Order of Gideon Oliver Books

Gideon Oliver is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by American novelist Aaron Elkins. Gideon Oliver, nicknamed “The Skeleton Detective,” is a forensic anthropologist. The books are often credited with reviving the forensic mystery genre. The series was adapted (loosely) into a TV series on ABC in 1989 that ran for five episodes.

Aaron Elkins debuted his Gideon Oliver character in his own debut novel, Fellowship of Fear, which was published in 1982. The fourth installment in the series, Old Bones, won the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel in 1988. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Aaron Elkins’ Gideon Oliver books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Gideon Oliver Books

Fellowship of Fear	(1982)
The Dark Place	(1983)
Murder in the Queen's Armes	(1985)
Old Bones	(1987)
Curses!	(1989)
Icy Clutches	(1990)
Make No Bones	(1991)
Dead Men's Hearts	(1994)
Twenty Blue Devils	(1997)
Skeleton Dance	(2000)
Good Blood	(2004)
Where There's a Will	(2005)
Unnatural Selection	(2006)
Little Tiny Teeth	(2007)
Uneasy Relations	(2008)
Skull Duggery	(2009)
Dying on the Vine	(2012)
Switcheroo	(2016)