18 books like City of Bones

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The Maze Runner James Dashner · 2009 · ★ 4.1 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Moderate When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade--a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls. Just like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone… Shares Community pick
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Eragon Christopher Paolini · 2000 · ★ 4.4 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he… Shares Community pick
Lost Light
Lost Light Michael Connelly · 2003 · ★ 4.5 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate When he left the LAPD, Bosch took a file with him: the case of a production assistant murdered four years earlier during a movie set robbery. The LAPD thinks the stolen money was used to finance a terrorist training camp. Thoughts of the original murder victim were lost in the federal zeal, and when Bosch decides to reinvestigate, he quickly falls foul of both his old colleagues and the… Shares Police in fiction, Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles
The Brass Verdict
The Brass Verdict Michael Connelly · 2008 · ★ 4.5 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate 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: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time,… Shares Police in fiction, Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles
Trunk Music
Trunk Music Michael Connelly · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge. But his first case is a little more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously… Shares Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police
The Concrete Blonde
The Concrete Blonde Michael Connelly · 1994 · ★ 4.2 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Dollmaker was the name of the serial killer who had stalked Los Angeles ruthlessly, leaving grisly calling cards on the faces of his female victims. Now with a single faultless shot, Detective Harry Bosch thinks he has ended the city's nightmare.But the dead man's widow is suing Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man-- an accusation that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is… Shares Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
The Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael Connelly · 2016 · ★ 4.5 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In this #1 New York Times bestseller, California's newest private investigator, Detective Harry Bosch, must track down a missing heir while helping a police department connect the dots on a dangerous cold case.Harry Bosch is California's newest private investigator. He doesn't advertise, he doesn't have an office, and he's picky about who he works for, but it doesn't matter. His chops from thirty… Shares Bosch, Los angeles, Police, Investigation
Nine Dragons
Nine Dragons Michael Connelly · 2009 · ★ 4.4 · 377p · ≈ 12h · Moderate LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of his life. Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. The world Bosch steps into next is unknown territory. He brings in a… Shares Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Crimes against
The Closers
The Closers Michael Connelly · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 403p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 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 supremacist is connected to the 1988 murder of a mixed-race girl. The police department has changed, but one thing hasn't - Harry's nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has… Shares Harry Bosch, Los angeles, Crimes against, Police
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Resurrection Men Double Sided A2 Poster Ian Rankin · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Sent to a rehabilitation school after a serious mistake, Inspector John Rebus discovers that among his fellow "resurrection men" are a group of classmates plotting a drug heist and joins forces with his protTgT, Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke to investigate ties to an art dealer's murder, a crime that could lead to scandal and danger at the highest level of law enforcement. 50,000 first… Shares Police, New York Times reviewed, Thriller, Mystery
The Black Ice
The Black Ice Michael Connelly · 1993 · ★ 4.1 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Moderate LAPD detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch returns in a procedural thriller set in and around the drug-trafficking underworlds of inner-city Los Angeles and the wastelands of Mexico. Shares Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police
The Black Box
The Black Box Michael Connelly · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Harry Bosch investigates after a bullet from a recent killing is a match for one used in the unsolved murder of a photographer in 1992. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and violence. Shares Bosch, Los angeles, Crimes against, Police
The Redbreast
The Redbreast Jo Nesbø · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Don’t Miss the Netflix series Detective Hole, based on Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series, premiering March 26, 2026!“An elegant and complex thriller….Harrowingly beautiful.” —New York Times Book Review“The Redbreast certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction.” —Washington PostJo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman, has solidified his spot as one of the most… Shares Police, Investigation, Murder
The Black Ice
The Black Ice Michael Connelly · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police with this book.
The Narrows
The Narrows Michael Connelly · 2004 · ★ 4.5 · 410p · ≈ 13h · Moderate FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has never forgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideous crimes--and apparently he has not forgotten her. Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call, too--from the widow of an old friend. Her husband's death seems natural, but his ties to the hunt… Shares Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Thriller
A Darkness More Than Night
A Darkness More Than Night Michael Connelly · 2000 · ★ 4.5 · 418p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Terrence McCaleb is asked by the LAPD to help them investigate a series of murders that have them baffled. They are the kind of ritualized killings that McCaleb specialized in solving with the FBI, and he is reluctantly drawn from his peaceful new life back into the horror and excitement of tracking down a terrifying homicidal maniac. More horrifying still, the suspect who seems to fit the… Shares Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police
The Black Echo
The Black Echo Michael Connelly · 1992 · ★ 4.2 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Moderate An LAPD homicide detective must choose between justice and vengeance as he teams up with the FBI in this "thrilling" novel filled with mystery and adventure (New York Times Book Review).For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal . . . because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam… Shares Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police
The Concrete Blonde
The Concrete Blonde Michael Connelly · 1994 · ★ 4.5 · 403p · ≈ 13h · Moderate They called him the Dollmaker-the serial killer who stalked Los Angeles and left a grisly calling card on the faces of his female victims. With a single faultless shot, Detective Harry Bosch thought he had ended the city's nightmare... But then the dead man's widow sues Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man-an accusation that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is discovered with the… Shares Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

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