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Michael Connelly
[1956-]
Harry Bosch, a homicide detective in Los Angeles, California:

The Black Echo1 (1992) [review]
1993 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 1993 Anthony Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 1993 Dilys Award

The Black Ice1 (1993)
Finalist 1994 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
Finalist 1993 Hammett Prize

The Concrete Blonde1 (1994)
Finalist 1995 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
Finalist 1995 Macavity Award for Best Novel

Finalist 1995 Dilys Award

The Last Coyote2 (1995)
1996 Dilys Award
Finalist 1996 Anthony Award for Best Mystery

Finalist 1995 Hammett Prize
Finalist 1996 Macavity Award for Best Novel

Trunk Music2 (1997)
1998 Barry Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1997 Hammett Prize
Finalist 1998 Macavity Award for Best Novel

Angels Flight2 (1999)
Finalist 2000 Barry Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1999 Dagger Award

A Darkness More Than Night3 (2001)
[includes Terry McCaleb]
Finalist 2002 Barry Award for Best Novel

City of Bones3 (2002)
2003 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
2003 Barry Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2002 Dagger Award
Finalist 2003 Edgar Award for Best Mystery
Finalist 2003 Macavity Award for Best Novel

Lost Light3 (2003)

The Narrows4 (2004)
[sequel to The Poet, includes Rachel Walling & Terry McCaleb]

The Closers4 (2005)

Echo Park4 (2006)
[includes Rachel Walling]

The Overlook5 (2007)
[includes Rachel Walling]

The Brass Verdict (2008) [review]
[includes Mickey Haller]
2009 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
Finalist 2009 Steel Dagger Award

Nine Dragons5 (2009)

The Reversal (2010)
[includes Mickey Haller]
Finalist 2011 Thriller Award for Best Novel

The Drop5 (2011)
Finalist 2012 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
Finalist 2012 Left Coast Crime Golden Nugget Award

The Black Box (2012)

The Burning Room (2014) [review]

The Crossing (2015) [review]
[includes Mickey Haller]
Finalist 2016 Lefty Award for Best Regional Mystery

The Wrong Side of Goodbye (2016)
Finalist 2017 Barry Award for Best Novel

Two Kinds of Truth (2017)
Finalist 2018 Anthony Award for Best Series Novel


Series continued with Renée Ballard (below)

Jack McEvoy, a reporter, and Rachel Walling, an FBI agent, in Denver, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California:

The Poet7(1996)
1997 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
1997 Dilys Award
1997 Nero Award
Finalist 1996 Hammett Prize

The Scarecrow (2009)

Fair Warning (2020)

Terry McCaleb, a former FBI man recuperating from a heart transplant, in Los Angeles, California:

Blood Work7(1998)
1999 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
1999 Macavity Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1999 Edgar Award for Best Mystery
Finalist 1999 Barry Award for Best Novel

A Darkness More Than Night (2001)
[includes Harry Bosch]

Mickey Haller, a lawyer in Los Angeles, California:

The Lincoln Lawyer6 (2005)
2006 Macavity Award for Best Novel
2006 Shamus Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2006 Steel Dagger Award
Finalist 2006 Edgar Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2006 Anthony Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2010 Barry Award for Best Novel of the Decade

The Brass Verdict6 (2008) [review]
[includes Harry Bosch]
2009 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
Finalist 2009 Steel Dagger Award

The Reversal6 (2010)
[includes Harry Bosch]
Finalist 2011 Thriller Award for Best Novel

The Fifth Witness (2011)

The Gods of Guilt (2013) [review]

The Crossing (2015) [review]
[includes Harry Bosch]
Finalist 2016 Lefty Award for Best Regional Mystery

The Law of Innocence (2020) [review]
Finalist 2021 Barry Award for Best Novel

Resurrection Walk (2023)
Finalist 2024 Ned Kelly Award for Best International
[includes Harry Bosch]

Renée Ballard, a young detective in Hollywood, California, demoted to night shift after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor, and retired homicide detective Harry Bosch:

The Late Show (2017)
[does not include Harry Bosch]
Finalist 2018 Anthony Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2018 Barry Award for Best Novel

Dark Sacred Night (2018) [review]

The Night Fire (2019) [review]

The Dark Hours (2021) [review]
Finalist 2022 Barry Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2022 Macavity Award for Best Mystery

Desert Star (2022) [review]
2023 Barry Award for Best Novel

The Waiting (2024)

Non-series:

Void Moon7 (2000)

Chasing the Dime (2002)

 
True crime:
Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers (2006)
APA: Crime Beat: True Stories of Cops and Killers (2006)
 

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