City of Bones
- Published
- 1 April 2002
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9780759566828
- Type
- novel
About this book
City of Bones (2002), the eighth installment at 400 pages, keeps Harry Bosch working Los Angeles homicide cases with the same insubordinate streak toward bureaucracy that has marked the character since his 1992 debut.
Key facts about City of Bones
Michael Connelly wrote City of Bones, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 April 2002. The book has 400 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780759566828 to find the main one.
City of Bones is book 8 of 25 in the Harry Bosch series. The series has 25 published books. However, the series starts with The Black Echo (1992). The Waiting is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 15 October 2024.
Additionally, Michael Connelly writes Jack McEvoy, The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller) and Renee Ballard, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our crime and legal thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Ironwood is the latest published Michael Connelly book on file, from 19 May 2026.
About Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is one of the defining American crime novelists of the past three decades, best known for the Harry Bosch series — LAPD detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, a Vietnam veteran and obsessive investigator whose personal code often puts him at odds with department politics. See every Michael Connelly book in order.
Its place in Harry Bosch
City of Bones is book 8 in the Harry Bosch series. It follows A Darkness More Than Night. It is followed by Lost Light. See the full Harry Bosch reading order.
Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is an LAPD homicide detective shaped by abandonment: orphaned son of a murdered Hollywood prostitute, Vietnam "tunnel rat," institutional survivor. His code — everybody counts or nobody counts — makes him relentless on behalf of victims nobody else will fight for, and insubordinate toward every boss, bureaucracy and political convenience in Los Angeles. Michael Connelly introduced him in The Black Echo (1992), a case that reaches back into Bosch's Vietnam tunnels, and has aged him in real…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9785559608846
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780752848341
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780759566828