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Temperance Brennan Reading Order
Temperance Brennan by Kathy Reichs has 24 main books (1997–2025), plus 1 novella or companion. Start with Déjà Dead (1997) and read the numbered books in order.
By Kathy Reichs
Temperance Brennan books in order
Your reading speed
- 8 h 55 min
- 7 h
- 6 h 18 min
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- 7 h 3 min
- 5 h 53 min
- 6 h 41 min
- 6 h 2 min
#8
Cross Bones
2005
—- 6 h 10 min
- 6 h 48 min
- 5 h 31 min
- 9 h 1 min
- 5 h 36 min
- 4 h 52 min
- 5 h 52 min
- 5 h 53 min
- 6 h 22 min
- 7 h 34 min
- 6 h 10 min
- 6 h 27 min
- 6 h 10 min
- 6 h 10 min
#23
Fire and Bones
2024
—- 5 h 3 min
- 6 h 29 min
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Temperance Brennan: common questions
- How many books are in the Temperance Brennan series?
- There are 24 main books in Temperance Brennan, plus 1 novella or companion book. The most recent main book listed here is Evil Bones (2025).
- What order should I read Temperance Brennan in?
- Read Temperance Brennan in its numbered order: Déjà Dead, Death du Jour, Deadly Décisions, Fatal Voyage, and so on.
- What is the first Temperance Brennan book?
- The first book is Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs, published in 1997.
- Do I need to read the Temperance Brennan novellas?
- The 1 novella or companion book (The Bone Collection) sit outside the main numbering. You can follow the main story without them; their numbers (like 0.5 or 2.5) show where they fit between the main books.