Harry Bosch[]
- 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)
- 9 Dragons (2009)
- The Drop (2011)
- The Black Box (2012)
- The Burning Room (2014)
Mickey Haller[]
Bosch is Haller's half-brother, and appeared with him in The Brass Verdict before co-starring in The Reversal
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2005)
- The Brass Verdict (2008)
- The Reversal (2010)
- The Fifth Witness (2011)
- The Gods of Guilt (2013)
Elvis Cole & Joseph Pike[]
Cole appeared in an unnamed cameo in Lost Light, while Bosch appeared in an unnamed cameo in Crais's novel The Last Detective
- The Monkey's Raincoat (1987)
- Stalking the Angel (1989)
- Lullaby Town (1992)
- Free Fall (1993)
- Voodoo River (1995)
- Sunset Express (1996)
- Indigo Slam (1997)
- L.A. Requiem (1999)
- The Last Detective (2003)
- The Forgotten Man (2005)
- The Watchman (2007)
- Chasing Darkness (2008)
- The First Rule (2010)
- The Sentry (2011)
- Taken (2012)
- The Promise (2014)
Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro[]
Kenzie appeared along with Bosch in the co-authored short story "Red Eye"
- A Drink Before the War (1994)
- Darkness, Take My Hand (1996)
- Sacred (1997)
- Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
- Prayers for Rains (1999)
- Moonlight Mile (2010)
Charlotte Justice[]
Bosch was mentioned by Detective Justice in Woods's novel Strange Bedfellows
- Inner City Blues (1999)
- Stormy Weather (2001)
- Dirty Laundry (2003)
- Strange Bedfellows (2006)
Dan Kearney[]
Bosch was mentioned by Detective Guildenstern in Cons, Scams & Grifts
- Dead Skip (1972)
- Final Notice (1973)
- Gone, No Forwarding (1978)
- 32 Cadillacs (1992)
- Contract: Null and Void (1996)
- Cons, Scams & Grifts (2001)