Harry Bosch reading order

A plan for the whole series

25 volumes, 10,020 pages, about 185 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 8 months.

• From volume 2 on, the number of ratings falls most before volume 25, “The waiting” (by 29%). Plan your break after volume 24, before the series plans it for you.
• The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2024. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

12 stages, with 11 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around August 31, 2027, about 9 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 115 h20 daysby November 18, 2026

   • 1. The Black Echo1992 · 492 pages · 9 h
   • 2. The Black Ice1993 · 322 pages · 6 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 22, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 217 habout 3 weeksby December 14, 2026

   • 3. The Concrete Blonde1994 · 503 pages · 9 h
   • 4. The Last Coyote1995 · 416 pages · 8 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 18, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 317 habout 3 weeksby January 9, 2027

   • 5. Trunk Music1997 · 448 pages · 8 h
   • 6. Angels Flight1999 · 482 pages · 9 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 14, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 415 h20 daysby February 2, 2027

   • 7. A Darkness More Than Night2001 · 418 pages · 8 h
   • 8. City of Bones2002 · 396 pages · 7 h
8. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by February 7, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 520 habout 4 weeksby March 5, 2027

   • 9. Lost Light2003 · 368 pages · 7 h
   • 10. The Narrows2004 · 404 pages · 7 h
   • 11. The Closers2005 · 310 pages · 6 h
10. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by March 14, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 620 habout 4 weeksby April 9, 2027

    • 12. Echo Park2006 · 446 pages · 8 h
    • 13. The Overlook2007 · 346 pages · 6 h
    • 14. Nine Dragons2009 · 280 pages · 5 h
12. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by April 19, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
13. 7
    Stage 714 h18 daysby May 7, 2027

    • 15. The Drop2011 · 388 pages · 7 h
    • 16. The Black Box2012 · 357 pages · 7 h
14. Short breakTo Be Taught, If Fortunate · Becky Chambers · 153 pp. · score 8.33 h, by May 12, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
15. 8
    Stage 814 h19 daysby May 31, 2027

    • 17. The Burning Room2014 · 388 pages · 7 h
    • 18. The Crossing2015 · 388 pages · 7 h
16. Short breakThe Importance of Being Earnest · Oscar Wilde · 102 pp. · score 8.22 h, by June 3, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
17. 9
    Stage 916 habout 3 weeksby June 25, 2027

    • 19. The Wrong Side of Goodbye2016 · 466 pages · 9 h
    • 20. Two Kinds of Truth · 417 pages · 8 h
18. Short breakA Room of One's Own · Virginia Woolf · 144 pp. · score 8.23 h, by June 29, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
19. 10
    Stage 1014 h19 daysby July 19, 2027

    • 21. Dark Sacred Night · 379 pages · 7 h
    • 22. The Night Fire · 405 pages · 7 h
20. Short breakThe Prophet · Kahlil Gibran · 116 pp. · score 8.22 h, by July 22, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
21. 11
    Stage 1115 h20 daysby August 11, 2027

    • 23. The Dark Hours2021 · 400 pages · 7 h
    • 24. Desert Star2022 · 400 pages · 7 h
22. BreakI'm Glad My Mom Died · Jennette McCurdy · 320 pp. · score 8.96 h, by August 21, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
23. 12
    Stage 127 h10 daysby August 31, 2027

    • 25. The waiting2024 · ≈ 401 pages · 7 h
24. The end of the series

    August 31, 2027

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≈ next to a page count: a volume with no page count in our data is counted at this series’s average.

Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: uneven. Scores jump by 0.3 points with no clear direction.

Best volume: The Crossing (8.0, 118 ratings). Weakest: The Overlook (7.7). From volume 2 on, the biggest drop in the number of ratings is between volume 24 and 25: 29%. The series is not finished; the last volume came out in 2024. The last volume (7.7) scores close to the series average or above it.