The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 23 books · 1997 to 2025 · Set in Montreal

Kathy Reichs

Crime and mysteryForensic

Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan divides her work between Montreal and Charlotte, reading the stories in bones. The series inspired the television show Bones, though the books are their own world.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. The Virals books for young readers are left out.

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Kathy Reichs books in order

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Temperance Brennan

23 books · Set in MontrealForensic
  1. 1Déjà Dead1997With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Death du Jour1999With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Deadly Décisions2000With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Fatal Voyage2001With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Grave Secrets2002With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Bare Bones2003With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Monday Mourning2004With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Cross Bones2005With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Break No Bones2006With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Bones to Ashes2007With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Devil Bones2008With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  12. 12206 Bones2009With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  13. 13Spider Bones2010With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  14. 14Flash and Bones2011With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  15. 15Bones Are Forever2012With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  16. 16Bones of the Lost2013With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  17. 17Bones Never Lie2014With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  18. 18Speaking in Bones2015With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  19. 19A Conspiracy of Bones2020With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  20. 20The Bone Code2021With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  21. 21Cold, Cold Bones2022With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  22. 22The Bone Hacker2023With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon
  23. 23Fire and Bones2025With Temperance BrennanBuy on Amazon

Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Tempe Brennan and her circle