All 24 Temperance Brennan Books In Order at Book DNA

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Deja Dead

See where the smash #1 New York Times bestselling Temperance Brennan “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained” (The New York Times) series all began with Deja Dead, the first installment from forensic anthropologist and internationally bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs.

Her life is devoted to justice—for those she never even knew.…

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Death Du Jour

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

On a bitterly cold March night in Montreal, forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is exhuming the remains of a nun in…

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Deadly Decisions

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The third gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

A nine-year-old girl is killed in crossfire on her way to ballet class. Soon afterwards, the body of a teenager…

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Fatal Voyage

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

A plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina. A severed foot is discovered some distance from the crash site.…

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Grave Secrets

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The gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international #1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

In the searing heat of Guatemala, Dr Temperance Brennan must harden herself against the horrors she excavates.

And then four young girls…

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Bare Bones

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

During one of the hottest summers on record, Dr Temperance Brennan is haunted by a string of horrifying events.

First, the…

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Monday Mourning

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

Three skeletons are found in a Montreal basement.

The building is old, and the homicide detective in charge dismisses the remains…

Colin's list on the best books to read whilst awaiting radiology and/or death

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Cross Bones

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

A full week after death, a barely recognisable body is discovered in a closet. 'Death by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the…

9
Break No Bones

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

Dr Temperance Brennan and her students are working on a site of prehistoric graves on an island near Charleston, South Carolina,…

10
Bones to Ashes

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

Dr Temperance Brennan takes on a case that uncovers horrors she could never have predicted.

It is the skeleton of a…

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Devil Bones

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

When Dr Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heiress, a routine case swiftly turns sinister. But…

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206 Bones

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

When Dr Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heiress, a routine case swiftly turns sinister. But…

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Spider Bones

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

Dr Temperance Brennan spends her life working amongst the decomposed and the skeletal. So the newly-dead body she is called to…

Gary's list on the best thrillers featuring a medical professional

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Flash and Bones

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

In the run up to the biggest NASCAR race week of the year, Dr Temperance Brennan is called to a landfill…

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Bones Are Forever

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from the world-class forensic anthropologist and #1 bestselling author Kathy Reichs

A newborn baby is found wedged in a vanity cabinet in a rundown apartment near Montreal.

Dr Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist to the province of Quebec, is brought in to investigate. While there,…

16
Bones of the Lost

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

The body of a teenage girl is discovered along a desolate highway on the outskirts of Charlotte. Inside her purse is…

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Bones Never Lie

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

Tempe is faced with a horrifying possibility: a murderer she couldn't catch is killing again...

For a decade, Temperance Brennan has…

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Speaking in Bones

A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me. Please. Kill me.

A tape recording of a woman tortured by a monster.

An…

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A Conspiracy of Bones

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a new riveting novel featuring her vastly popular character forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who must use all her tradecraft to discover the identity of a faceless corpse, its connection to a decade-old missing child case, and why the dead man…

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The Bone Code

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN THE TEMPERANCE BRENNAN SERIES

'I await the next Kathy Reichs' thriller with the same anticipation I have for the new Lee Child or Patricia Cornwell' JAMES PATTERSON

'Over the course of twenty books, Kathy Reichs and Tempe Brennan have thrilled readers with pacey, mazey tales…

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Cold, Cold Bones

'Kathy Reichs has written her masterpiece' MICHAEL CONNELLY

'This page-turning series never lets the reader down' HARLAN COBEN

In a profession like this, you're bound to make enemies . . .

An eye . . .

It all starts when Dr Temperance Brennan finds a box on her porch. Inside…

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The Bone Hacker

From Number One Bestselling author Kathy Reichs comes the new high-stakes thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

EVEN ON AN ISLAND PARADISE, DANGER STILL LURKS

Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to its source and is soon embroiled…

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Fire and Bones

24
Evil Bones

24 Temperance Brennan books in order

1 Deja Dead

2 Death Du Jour

3 Deadly Decisions

4 Fatal Voyage

5 Grave Secrets

6 Bare Bones

7 Monday Mourning

Colin's list on the best books to read whilst awaiting radiology and/or death

8 Cross Bones

9 Break No Bones

10 Bones to Ashes

11 Devil Bones

12 206 Bones

13 Spider Bones

Gary's list on the best thrillers featuring a medical professional

14 Flash and Bones

15 Bones Are Forever

16 Bones of the Lost

17 Bones Never Lie

18 Speaking in Bones

19 A Conspiracy of Bones

20 The Bone Code

21 Cold, Cold Bones

22 The Bone Hacker

23 Fire and Bones

24 Evil Bones