American novelist, journalist, crime fiction writer, and screenwriter (born 1956) · 1956
Michael Connelly Books in Order
68 books · 1 series · 1992-2025
Michael Joseph Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, including 10 with both those characters. Connelly is the bestselling author of 42 novels and one work of non-fiction, with over 74 million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into 40 languages. His first novel, The Black Echo, won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. In 2002, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in the movie adaptation of Connelly's 1997 novel, Blood Work. In March 2011, the movie adaptation of Connelly's novel The Lincoln Lawyer starred Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. Connelly was the President of the Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004.
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| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Black Echo | 1992 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | The Black Ice | 1993 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | The Concrete Blonde | 1994 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | The Last Coyote | 1995 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Trunk Music | 1997 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | Angels Flight | 1999 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | A Darkness More Than Night | 2001 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | City of Bones | 2002 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | Lost Light | 2003 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | The Narrows | 2004 | Amazon |
| 11 |  | The Closers | 2005 | Amazon |
| 12 |  | Echo Park | 2006 | Amazon |
| 13 |  | The Overlook | 2007 | Amazon |
| 14 |  | Nine Dragons | 2009 | Amazon |
| 15 |  | The Drop | 2011 | Amazon |
| 16 |  | The Black Box | 2012 | Amazon |
| 17 |  | The Burning Room | 2014 | Amazon |
| 18 |  | The Crossing | 2015 | Amazon |
| 19 |  | The Wrong Side of Goodbye | 2016 | Amazon |
| 20 |  | Two Kinds of Truth | 2017 | Amazon |
| 21 |  | Dark Sacred Night | 2018 | Amazon |
| 22 |  | The Night Fire | 2019 | Amazon |
| 23 |  | The Dark Hours | 2021 | Amazon |
| 24 |  | Desert Star | 2022 | Amazon |
| 25 |  | The waiting | 2024 | Amazon |
| — |  | The Brass Verdict | 2008 | Amazon |
| — |  | The Reversal | 2010 | Amazon |
| — |  | The Late Show | 2017 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
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