Harry Bosch Books

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Detective Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch is the leading character in Michael Connelly’s book The Black Echo, which evolved into an 18-part series of crime novels.

Bosch begins his career at seventeen years old when his foster father signs his enlistment papers for him to join the United States Air Force. Bosch is adopted, his mother having been murdered when he was a child and his father being absent since before birth. He joins in time for the Vietnam War where he spends his days as, what the other war heroes call, a “tunnel rat”. His job is to infiltrate enemy lines by sneaking through tunnels, barracks, hospitals, and sometimes morgues.

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Order of Harry Bosch Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Black Echo (By: Michael Connelly) 1992 Description / Buy
2 The Black Ice (By: Michael Connelly) 1993 Description / Buy
3 The Concrete Blonde (By: Michael Connelly) 1994 Description / Buy
4 The Last Coyote (By: Michael Connelly) 1995 Description / Buy
5 Trunk Music (By: Michael Connelly) 1997 Description / Buy
6 Angels Flight (By: Michael Connelly) 1999 Description / Buy
7 A Darkness More Than Night (By: Michael Connelly) 2000 Description / Buy
8 City of Bones (By: Michael Connelly) 2002 Description / Buy
9 Lost Light (By: Michael Connelly) 2003 Description / Buy
10 The Narrows (By: Michael Connelly) 2004 Description / Buy
11 The Closers (By: Michael Connelly) 2005 Description / Buy
12 Echo Park (By: Michael Connelly) 2006 Description / Buy
13 The Overlook (By: Michael Connelly) 2007 Description / Buy
14 Nine Dragons (By: Michael Connelly) 2009 Description / Buy
15 The Drop (By: Michael Connelly) 2011 Description / Buy
16 The Black Box (By: Michael Connelly) 2012 Description / Buy
17 Switchblade (Short Story) (By: Michael Connelly) 2014 Description / Buy
18 The Burning Room (By: Michael Connelly) 2014 Description / Buy
19 The Crossing (By: Michael Connelly) 2015 Description / Buy
20 The Wrong Side of Goodbye (By: Michael Connelly) 2016 Description / Buy
21 Two Kinds of Truth (By: Michael Connelly) 2017 Description / Buy
22 Dark Sacred Night (By: Michael Connelly) 2018 Description / Buy
23 The Night Fire (By: Michael Connelly) 2019 Description / Buy
24 The Dark Hours (By: Michael Connelly) 2021 Description / Buy
25 Desert Star (By: Michael Connelly) 2022 Description / Buy
26 Resurrection Walk (By: Michael Connelly) 2023 Description / Buy
27 The Waiting (By: Michael Connelly) 2024 Description / Buy

Order of Harry Bosch Short Stories/Novellas

# Read Title Published Details
1 Blue on Black (Short Story) (By: Michael Connelly) 2010 Description / Buy
2 Angle of Investigation (Short Story) (By: Michael Connelly) 2011 Description / Buy
3 Suicide Run (Short Story) (By: Michael Connelly) 2011 Description / Buy

Order of Bosch Universe Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Black Echo (By: Michael Connelly) 1992 Description / Buy
2 The Black Ice (By: Michael Connelly) 1993 Description / Buy
3 The Concrete Blonde (By: Michael Connelly) 1994 Description / Buy
4 The Last Coyote (By: Michael Connelly) 1995 Description / Buy
5 The Poet (By: Michael Connelly) 1996 Description / Buy
6 Trunk Music (By: Michael Connelly) 1997 Description / Buy
7 Blood Work (By: Michael Connelly) 1998 Description / Buy
8 Angels Flight (By: Michael Connelly) 1999 Description / Buy
9 Void Moon (By: Michael Connelly) 1999 Description / Buy
10 A Darkness More Than Night (By: Michael Connelly) 2000 Description / Buy
11 City of Bones (By: Michael Connelly) 2002 Description / Buy
12 Lost Light (By: Michael Connelly) 2003 Description / Buy
13 The Narrows (By: Michael Connelly) 2004 Description / Buy
14 The Closers (By: Michael Connelly) 2005 Description / Buy
15 The Lincoln Lawyer (By: Michael Connelly) 2005 Description / Buy
16 Echo Park (By: Michael Connelly) 2006 Description / Buy
17 The Overlook (By: Michael Connelly) 2007 Description / Buy
18 The Brass Verdict (By: Michael Connelly) 2008 Description / Buy
19 The Scarecrow (By: Michael Connelly) 2009 Description / Buy
20 Nine Dragons (By: Michael Connelly) 2009 Description / Buy
21 Blue on Black (Short Story) (By: Michael Connelly) 2010 Description / Buy
22 The Reversal (By: Michael Connelly) 2010 Description / Buy
23 Angle of Investigation (Short Story) (By: Michael Connelly) 2011 Description / Buy
24 The Fifth Witness (By: Michael Connelly) 2011 Description / Buy
25 Suicide Run (Short Story) (By: Michael Connelly) 2011 Description / Buy
26 The Drop (By: Michael Connelly) 2011 Description / Buy
27 The Black Box (By: Michael Connelly) 2012 Description / Buy
28 The Gods of Guilt (By: Michael Connelly) 2013 Description / Buy
29 Switchblade (Short Story) (By: Michael Connelly) 2014 Description / Buy
30 The Burning Room (By: Michael Connelly) 2014 Description / Buy
31 The Crossing (By: Michael Connelly) 2015 Description / Buy
32 The Wrong Side of Goodbye (By: Michael Connelly) 2016 Description / Buy
33 The Late Show (By: Michael Connelly) 2017 Description / Buy
34 Two Kinds of Truth (By: Michael Connelly) 2017 Description / Buy
35 Dark Sacred Night (By: Michael Connelly) 2018 Description / Buy
36 The Night Fire (By: Michael Connelly) 2019 Description / Buy
37 Fair Warning (By: Michael Connelly) 2020 Description / Buy
38 The Law of Innocence (By: Michael Connelly) 2020 Description / Buy
39 The Dark Hours (By: Michael Connelly) 2021 Description / Buy
40 Desert Star (By: Michael Connelly) 2022 Description / Buy
41 Resurrection Walk (By: Michael Connelly) 2023 Description / Buy
42 The Waiting (By: Michael Connelly) 2024 Description / Buy
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Within the pages of his breakout novel, The Black Echo, we find Bosch has been honorably discharged from the Army and is living in Los Angeles with his daughter Maddie. The Detective has joined the LAPD and is rising through the ranks when a sudden change in events puts him on a case to find the killer of a man he served with in Vietnam. What follows is a story of secrets, surprising twists, and betrayal that really shows off Connelly’s strength in storytelling.

Awards For Harry Bosch:

In 1993, The Black Echo won The Edgar Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the Anthony Award in the same year, for the same category. Both of these are awards dedicated to authors in the mystery genre. Following this prestigious honor, Connelly received almost every award offered to mystery writers, among which being the Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award, the Dilys Award, and the Nero Award. The Black Box, the sixteenth book in the Harry Bosch Series, was even awarded what is considered the most remunerative crime fiction award, the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing.

Harry Bosch Books Into Movies:

Officially released in 2015, Amazon Prime featured the only movie or television version of the Bosch Series. Spanning across ten episodes, Bosch, as it was titled, depicts stories from three of the most popular books in the collection, City Of Bones, Concrete Park, and The Concrete Blonde. The TV series was a hit with Amazon audiences and a second season was ordered, filmed, and then released a year later. Again, the series was incredibly popular amongst its viewers and a third season has now been projected to return by the Spring of 2017. It will feature his first novel, The Black Echo, and will have elements from his A Darkness More Than Night.

Best Harry Bosch Books:

Though all of the books in the line of Harry Bosch novels have had obvious success, there are a few who have stuck out as crowd-pleasers. The aforementioned RBA award winner, The Black Box, is certainly among that list, where we find Detective Bosch picking up a twenty year old murder case that went cold long ago. Featuring riots, family issues, and multiple murders, The Black Box surely will not disappoint.

The Burning Room, another fan favorite, has been regarded as one of the best Harry Bosch books. As the seventeenth novel to feature Bosch, Connelly brings in a new face, a strong-willed, up and coming cop who goes by the name Lucky Lucy. It is fast-paces, houses a handful of twists, and even keeps us with two different plot lines that weave in and out of each other, making this a novel that is sure to keep you on your toes.

City of Bones: When some bones are found in a shallow grave by a dog on New Year’s Day, Bosch is drawn into a cold case that obsesses him to no end. The bones belong to a young boy who was killed 25 years ago and leads to a lot of intrigue in the media in Los Angeles. The young boy’s bones give Bosch some serious flashbacks to his own time as an orphan. Classic Bosch is at work here as he takes the case into his own hands and finds things that the others overlook. He also doesn’t play by the rules and gets involved with a young detective. This is one of the top books in the series and one of the first to be adapted for the Amazon series.

The Wrong Side of Goodbye: One of the latest books in the series proves that Michael Connely is still one of the best working crime authors out there. Bosch finds himself working as a private investigator for one of the richest men in the city, looking to find someone who might not have ever existed. The search brings up strange coincidences to his own past which just draws Bosch deeper into the case.

While at the same time also doing a bit of freelance work for a police department that is low on cash, that finds him facing one of the most difficult criminals of his career. The Wrong Side of Goodbye is surprising in all the right ways and Connelly just keeps finding ways to keep this character fresh.

Other Book Series You May Like:

Readers of Michael Connelly tend to stick within the mystery and crime fiction genre. One of the most common series that Bosch fans like to read is the “Harry Hole” series of novels by Jo Nesbo.

Another popular series, with more of a forensic science twist, is Patricia Cornwell’s “Scarpetta” series. Scarpetta is a medical examiner who uses her inclination towards research and her willingness to never back down from a fight to catch, and often kill, the murderer in question.

What Is The Next Book in The Harry Bosch Series?

The next book in the The Harry Bosch Series by Michael Connelly is The Waiting and will be released on November, 5th 2024.

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1 thought on “Harry Bosch”

  1. Has anyone checked out the series “Bosch” on Amazon video? Seems to have mixed reviews so I’m wondering if it’s worth my time.

    As for the books …

    Although books about the police force / procedural novels usually aren’t my favorite, I have been reading these books since they first came out in the early 90s, and I find myself looking forward to each new release. The books are detailed but don’t bore you with being overly dumbed-down. The books also give you a lot of background while still spending enough time on the main plot. Great reads.

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