 and 2013. The first book is Blackening Song (1995) and the newest is Ghost Medicine (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1995–2013
Pages on record
5,536 in 16 of 18 books
Reading time
92–138 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,536 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

See all 18 books in order Printable Ella Clah checklist

Ella Clah is a mystery series of 18 books, running from Blackening Song (1995) to Ghost Medicine (2013) and marked likely complete; David Thurlo is credited on 16 of them. Subject headings name Ella Clah, Navajo Indians, Navajo women, policewomen, New Mexico, women sleuths, and mothers and daughters. Death Walker (1996), Bad Medicine (1997), Enemy Way (1998), Shooting Chant (2000) and Red Mesa (2001) follow the opening book, with Changing Woman (2002), Plant Them Deep (2003), Tracking Bear (2003) and Wind Spirit (2004) after. Black Thunder (2011) and Ghost Medicine (2013) are credited to Aimee Thurlo.

How many Ella Clah books are there?

Ella Clah has 18 books, released between 1995 and 2013.

Ella Clah Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Ella Clah books in the order they were published, 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.

  1. Cover of Blackening Song by David Thurlo, book 1 of the Ella Clah series (1995)
  2. Cover of Death Walker by David Thurlo, book 2 of the Ella Clah series (1996)
  3. Cover of Bad Medicine by David Thurlo, book 3 of the Ella Clah series (1997)
  4. Cover of Enemy Way by David Thurlo, book 4 of the Ella Clah series (1998)
  5. Cover of Shooting Chant by David Thurlo, book 5 of the Ella Clah series (2000)
  6. Cover of Red Mesa by David Thurlo, book 6 of the Ella Clah series (2001)
  7. Cover of Changing Woman by David Thurlo, book 7 of the Ella Clah series (2002)
  8. Cover of Plant Them Deep by David Thurlo, book 8 of the Ella Clah series (2003)
  9. Cover of Tracking Bear by David Thurlo, book 9 of the Ella Clah series (2003)
  10. Cover of Wind Spirit by David Thurlo, book 10 of the Ella Clah series (2004)
  11. Cover of White Thunder by David Thurlo, book 11 of the Ella Clah series (2005)
  12. Cover of Mourning Dove by David Thurlo, book 12 of the Ella Clah series (2006)
  13. Cover of Turquoise Girl by David Thurlo, book 13 of the Ella Clah series (2007)
  14. Cover of Coyote's Wife by David Thurlo, book 14 of the Ella Clah series (2008)
  15. Cover of Earthway by David Thurlo, book 15 of the Ella Clah series (2009)
  16. Cover of Neverending Snake by David Thurlo, book 16 of the Ella Clah series (2010)
  17. Cover of Black Thunder by Aimee Thurlo, book 17 of the Ella Clah series (2011)
  18. Cover of Ghost Medicine by Aimee Thurlo, book 18 of the Ella Clah series (2013)
  1. 1
    Blackening Song1995 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995384
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  2. 2
    Death Walker1996 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996352
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  3. 3
    Bad Medicine1997 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997384
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  4. 4
    Enemy Way1998 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998352
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  5. 5
    Shooting Chant2000 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000352
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  6. 6
    Red Mesa2001 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001384
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  7. 7
    Changing Woman2002 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002384
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  8. 8
    Plant Them Deep2003 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003336
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  9. 9
    Tracking Bear2003 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003384
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  10. 10
    Wind Spirit2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004320
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  11. 11
    White Thunder2005 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005272
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  12. 12
    Mourning Dove2006 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006336
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  13. 13
    Turquoise Girl2007 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007304
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  14. 14
    Coyote's Wife2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008352
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  15. 15
    Earthway2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  16. 16
    Neverending Snake2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  17. 17
    Black Thunder2011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
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  18. 18
    Ghost Medicine2013 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013320
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Do you have to read Ella Clah books in order?

You should read the Ella Clah books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ella Clah book also stands alone.

Where to start with Ella Clah

Start with Blackening Song (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ella Clah book?

Ghost Medicine (2013) is the newest Ella Clah book released so far.

Is there a new Ella Clah book coming?

No next Ella Clah book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ella Clah at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ella Clah title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ella Clah books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,536 pages across the 16 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ella Clah books, 11 of 18, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 18 titles, 16 are credited to David Thurlo and 2 to Aimee Thurlo.

What the Ella Clah books are about

All 18 Ella Clah books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: clah, ella (fictitious character) is tagged on 9 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.