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What it is about
- Police
- Chinese Americans
- Murder
- Kidnapping
- Triads (Gangs)
Where it happens
- Hong Kong
- Los Angeles
- California
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Hong Kong (China)
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Police, Chinese Americans, Murder, Kidnapping. It is book 14 of the Harry Bosch series and set in Hong Kong.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata
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Why: Both are thriller books about kidnapping and police.
What both books share
- thriller
Nine Dragons: "Thriller" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
Step on a Crack: "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Thrillers" (OL subject) - kidnapping
Nine Dragons: "Kidnapping" (OL subject); "Kidnapping -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
Step on a Crack: "Kidnapping in fiction" (OL subject); "Kidnapping" (OL subject); "Kidnapping -- Fiction." (LoC 650) - police
Nine Dragons: "Police" (OL subject); "Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Step on a Crack: "Police in fiction" (OL subject); "Police" (OL subject); "Police -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- thriller
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Why: Both are crime and thriller books.
What both books share
- crime
Nine Dragons: "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: "crime" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre) - thriller
Nine Dragons: "Thriller" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: "thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
- crime
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Why: Both are crime books about murder.
What both books share
- crime
Nine Dragons: "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
The Cuckoo's Calling: "crime" (OL subject); "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre) - murder
Nine Dragons: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Cuckoo's Calling: "murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- crime
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What they share, at a glance
Nine Dragons next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Thriller | Crime | Murder | Kidnapping | Police |
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| Step on a Crack | shared | not shared | not shared | shared | shared |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Cuckoo's Calling | not shared | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Killing Floor | shared | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Silent Patient | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Da Vinci Code | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Shadow of the Wind | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Darkly Dreaming Dexter | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Orphan X | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
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Nine Dragons: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on October 13, 2009. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 377-page edition from Little, Brown and Co. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780316166317 ... 377 p. ... Little, Brown and Co
- Series
- It is book 14 of the Harry Bosch series. Source: michaelconnelly.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Harry Bosch ... The Overlook ... Nine Dragons
- Next in the series
- Book 15 is The Drop. Source: michaelconnelly.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Nine Dragons ... The Drop
Where does Nine Dragons sit in its series? See the reading order.
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