Best Titus Welliver Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Titus Welliver — 10 titles spanning Mystery, averaging 4.66 ABR stars.

Titus Welliver is perhaps the only narrator who can claim he *is* the character he's reading — having played Harry Bosch on screen for years before bringing Connelly's detective to audio. That overlap isn't a gimmick; it's an asset. Welliver's voice is a worn-in baritone, lived-in and low, with a world-weariness that fits Bosch's particular brand of moral exhaustion perfectly. He reads Desert Star and Resurrection Walk less like performances and more like testimony — flat affect that occasionally sharpens into something quietly dangerous. Connelly's prose demands exactly this: no melodrama, just the grind of good police work in a corrupt city. Listeners who love procedural crime fiction with atmosphere over action will find Welliver's pacing immensely satisfying. If you want a narrator who feels genuinely inseparable from the material, start here.

Where to Start with Titus Welliver

  1. 1
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    Resurrection Walk

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 7

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    ★ 4.86 ABR Score (84.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (77.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (6.9K)
    10h 30m listening time • Released 2023
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    Desert Star

    Renée Ballard • Book 5

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin, Peter Giles

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (96.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (86.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (10.4K)
    9h 43m listening time • Released 2022
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    The Wrong Side of Goodbye

    Harry Bosch • Book 19

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.73 ABR Score (101.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (80.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (21.5K)
    10h 21m listening time • Released 2016
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    The Night Fire

    Renée Ballard • Book 3

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (90.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (76.6K) ★ 4.7 Audible (14.0K)
    10h 4m listening time • Released 2019
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    Two Kinds of Truth

    Harry Bosch • Book 20

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (88.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (72.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (15.9K)
    9h 55m listening time • Released 2017
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    The Dark Hours

    Renée Ballard • Book 4

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    ★ 4.65 ABR Score (94.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (83.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (10.7K)
    11h 4m listening time • Released 2021
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    The Crossing

    Harry Bosch • Book 18

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.65 ABR Score (91.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (72.4K) ★ 4.67 Audible (19.2K)
    9h 24m listening time • Released 2015
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    The Waiting

    Renée Ballard • Book 6

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver, Madison Lintz

    ★ 4.62 ABR Score (76.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (71.3K) ★ 4.68 Audible (4.7K)
    10h 50m listening time • Released 2024
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    Dark Sacred Night

    Renée Ballard • Book 2

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.52 ABR Score (96.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (84.3K) ★ 4.61 Audible (12.5K)
    10h 39m listening time • Released 2018
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    The Burning Room

    Harry Bosch • Book 17

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.39 ABR Score (78.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (67.6K) ★ 4.51 Audible (10.9K)
    10h 11m listening time • Released 2014
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