Great question for any Bosch fan trying to get into Connelly's universe. The core is Harry Bosch, but everything's connected, so publication order is your friend.
Start with 'The Black Echo' (1992), then 'The Black Ice', 'The Concrete Blonde', 'The Last Coyote', 'Trunk Music', 'Angels Flight', 'A Darkness More Than Night' (which crosses over with Terry McCaleb), 'City of Bones', 'Lost Light', 'The Narrows' (a Bosch/McCaleb/Haller crossover, really), 'The Closers', 'Echo Park', 'The Overlook', 'The Brass Verdict' (Mickey Haller enters), 'The Scarecrow', 'Nine Dragons', 'The Reversal', 'The Fifth Witness', 'The Drop', 'The Black Box', 'The Burning Room', 'The Crossing', 'The Wrong Side of Goodbye', 'Two Kinds of Truth', 'Dark Sacred Night' (Renée Ballard joins), 'The Night Fire', 'The Law of Innocence' (more Haller), 'The Dark Hours', and 'Desert Star'. Don't forget the Lincoln Lawyer series starts with 'The Lincoln Lawyer' in 2005, plus standalones like 'The Poet' which introduce Jack McEvoy. Reading in order lets you watch the LAPD, the city, and Harry himself evolve.
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