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Mary Roach Books in Order

Mary Roach has written 11 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003) and the newest is Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2003–2025
Confirmed
1 of 11 titles
Pages on record
2,047 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
34–51 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,047 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Mary Roach, author

Mary Roach, born March 20, 1959, is an American writer of popular science and humour. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003) was the first of eight New York Times bestsellers, which also include Bonk (2008), Gulp (2013), Grunt (2016) and Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy (2025). The catalogue holds 11 books between 2003 and 2025. Other titles include My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places (2013) and Packing for Mars for Kids (2022). Subjects include cadavers, dissection, autopsy, experiments and the relationship between religion and science.

How many Mary Roach books are there?

Mary Roach has 11 books, released between 2003 and 2025. They include 4 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Mary Roach Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Mary Roach books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, book 1 of the Mary Roach Medical series (2003)
  2. Cover of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife / Six Feet Over by Mary Roach (2005)
  3. Cover of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach, book 1 of the Mary Roach Scientific Research series
  4. Cover of Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach (2010)
  5. Cover of My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places by Mary Roach, book 1 of the Mary Roach Humor series (2013)
  6. Cover of Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach, book 3 of the Mary Roach Scientific Research series (2013)
  7. Cover of Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law / Animal Vegetable Criminal by Mary Roach, book 2 of the Mary Roach Humor series
  8. Cover of Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach, book 5 of the Mary Roach Scientific Research series (2022)
  1. 1
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversMary Roach Medical #12003 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003304
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  2. 2
    Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife / Six Feet OverMary Roach Supernatural Research #12005 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005320
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  3. 3
    Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and SexMary Roach Scientific Research #12008 · 319 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008319
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the VoidMary Roach Scientific Research #22010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011Best American Science and Nature Writing #22011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  6. 6
    My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest PlacesMary Roach Humor #12013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary CanalMary Roach Scientific Research #32013 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013352
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  8. 8
    Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at WarMary Roach Scientific Research #42016 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016288
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  9. 9
    Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law / Animal Vegetable CriminalMary Roach Humor #22021 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021336
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  10. 10
    Packing for Mars for KidsMary Roach Scientific Research #52022 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022128
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  11. 11
    Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Mary Roach books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Mary Roach Scientific Research in order

5 books
  1. 1. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
  2. 2. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
  3. 3. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
  4. 4. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
  5. 5. Packing for Mars for Kids

Mary Roach Humor in order

2 books
  1. 1. My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
  2. 2. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law / Animal Vegetable Criminal

Mary Roach Medical in order

1 book
  1. 1. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach Supernatural Research in order

1 book
  1. 1. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife / Six Feet Over

Best American Science and Nature Writing in order

1 book
  1. 2. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

Standalone books

1 book

1 Mary Roach title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mary Roach books in order?

You only need to read Mary Roach books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Mary Roach

Start with Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mary Roach book?

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy (2025) is the newest Mary Roach book released so far.

Is there a new Mary Roach book coming?

No next Mary Roach book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Mary Roach at a glance

Still publishing
Mary Roach published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Mary Roach books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,047 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 319 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mary Roach books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mary Roach books are about

8 of the 11 Mary Roach books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: popular works is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Popular works 3 of 8 books