For a certain group, there is nobody out there quite like Harry Bosch. The brainchild of author Michael Connelly, Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch made his debut in 1922 in the pages of "The Black Echo" and, before long, became a staple of bookstores all around the world. While Connelly has written quite a few other novels, including the "Lincoln Lawyer" series, the lion's share of the astounding 89 million books (and counting) he's sold center on Mr. Bosch.
"I was a journalist for 14 years, and I covered the police. I was smart enough to say, 'This is what I have that maybe other writers don't have,' so I'd be a fool not to use that authenticity in my book," Connelly explained to the Associated Press in 2023. "So, Harry Bosch started out as a cop, and he was an outsider."
Many people probably know the character from the Amazon series "Bosch" starring Titus Welliver, which became a huge hit and spawned several spin-offs, including "Bosch: Legacy" and, most recently, "Ballard," which became another hit for Prime Video. It all started in the pages of these books, of which there have been 25 to date. But where should new fans begin? Where is the most logical starting point in this seemingly bottomless pit of cop drama? We're here to make that very easy, going over the proper, easy-to-follow reading order for the Harry Bosch novels. Let's get into it.