Temperance Brennan Books in Order
Temperance Brennan by Kathy Reichs contains 28 books, published between 1997 and 2025. The first book is Déjà Dead (1997) and the newest is Evil Bones (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1997–2025
- Confirmed
- 28 of 28 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,561 in 21 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 126–189 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,561 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Temperance Brennan is a forensic mystery series by Kathy Reichs following a woman working as a forensic anthropologist on murder cases. Deja Dead (1997) opens the run, followed by Death du Jour, Deadly Decisions, Fatal Voyage, Grave Secrets and Bare Bones. Twenty-eight books reach Evil Bones in 2025, and the series continues.
How many Temperance Brennan books are there?
Temperance Brennan has 28 books, released between 1997 and 2025.
Temperance Brennan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Temperance Brennan 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.
- 1Déjà Dead1997 · 532 pages · confirmed 4/419975324/4
- 1The Bone Collection2016 · 388 pages · confirmed 3/420163883/4
- 2Death du Jour1999 · 451 pages · confirmed 3/419994513/4
- 3Deadly Decisions2000 · 333 pages · confirmed 3/420003333/4
- 4Fatal Voyage2001 · 420 pages · confirmed 3/420014203/4
- 5Grave Secrets2002 · 366 pages · confirmed 4/420023664/4
- 6Bare Bones2003 · 383 pages · confirmed 3/420033833/4
- 7Monday Mourning2004 · 383 pages · confirmed 4/420043834/4
- 8Cross Bones2005 · 459 pages · confirmed 4/420054594/4
- 9Break No Bones2006 · 480 pages · confirmed 4/420064804/4
- 10Bones to Ashes2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420073204/4
- 11Devil Bones2008 · 382 pages · confirmed 4/420083824/4
- 12206 Bones2009 · 308 pages · confirmed 4/420093084/4
- 13Spider Bones / Mortal Remains2010 · 369 pages · confirmed 4/420103694/4
- 14Flash and Bones2011 · 278 pages · confirmed 3/420112783/4
- 15Bones Are Forever2012 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420122883/4
- 16Bones in Her Pocket2013 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/420131203/4
- 17Bones ofthe Lost2013 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/420133243/4
- 18Swamp Bones2014 · confirmed 3/42014–3/4
- 19Bones Never Lie2014 · 323 pages · confirmed 3/420143233/4
- 20Bones on Ice2015 · confirmed 3/42015–3/4
- 21Speaking in Bones2015 · 302 pages · confirmed 3/420153023/4
- 22A Conspiracy of Bones2018 · confirmed 3/42018–3/4
- 23The Bone Code2021 · confirmed 3/42021–3/4
- 24Cold, Cold Bones2022 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/420223523/4
- 25The Bone Hacker2023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
- 26Fire and Bones2024 · confirmed 4/42024–4/4
- 27Evil Bones2025 · confirmed 4/42025–4/4
Temperance Brennan Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Temperance Brennan books run from Déjà Dead (1997) to Evil Bones (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Temperance Brennan in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Temperance Brennan books in order?
You should read the Temperance Brennan books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Temperance Brennan book also stands alone.
Where to start with Temperance Brennan
Start with Déjà Dead (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Temperance Brennan book?
Evil Bones (2025) is the newest Temperance Brennan book released so far.
Is there a new Temperance Brennan book coming?
No next Temperance Brennan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Temperance Brennan at a glance
- Still running
- Temperance Brennan is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Temperance Brennan books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,561 pages across the 21 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 366 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Temperance Brennan books, 11 of 28, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 11 of the 28 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Temperance Brennan books are about
22 of the 28 Temperance Brennan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women forensic anthropologists is tagged on 18 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Women forensic anthropologists 18 of 22 books
- Medical examiners (Law) 8 of 22 books
- Murder 7 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 22 books
- Forensic anthropology 6 of 22 books
- Investigation 6 of 22 books
- Crimes against 5 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 22 books
- Women anthropologists 4 of 22 books
- Brennan, temperance (fictitious character) 3 of 22 books
- Forensic sciences 3 of 22 books
- Women forensic anthropologists in fiction 3 of 22 books
More books by Kathy Reichs
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Other series by Kathy Reichs
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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