City of Bones vs The Brass Verdict: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Police in fiction, Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Crimes against, Police
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…
vs
The Brass Verdict
Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet:…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- City of Bones is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 9 for The Brass Verdict.
- The Brass Verdict has the widest readership — 2252 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| City of Bones | The Brass Verdict | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.1 (122) | 4.1 (161) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1119) | 4.5 (2252) |
Reception
| City of Bones | The Brass Verdict | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1119 | 2252 |
| Editions | 13 | 3 |
| Citations | 1 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 59 | 2546 |
| Pages | 396 | 533 |