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Margaret Coel Books in Order

Find every Margaret Coel book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 71 books / 7 series

American author Margaret Coel is best known for her Wind River mystery series featuring Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O’Malley. Her books have sold over one million copies and earned multiple awards, including the Willa Cather Award. This page lists Margaret Coel’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All Margaret Coel Books in Chronological Order

1953 The Sacred Pipe(By: Black Elk) POoCotAIB / 1 Buy
1956 Aztec Thought and Culture(By: Miguel Le’n-Portilla,Jack Emory Davis) POoCotAIB / 2 Buy
1957 Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux(By: Stanley Vestal) POoCotAIB / 3 Buy
1964 The Sioux(By: Royal B. Hassrick) POoCotAIB / 4 Buy
1970 A History of the Indians of the United States(By: Angie Debo) POoCotAIB / 5 Buy
1971 The Chickasaws(By: Arrell M. Gibson) POoCotAIB / 6 Buy
1971 The Five Civilized Tribes(By: Grant Foreman) POoCotAIB / 7 Buy
1973 The Dawes Act and the Allotment of Indian Lands(By: D.S. Otis,Francis Paul Prucha) POoCotAIB / 8 Buy
1976 Geronimo(By: Angie Debo) POoCotAIB / 9 Buy
1979 The Apaches(By: Donald E. Worcester) POoCotAIB / 10 Buy
1979 The Mescalero Apaches(By: C.L. Sonnichsen) POoCotAIB / 11 Buy
1981 Chief Left Hand POoATCB / 1 Buy
1981 Wah’Kon-Tah(By: John Joseph Mathews) POoCotAIB / 13 Buy
1983 The Blackfeet(By: John C. Ewers) POoCotAIB / 14 Buy
1985 Goin' Railroading POoNB / 1 Buy
1985 The Tivoli: Bavaria in the Rockies POoNB / 2 Buy
1987 The Comanches(By: Ernest Wallace,E. Adamson Hoebel) POoCotAIB / 15 Buy
1990 American Indian Medicine(By: Virgil J. Vogel) POoCotAIB / 16 Buy
1991 Cochise(By: Edwin R. Sweeney) POoCotAIB / 17 Buy
1992 The Powhatan Indians of Virginia(By: Helen C. Rountree) POoCotAIB / 18 Buy
1995 The Eagle Catcher POoWRRB / 1 Buy
1996 The Ghost Walker POoWRRB / 2 Buy
1997 The Dream Stalker POoWRRB / 3 Buy
1998 Hole in the Wall POoATCB / 2 Buy
1999 Honor POoATCB / 3 Buy
1999 The Lost Bird POoWRRB / 4 Buy
1999 The Story Teller POoWRRB / 5 Buy
2000 Stolen Smoke POoATCB / 4 Buy
2000 The Spirit Woman POoWRRB / 6 Buy
2001 The Woman Who Climbed to the Sky POoATCB / 5 Buy
2001 The Thunder Keeper POoWRRB / 7 Buy
2002 My Last Goodbye POoATCB / 6 Buy
2002 The Shadow Dancer POoWRRB / 8 Buy
2003 Killing Raven POoWRRB / 9 Buy
2003 American Indians in U.S. History(By: Roger L. Nichols) POoCotAIB / 19 Buy
2004 Bad Heart POoATCB / 7 Buy
2004 Wife of Moon POoWRRB / 10 Buy
2005 Eye of the Wolf POoWRRB / 11 Buy
2006 Nobody's Going to Cry POoATCB / 8 Buy
2006 The Drowning Man POoWRRB / 12 Buy
2006 Crazy Horse(By: Kingsley M. Bray) POoCotAIB / 20 Buy
2007 The Girl With Braided Hair POoWRRB / 13 Buy
2008 Blood Memory POoCMB / 1 Buy
2008 Pre-Removal Choctaw History(By: Greg O'Brien) POoCotAIB / 21 Buy
2009 The Silent Spirit POoWRRB / 14 Buy
2009 Indian Tribes of Oklahoma(By: Carter Blue Clark) POoCotAIB / 22 Buy
2010 The Spider's Web POoWRRB / 15 Buy
2010 Chief Loco(By: Bud Shapard) POoCotAIB / 23 Buy
2010 From Cochise to Geronimo(By: Edwin R. Sweeney) POoCotAIB / 24 Buy
2011 Watching Eagles Soar: Stories from the Wind River and Beyond POoSSC / 1 Buy
2011 The Perfect Suspect POoCMB / 2 Buy
2011 The Unkechaug Indians of Eastern Long Island(By: John A. Strong) POoCotAIB / 25 Buy
2012 Buffalo Bill's Dead Now POoWRRB / 16 Buy
2013 Killing Custer POoWRRB / 17 Buy
2013 Yuchi Folklore(By: Jason Baird Jackson,Mary S. Linn) POoCotAIB / 26 Buy
2013 ’Strange Lands and Different Peoples’(By: W G Lovell,Christopher H. Lutz,Wendy Kramer,William R. Swezey) POoCotAIB / 27 Buy
2013 The Mixtecs of Oaxaca(By: Ronald Spores,Andrew K. Balkansky) POoCotAIB / 28 Buy
2013 A Cheyenne Voice(By: Raymond J. Demallie,John Stands In Timber,Margot Liberty) POoCotAIB / 29 Buy
2014 Night of the White Buffalo POoWRRB / 18 Buy
2014 The Darkest Period(By: Ronald D. Parks) POoCotAIB / 30 Buy
2015 The Man Who Fell from the Sky POoWRRB / 19 Buy
2015 Through Indian Sign Language(By: William C. Meadows) POoCotAIB / 31 Buy
2016 Winter's Child POoWRRB / 20 Buy
2016 Ioway Life(By: Greg Olson) POoCotAIB / 32 Buy
2016 Tlacaelel Remembered(By: Susan Schroeder) POoCotAIB / 33 Buy
2017 Man Found Dead in Park POoSN / 1 Buy
2018 Converting the Rosebud(By: Harvey Markowitz) POoCotAIB / 34 Buy
2019 Hide, Wood, and Willow(By: Deanna Tidwell Broughton) POoCotAIB / 35 Buy
2020 Strike Fear in the Land(By: Christopher H. Lutz,Wendy Kramer,W. George Lovell) POoCotAIB / 36 Buy
2020 Providing for the People(By: Robert J. Bigart) POoCotAIB / 37 Buy
2022 Lakhota(By: Rani-Henrik Andersson,David C. Posthumus) POoCotAIB / 38 Buy

Margaret Coel Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Chief Left Hand 1981 Buy
02 Hole in the Wall 1998 Buy
03 Honor 1999 Buy
04 Stolen Smoke 2000 Buy
05 The Woman Who Climbed to the Sky 2001 Buy
06 My Last Goodbye 2002 Buy
07 Bad Heart 2004 Buy
08 Nobody's Going to Cry 2006 Buy
01 The Sacred Pipe(By: Black Elk) 1953 Buy
02 Aztec Thought and Culture(By: Miguel Le’n-Portilla,Jack Emory Davis) 1956 Buy
03 Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux(By: Stanley Vestal) 1957 Buy
04 The Sioux(By: Royal B. Hassrick) 1964 Buy
05 A History of the Indians of the United States(By: Angie Debo) 1970 Buy
06 The Chickasaws(By: Arrell M. Gibson) 1971 Buy
07 The Five Civilized Tribes(By: Grant Foreman) 1971 Buy
08 The Dawes Act and the Allotment of Indian Lands(By: D.S. Otis,Francis Paul Prucha) 1973 Buy
09 Geronimo(By: Angie Debo) 1976 Buy
10 The Apaches(By: Donald E. Worcester) 1979 Buy
11 The Mescalero Apaches(By: C.L. Sonnichsen) 1979 Buy
13 Wah’Kon-Tah(By: John Joseph Mathews) 1981 Buy
14 The Blackfeet(By: John C. Ewers) 1983 Buy
15 The Comanches(By: Ernest Wallace,E. Adamson Hoebel) 1987 Buy
16 American Indian Medicine(By: Virgil J. Vogel) 1990 Buy
17 Cochise(By: Edwin R. Sweeney) 1991 Buy
18 The Powhatan Indians of Virginia(By: Helen C. Rountree) 1992 Buy
19 American Indians in U.S. History(By: Roger L. Nichols) 2003 Buy
20 Crazy Horse(By: Kingsley M. Bray) 2006 Buy
21 Pre-Removal Choctaw History(By: Greg O'Brien) 2008 Buy
22 Indian Tribes of Oklahoma(By: Carter Blue Clark) 2009 Buy
23 Chief Loco(By: Bud Shapard) 2010 Buy
24 From Cochise to Geronimo(By: Edwin R. Sweeney) 2010 Buy
25 The Unkechaug Indians of Eastern Long Island(By: John A. Strong) 2011 Buy
26 Yuchi Folklore(By: Jason Baird Jackson,Mary S. Linn) 2013 Buy
27 ’Strange Lands and Different Peoples’(By: W G Lovell,Christopher H. Lutz,Wendy Kramer,William R. Swezey) 2013 Buy
28 The Mixtecs of Oaxaca(By: Ronald Spores,Andrew K. Balkansky) 2013 Buy
29 A Cheyenne Voice(By: Raymond J. Demallie,John Stands In Timber,Margot Liberty) 2013 Buy
30 The Darkest Period(By: Ronald D. Parks) 2014 Buy
31 Through Indian Sign Language(By: William C. Meadows) 2015 Buy
32 Ioway Life(By: Greg Olson) 2016 Buy
33 Tlacaelel Remembered(By: Susan Schroeder) 2016 Buy
34 Converting the Rosebud(By: Harvey Markowitz) 2018 Buy
35 Hide, Wood, and Willow(By: Deanna Tidwell Broughton) 2019 Buy
36 Strike Fear in the Land(By: Christopher H. Lutz,Wendy Kramer,W. George Lovell) 2020 Buy
37 Providing for the People(By: Robert J. Bigart) 2020 Buy
38 Lakhota(By: Rani-Henrik Andersson,David C. Posthumus) 2022 Buy
01 Goin' Railroading 1985 Buy
02 The Tivoli: Bavaria in the Rockies 1985 Buy
01 The Eagle Catcher 1995 Buy
02 The Ghost Walker 1996 Buy
03 The Dream Stalker 1997 Buy
04 The Lost Bird 1999 Buy
05 The Story Teller 1999 Buy
06 The Spirit Woman 2000 Buy
07 The Thunder Keeper 2001 Buy
08 The Shadow Dancer 2002 Buy
09 Killing Raven 2003 Buy
10 Wife of Moon 2004 Buy
11 Eye of the Wolf 2005 Buy
12 The Drowning Man 2006 Buy
13 The Girl With Braided Hair 2007 Buy
14 The Silent Spirit 2009 Buy
15 The Spider's Web 2010 Buy
16 Buffalo Bill's Dead Now 2012 Buy
17 Killing Custer 2013 Buy
18 Night of the White Buffalo 2014 Buy
19 The Man Who Fell from the Sky 2015 Buy
20 Winter's Child 2016 Buy
01 Blood Memory 2008 Buy
02 The Perfect Suspect 2011 Buy
01 Watching Eagles Soar: Stories from the Wind River and Beyond 2011 Buy
01 Man Found Dead in Park 2017 Buy

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Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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