Order of Michael Connelly Books

American author Michael Connelly is well-known for his detective novels featuring Harry Bosch. The acclaimed series follows LAPD detective Harry Bosch as he unravels numerous mysteries and crimes. Connelly has also created books with different characters and has written several standalone novels. Below is a list of Connelly's works, organized by character.

Michael Connelly became a published novelist in 1992 with the novel The Black Echo. Below is a list of Michael Connelly's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Bosch Universe Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Black Echo	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Black Ice	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Concrete Blonde	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Last Coyote	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Poet	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Trunk Music	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Blood Work	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Angels Flight	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Void Moon	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Darkness More Than Night	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
City of Bones	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Lost Light	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Narrows	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Closers	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Lincoln Lawyer	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Echo Park	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Overlook	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Brass Verdict	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Scarecrow	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Nine Dragons	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Blue on Black	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Reversal	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Angle of Investigation	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Fifth Witness	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Suicide Run	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Drop	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Black Box	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Gods of Guilt	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Switchblade	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Burning Room	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Crossing	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Wrong Side of Goodbye	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Late Show	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Two Kinds of Truth	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Dark Sacred Night	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Night Fire	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Fair Warning	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Law of Innocence	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Dark Hours	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Desert Star	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Resurrection Walk	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Waiting	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Nightshade	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Proving Ground	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Harry Bosch Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Black Echo	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Black Ice	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Concrete Blonde	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Last Coyote	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Trunk Music	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Angels Flight	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Darkness More Than Night	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
City of Bones	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Lost Light	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Narrows	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Closers	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Echo Park	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Overlook	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Nine Dragons	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Drop	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Black Box	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Switchblade	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Burning Room	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Crossing	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Wrong Side of Goodbye	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Two Kinds of Truth	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Dark Sacred Night	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Night Fire	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Dark Hours	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Desert Star	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Resurrection Walk	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Waiting	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Harry Bosch Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Blue on Black	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Angle of Investigation	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Suicide Run	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Lincoln Lawyer Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Lincoln Lawyer	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Brass Verdict	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Reversal	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Fifth Witness	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Gods of Guilt	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Law of Innocence	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Resurrection Walk	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Proving Ground	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Renée Ballard Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Late Show	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Dark Sacred Night	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Night Fire	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Dark Hours	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Desert Star	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Waiting	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Jack McEvoy Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Poet	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Scarecrow	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Fair Warning	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Terry McCaleb Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Blood Work	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Darkness More Than Night	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Narrows	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Void Moon	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Chasing the Dime	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Safe Man: A Ghost Story	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Red Eye (With: Dennis Lehane)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Mulholland Dive	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Crime Beat	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Detective Stilwell Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Nightshade	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Hieronymus Bosch	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Lincoln Lawyer	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Secret Society of Demolition Writers	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Penguin Book of Crime Stories	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Blue Religion	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Half-Minute Horrors	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Hook, Line & Sinister	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Down These Green Streets	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Vengeance	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Best American Mystery Stories 2013	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
FaceOff	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Highway Kind	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
In Sunlight or In Shadow	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Alive in Shape and Color	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
When a Stranger Comes to Town	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Murderers' Row: Original Baseball Mysteries: Volume 1	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

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