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) | |
| Desert Star | (2022) | |
| 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) | |
| Dark Sacred Night | (2018) | |
| The Night Fire | (2019) | |
| The Dark Hours | (2021) | |
| Desert Star | (2022) | |
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) | |
| Desert Star | (2022) | |
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) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
(with Dennis Lehane)
| The Safe Man: A Ghost Story | (2012) | |
| Red Eye | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Mulholland Dive | (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 Dennis Lehane Short Stories/Novellas
(with Dennis Lehane)
| Animal Rescue | (2009) | |
| The Consumers | (2012) | |
| Red Eye | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
| Elvis Cole and Joe Pike | (2022) | |
| Jack Taylor | (2022) | |
| Jack Reacher | (2022) | |
| Charlie Parker | (2022) | |
| Hieronymus Bosch | (2022) | |
| Lincoln Rhyme | (2022) | |
| Alex Delaware | (2022) | |
| Tess Monaghan | (2022) | |
| Charlie Resnick | (2022) | |
| Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus | (2022) | |
| Inspector Morse | (2022) | |
| Dismas Hardy | (2022) | |
| Bob Lee Swagger | (2022) | |
| Aloysius X. L. Pendergast | (2022) | |
| Spenser | (2022) | |
| Charlotte and Thomas Pitt | (2022) | |
| John Rebus | (2022) | |
| Mallory | (2022) | |
| Jane Whitefield | (2022) | |
| Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile | (2022) | |
| Precious Ramotswe | (2022) | |
| Maisie Dobbs | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Measures of Poison | (2002) | |
| 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) | |
| The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 | (2022) | |
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Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly is a standalone title. Henry Price has a whole new life, which includes new digs, a new telephone, and new telephone number. But when he first checks his messages, he realizes someone had the number before him. The messages on his line are for a woman named Lilly, and she is in danger. Price is inexorably drawn into Lilly’s world, and it’s unlike any world he’s ever known. It is a world of escort services, websites, sex, and secret identities. Price tumbles through a hole, giving up the order in his life for a frantic race to save the life of a woman he has never met. Price’s computer skills allow him to learn about Lilly’s last days with some accuracy. But every step into Lilly’s past takes Price deeper into a web of inescapable intricacy – and a decision that could cost him everything he owns and holds dear.
Blood Work is the first Terry McCaleb novel by Michael Connelly. When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terry McCaleb has no idea he’s about to come out of retirement. He’s only recently had a heart transplant and is avoiding stress at all costs. But when Graciella tells him the way her sister, Gloria, was murdered, Terry realizes he has no choice. Now the man with the new heart vows to take down a predator without a soul. For Gloria’s killer shatters every rule that McCaleb ever learned in his years with the FBI – as McCaleb gets no more second chances at life… and only one shot at the truth.
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.