Bosch

A hundred and eight episodes in a straight line, adapting twenty-five novels in no particular order.

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Where to start with Bosch

Three titles, one continuous story, straight through in order. The order is easy. What is genuinely useful here is the relationship to the novels, because the seasons do not adapt them one to one or in publication order.

  1. 1
    Bosch, season 1 Bosch

    Ten episodes built mostly from City of Bones, which is the eighth novel rather than the first. Nothing before it, and the show never assumes you have read anything.

  2. 2
    Bosch: Legacy, season 1 Bosch: Legacy

    A direct continuation with the same actor, picking up after he leaves the police. It is not a reboot, and it assumes you know why he resigned, which is the whole of the seventh season's ending.

  3. 3
    Ballard, season 1 Ballard

    Ten episodes following a character introduced in the Legacy finale, with Bosch himself appearing. Finishing Legacy first is a real prerequisite rather than a preference.

Then what? That is a hundred and eight episodes in release order. Ballard has been renewed and filmed but has no announced date. A prequel called Bosch: Start of Watch is coming to MGM+ with a young Bosch in 1991 Los Angeles; when it arrives, watch it last regardless of its setting, because it is built for people who already know the character.

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The Series

  • Bosch 2015, 7 seasons, 68 episodes
  • Bosch: Legacy 2022, 3 seasons, 30 episodes
  • Ballard 2025, 2 seasons, 10 episodes

The Harry Bosch novels

  • The Black Echo 1992
  • The Black Ice 1993
  • The Concrete Blonde 1994
  • The Last Coyote 1995
  • Trunk Music 1997
  • Angels Flight 1999
  • A Darkness More Than Night 2001
  • City of Bones 2002
  • Lost Light 2003
  • The Narrows 2004
  • The Closers 2005
  • Echo Park 2006
  • The Overlook 2007
  • Nine Dragons 2009
  • The Drop 2011
  • The Black Box 2012
  • The Burning Room 2014
  • The Crossing 2015
  • The Wrong Side of Goodbye 2016
  • Two Kinds of Truth 2017
  • Dark Sacred Night 2018
  • The Night Fire 2019
  • The Dark Hours 2021
  • Desert Star 2022

Ballard and the Lincoln Lawyer

  • The Lincoln Lawyer 2005
  • The Brass Verdict 2008
  • The Reversal 2010
  • The Fifth Witness 2011
  • The Gods of Guilt 2013
  • The Late Show 2017
  • The Law of Innocence 2020
  • Resurrection Walk 2023
  • The Waiting 2024

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