18 books like City of Bones

What to read after City of Bones — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Eragon Christopher Paolini · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 518p · ≈ 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 is… Shares: Community pick

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

Lost Light Michael Connelly · 2003 · ★ 4.4 · 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 Reversal Michael Connelly · 2010 · ★ 4.5 In this bestselling thriller, after DNA evidence frees a sadistic killer, defense attorney Mickey Haller and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch must put him behind bars before he strikes again. Inspiration for the #1 Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer.​ Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

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 Michael Connelly · 1997 · ★ 4.4 · 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 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 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

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 Black Ice Michael Connelly · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate When an LAPD narcotics officer is found with a fatal bullet wound and a suicide note, Detective Harry Bosch follows a bloody trail of drug murders across the Mexico border.​Working the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry's making some very dangerous connections,… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

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

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

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 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 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 for… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Thriller

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

The Night Fire Michael Connelly · 2019 · ★ 4.5 A FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARA CrimeReads Best Crime Novel Notable selection Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renée Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained him---new from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael ConnellyBack when Harry Bosch was just a rookie… Shares: Bosch, Los angeles

The Reversal Michael Connelly · 2015 · ★ 4.2 · 472p · ≈ 15h · Moderate In this bestselling thriller, after DNA evidence frees a sadistic killer, defense attorney Mickey Haller and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch must put him behind bars before he strikes again. Inspiration for the #1 Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer.​ Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After… Shares: Bosch, Los angeles

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