Order of Michael Connelly Books
American author Michael Connelly is famous for his detective novels starring Harry Bosch. The popular series of books features LAPD detective Harry Bosch solving many mysteries and crimes.
Connelly has also written books featuring other characters, as well as various standalone novels. Connelly’s list of books, separated by character, is below.
As the majority of Connelly books all take place within the same universe and have overlapping characters, they are advised you read them in that order. Due to that we have created the “Order of Bosch Universe Books” right at the top of this list then broken it down by character below that:
Publication Order of Bosch Universe Books
| The Black Echo | (1992) |    |
| The Black Ice | (1993) | |
| The Concrete Blonde | (1994) | |
| The Last Coyote | (1995) | |
| The Poet | (1996) | |
| Trunk Music | (1997) | |
| Blood Work | (1998) | |
| Angels Flight | (1999) | |
| Void Moon | (1999) | |
| A Darkness More Than Night | (2000) | |
| City of Bones | (2002) | |
| Lost Light | (2003) | |
| The Narrows | (2004) | |
| The Closers | (2005) | |
| The Lincoln Lawyer | (2005) | |
| Echo Park | (2006) | |
| The Overlook | (2007) | |
| The Brass Verdict | (2008) | |
| The Scarecrow | (2009) | |
| Nine Dragons | (2009) | |
| Blue on Black | (2010) | |
| The Reversal | (2010) | |
| Angle of Investigation | (2011) | |
| The Fifth Witness | (2011) | |
| Suicide Run | (2011) | |
| The Drop | (2011) | |
| The Black Box | (2012) | |
| The Gods of Guilt | (2013) | |
| Switchblade | (2014) | |
| The Burning Room | (2014) | |
| The Crossing | (2015) | |
| The Wrong Side of Goodbye | (2016) | |
| The Late Show | (2017) | |
| Two Kinds of Truth | (2017) | |
| Dark Sacred Night | (2018) | |
| The Night Fire | (2019) | |
| Fair Warning | (2020) | |
| The Law of Innocence | (2020) | |
| The Dark Hours | (2021) | |
| All of the series and books by Michael Connelly take place in the same universe with numerous crossovers.For the best experience, it is advised reading them all in this order. | ||
Publication Order of Harry Bosch Books
| The Black Echo | (1992) | |
| The Black Ice | (1993) | |
| The Concrete Blonde | (1994) | |
| The Last Coyote | (1995) | |
| Trunk Music | (1997) | |
| Angels Flight | (1999) | |
| A Darkness More Than Night | (2000) | |
| City of Bones | (2002) | |
| Lost Light | (2003) | |
| The Narrows | (2004) | |
| The Closers | (2005) | |
| Echo Park | (2006) | |
| The Overlook | (2007) | |
| Nine Dragons | (2009) | |
| The Drop | (2011) | |
| The Black Box | (2012) | |
| Switchblade | (2014) | |
| The Burning Room | (2014) | |
| The Crossing | (2015) | |
| The Wrong Side of Goodbye | (2016) | |
| Two Kinds of Truth | (2017) | |
| The Dark Hours | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Harry Bosch Short Stories/Novellas
| Blue on Black | (2010) | |
| Angle of Investigation | (2011) | |
| Suicide Run | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Mickey Haller Books
| The Lincoln Lawyer | (2005) | |
| The Brass Verdict | (2008) | |
| The Reversal | (2010) | |
| The Fifth Witness | (2011) | |
| The Gods of Guilt | (2013) | |
| The Law of Innocence | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Renée Ballard Books
| The Late Show | (2017) | |
| Dark Sacred Night | (2018) | |
| The Night Fire | (2019) | |
| The Dark Hours | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Jack McEvoy Books
| The Poet | (1996) | |
| The Scarecrow | (2009) | |
| Fair Warning | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Terry McCaleb Books
| Blood Work | (1998) | |
| A Darkness More Than Night | (2000) | |
| The Narrows | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Void Moon | (1999) | |
| Chasing the Dime | (2002) | |
| Mulholland Dive: Three Short Stories | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Safe Man: A Ghost Story | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| Filbert Nutberry's Grand Christmas Adventure | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Crime Beat | (2004) | |
| 26 Miles to Boston | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| In the Shadow of the Master | (2003) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 | (2003) | |
| Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation | (2005) | |
| The Penguin Book of Crime Stories | (2007) | |
| Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion | (2008) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 | (2008) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 | (2009) | |
| Hook, Line & Sinister | (2010) | |
| The Rich and the Dead | (2011) | |
| Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance | (2012) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2013 | (2013) | |
| FaceOff | (2014) | |
| In the Company of Sherlock Holmes | (2014) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 | (2015) | |
| The Highway Kind | (2016) | |
| In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper | (2016) | |
| Alive in Shape and Color | (2017) | |
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Michael Connelly is one of the best. Never read a bad book by him. He’s on my personal top ten authors list.
Just finished Chasing the Dime. Hard to put down. All of Michael Connelly books are well worth the read.