City of Bones vs The Closers: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Harry Bosch, Los angeles, Crimes against, Police, Investigation, Murder
City of Bones
On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills--and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an…
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The Closers
Harry is back, assigned to the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a white…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Closers has the widest readership — 1353 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| City of Bones | The Closers | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.1 (122) | 4.2 (111) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1119) | 4.5 (1353) |
Reception
| City of Bones | The Closers | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1119 | 1353 |
| Editions | 13 | 10 |
| Citations | 1 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 59 | 486 |
| Pages | 396 | 403 |