# Is "The Wrong Side of Goodbye" by Michael Connelly a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, 2016) is identified by: First printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a complete number line ending in 1; issued in a priced dust jacket. US Little, Brown edition (2016, ISBN 9780316225946) is the true first, the nineteenth Harry Bosch novel; a UK Orion/Little Brown edition was published in parallel.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a complete number line ending in 1; issued in a priced dust jacket
- Beyond the standard trade first, the publisher also issued a separately numbered signed limited hardcover (its own ISBN, 9780316467100) alongside the regular signed first printing; the numbered limited is a distinct issue and should not be conflated with the ordinary trade first
- Publisher imprint reads Little, Brown
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Michael Connelly |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Year | 2016 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a complete number line ending in 1; issued in a priced dust jacket |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a complete number line ending in 1; issued in a priced dust jacket. Beyond the standard trade first, the publisher also issued a separately numbered signed limited hardcover (its own ISBN, 9780316467100) alongside the regular signed first printing; the numbered limited is a distinct issue and should not be conflated with the ordinary trade first.

## Is this the true first?
US Little, Brown edition (2016, ISBN 9780316225946) is the true first, the nineteenth Harry Bosch novel; a UK Orion/Little Brown edition was published in parallel.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No significant book-club edition issue for identification.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Wrong Side of Goodbye* by Michael Connelly a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-wrong-side-of-goodbye
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.