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Michael Connelly Books in Order
Michael Connelly is a renowned crime writer who found his literary voice after discovering the works of Raymond Chandler. He pursued a degree in journalism and a minor in creative writing at the University of Florida, where novelist Harry Crews served as one of his instructors. Following his graduation in 1980, Connelly worked as a journalist, specializing in the crime beat at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His experiences covering police and crime during the height of the cocaine wars in South Florida, as well as a Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted magazine story on an airline crash, propelled his career to new heights. In 1987, he joined the Los Angeles Times as a crime reporter, eventually leaving to focus on a full-time writing career. Connelly's novels have captivated readers worldwide, including his iconic Harry Bosch series and standalone thrillers.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Michael Connelly's book series? Michael Connelly has written 11 book series. The most notable is the Akashic Noir series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Michael Connelly
- #1
San Francisco Noir(2002) - #2
Seattle Noir(2003) - #3
Bronx Noir(2003) - #4
Brooklyn Noir(2004) - #5
Brooklyn Noir 2(2005) - #6
Chicago Noir(2005) - #7
Dublin Noir(2005) - #8
Manhattan Noir(2006) - #9
Miami Noir(2006) - #10
D.C. Noir(2006) - #11
Baltimore Noir(2006) - #12
Twin Cities Noir(2006) - #13
London Noir(2006) - #14
New Orleans Noir(2007) - #15
Los Angeles Noir(2007) - #16
Wall Street Noir(2007) - #17
Havana Noir(2007) - #18
Detroit Noir(2007) - #19
Queens Noir(2008) - #20
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth(2008) - #21
Toronto Noir(2008) - #22
Las Vegas Noir(2008) - #23
Trinidad Noir(2008) - #24
D.C. Noir 2(2008) - #25
Manhattan Noir 2(2008) - #26
Paris Noir(2008) - #27
Istanbul Noir(2008) - #28
Boston Noir(2009) - #29
Rome Noir(2009) - #30
San Francisco Noir 2(2009) - #31
Portland Noir(2009) - #32
Delhi Noir(2009) - #33
Phoenix Noir(2009) - #34
Los Angeles Noir 2(2010) - #35
Mexico City Noir(2010) - #36
Richmond Noir(2010) - #37
Orange County Noir(2010) - #38
Indian Country Noir(2010) - #39
Moscow Noir(2010) - #40
Lone Star Noir(2010) - #41
Philadelphia Noir(2010) - #42
Haiti Noir(2010) - #43
Copenhagen Noir(2010) - #44
Pittsburgh Noir(2011) - #45
San Diego Noir(2011) - #46
Barcelona Noir(2011) - #47
Cape Cod Noir(2011) - #48
New Jersey Noir(2011) - #49
Staten Island Noir(2012) - #50When They Are Done With Us(2012)
- #51
Mumbai Noir(2012) - #52
Long Island Noir(2012) - #53
Venice Noir(2012) - #54
Kingston Noir(2012) - #55
St. Petersburg Noir(2012) - #56
Kansas City Noir(2012) - #57
Boston Noir 2(2012) - #58
USA Noir(2013) - #59
Manila Noir(2013) - #60
Buffalo Noir(2013) - #61
Dallas Noir(2013) - #62
Haiti Noir 2(2013) - #63
Singapore Noir(2014) - #64
Prison Noir(2014) - #65
Tel Aviv Noir(2014) - #66
Tehran Noir(2014) - #67
Belfast Noir(2014) - #68
Helsinki Noir(2014) - #69
Rio Noir(2014) - #70
Providence Noir(2015) - #71
Chicago Noir: The Classics(2015) - #72
Memphis Noir(2015) - #73
Zagreb Noir(2015) - #74
Marseille Noir(2015) - #75
Beirut Noir(2015) - #76
New Orleans Noir: The Classics(2016) - #77
Stockholm Noir(2016) - #78
Brussels Noir(2016) - #79
Mississippi Noir(2016) - #80
St. Louis Noir(2016) - #81
Prague Noir(2016) - #82
San Juan Noir(2016) - #83
Oakland Noir(2017) - #84
Trinidad Noir: The Classics(2017) - #85
Atlanta Noir(2017) - #86
New Haven Noir(2017) - #87
Montana Noir(2017) - #88
Buenos Aires Noir(2017) - #89
Montreal Noir(2017) - #90
Berlin Noir(2018) - #91
São Paulo Noir(2018) - #92
Santa Cruz Noir(2018) - #93
Lagos Noir(2018) - #94
Marrakech Noir(2018) - #95
Baghdad Noir(2018) - #96
Vancouver Noir(2018) - #97
Sydney Noir(2018) - #98
Hong Kong Noir(2018) - #99
Amsterdam Noir(2019) - #100
Milwaukee Noir(2019) - #101
Houston Noir(2019) - #102
Nairobi Noir(2020) - #103
Columbus Noir(2020) - #104
Santa Fe Noir(2020) - #105
Alabama Noir(2020) - #106
Berkeley Noir(2020) - #107
Addis Ababa Noir(2020) - #108
Tampa Bay Noir(2020) - #109
Miami Noir: The Classics(2020) - #110
Accra Noir(2020) - #111
Belgrade Noir(2020) - #112
Palm Springs Noir(2021) - #113
Paris Noir: The Suburbs(2022) - #114
Denver Noir(2022) - #115
South Central Noir(2022) - #116
Cleveland Noir(2023) - #117
East Jerusalem Noir(2023) - #118
West Jerusalem Noir(2023) - #119
Honolulu Noir(2024) - #120
Sacramento Noir(2025) - #121
Hamburg Noir(2025)
- #1
The Black Echo(1992) - #2
The Black Ice(1993) - #3
The Concrete Blonde(1994) - #4
The Last Coyote(1995) - #5
The Poet(1996) - #6Trunk Music(1997)
- #7Blood Work(1998)
- #8Angels Flight(1999)
- #9
Void Moon(1999) - #10
A Darkness More Than Night(2000) - #11
City of Bones(2002) - #12Lost Light(2003)
- #13
The Narrows(2004) - #14
The Closers(2005) - #15The Lincoln Lawyer(2005)
- #16Echo Park(2006)
- #17
The Overlook(2007) - #18The Brass Verdict(2008)
- #19
The Scarecrow(2009) - #20Nine Dragons(2009)
- #21
Blue on Black(2010) - #22
The Reversal(2010) - #23
Angle of Investigation(2011) - #24The Fifth Witness(2011)
- #25
Suicide Run(2011) - #26
The Drop(2011) - #27
The Black Box(2012) - #28
The Gods of Guilt(2013) - #29
Switchblade(2014) - #30
The Burning Room(2014) - #31
The Crossing(2015) - #32
The Wrong Side of Goodbye(2016) - #33
The Late Show(2017) - #34
Two Kinds of Truth(2017) - #35
Dark Sacred Night(2018) - #36
The Night Fire(2019) - #37Fair Warning(2020)
- #38
The Law of Innocence(2020) - #39
The Dark Hours(2021) - #40
Desert Star(2022) - #41
Resurrection Walk(2023) - #42
The Waiting(2024) - #43
Nightshade(2025) - #44
The Proving Ground(2025)
- #1Nightshade(2025)
- #1The Black Echo(1992)
- #2The Black Ice(1993)
- #3The Concrete Blonde(1994)
- #4The Last Coyote(1995)
- #5Trunk Music(1997)
- #6Angels Flight(1999)
- #7A Darkness More Than Night(2000)
- #8City of Bones(2002)
- #9Lost Light(2003)
- #10The Narrows(2004)
- #11The Closers(2005)
- #12Echo Park(2006)
- #13The Overlook(2007)
- #14Nine Dragons(2009)
- #15The Drop(2011)
- #16The Black Box(2012)
- #17
Switchblade(2014) - #18The Burning Room(2014)
- #19The Crossing(2015)
- #20The Wrong Side of Goodbye(2016)
- #21Two Kinds of Truth(2017)
- #22Dark Sacred Night(2018)
- #23The Night Fire(2019)
- #24The Dark Hours(2021)
- #25Desert Star(2022)
- #26Resurrection Walk(2023)
- #27The Waiting(2024)
- #28Blue on Black(2010)
- #29Angle of Investigation(2011)
- #30Suicide Run(2011)
- #31The Crooked Man(2014)
- #1The Poet(1996)
- #2The Scarecrow(2009)
- #3
Fair Warning(2020)
- #1The Lincoln Lawyer(2005)
- #2The Brass Verdict(2008)
- #3The Reversal(2010)
- #4The Fifth Witness(2011)
- #5The Gods of Guilt(2013)
- #6The Law of Innocence(2020)
- #7Resurrection Walk(2023)
- #8The Proving Ground(2025)
- #1
Rambo (By: David Morrell)(2022) - #2Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By: Robert Crais)(2022)
- #3
Jack Taylor (By: Ken Bruen)(2022) - #4
Jack Reacher (By: Lee Child)(2022) - #5
Charlie Parker (By: John Connolly)(2022) - #6
Hieronymus Bosch(2022) - #7
Lincoln Rhyme (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2022) - #8
Alex Delaware (By: Jonathan Kellerman)(2022) - #9
Tess Monaghan (By: Laura Lippman)(2022) - #10
Charlie Resnick (By: John Harvey)(2022) - #11
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By: Faye Kellerman)(2022) - #12
Inspector Morse (By: Colin Dexter)(2022) - #13
Dismas Hardy (By: John Lescroart)(2022) - #14
Bob Lee Swagger (By: Stephen Hunter)(2022) - #15
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast (By: Douglas Preston)(2022) - #16
Lou Boldt (By: Ridley Pearson)(2022) - #17
Spenser (By: Robert B. Parker)(2022) - #18
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (By: Anne Perry)(2022) - #19
John Rebus (By: Ian Rankin)(2022) - #20
Mallory (By: Carol O'Connell)(2022) - #21
Jane Whitefield (By: Thomas Perry)(2022) - #22
Ian Rutledge (By: Charles Todd)(2022) - #23
Amos Walker (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2022) - #24
Precious Ramotswe (By: Alexander McCall Smith)(2022) - #25
Maisie Dobbs (By: Jacqueline Winspear)(2022) - #26The Lincoln Lawyer(2022)
- #27
Condor (By: James Grady)(2023) - #28
Ben Kincaid (By: William Bernhardt)(2023) - #29
Repairman Jack (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2023) - #30
Joe Pickett (By: C.J. Box)(2024) - #31
Peter Diamond (By: Peter Lovesey)(2024) - #32
Nathan Heller (By: Max Allan Collins)(2024) - #33
Measures of Poison(2002) - #34
In the Shadow of the Master(2003) - #35
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003(2003) - #36
Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation(2005) - #37The Secret Society of Demolition Writers(2005)
- #38
The Penguin Book of Crime Stories(2007) - #39
The Blue Religion(2008) - #40
A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories(2008) - #41
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008(2008) - #42Half-Minute Horrors(2009)
- #43
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009(2009) - #44
Hook, Line & Sinister(2010) - #45
The Rich and the Dead(2011) - #46
Down These Green Streets(2011) - #47
Vengeance(2012) - #48
The Best American Mystery Stories 2013(2013) - #49
FaceOff(2014) - #50
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes(2014) - #51
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015(2015) - #52
The Highway Kind(2016) - #53
In Sunlight or In Shadow(2016) - #54
Alive in Shape and Color(2017) - #55
When a Stranger Comes to Town(2021) - #56
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022(2022) - #57
Murderers' Row: Original Baseball Mysteries: Volume 1(2025)
- #1
Crime Beat(2004)
- #1The Late Show(2017)
- #2Dark Sacred Night(2018)
- #3The Night Fire(2019)
- #4The Dark Hours(2021)
- #5Desert Star(2022)
- #6The Waiting(2024)
- #1Void Moon(1999)
- #2Chasing the Dime(2002)
- #3
The Safe Man: A Ghost Story(2012) - #4
Red Eye (With: Dennis Lehane)(2014) - #5
Mulholland Dive(2012)
- #1Blood Work(1998)
- #2A Darkness More Than Night(2000)
- #3The Narrows(2004)
About Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is a renowned crime writer who found his literary voice after discovering the works of Raymond Chandler. He pursued a degree in journalism and a minor in creative writing at the University of Florida, where novelist Harry Crews served as one of his instructors. Following his graduation in 1980, Connelly worked as a journalist, specializing in the crime beat at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His experiences covering police and crime during the height of the cocaine wars in South Florida, as well as a Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted magazine story on an airline crash, propelled his career to new heights. In 1987, he joined the Los Angeles Times as a crime reporter, eventually leaving to focus on a full-time writing career. Connelly's novels have captivated readers worldwide, including his iconic Harry Bosch series and standalone thrillers.
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