Order of Temperance Brennan Books
Temperance Brennan (“Tempe” for short) is a fictional character created by anthropologist-turned-author Kathy Reichs. Like Reichs, Tempe is an anthropologist born in North Carolina, now working in Montreal.
The character has been loosely adapted into the main character for the Fox television show Bones (portrayed by Emily Deschanel). The TV show character is more based on Reichs herself (although younger), works in Washington D.C. and is more socially awkward. Reichs works as a producer on the series. Reichs has written 16 novels in the Temperance Brennan forensic thriller series. Below is a list of all of the Temperance Brennan books in order of when they were published.
Publication Order of Temperance Brennan Books
| Déjà Dead | (1997) |    |
| Death du Jour | (1999) | |
| Deadly Decisions | (2000) | |
| Fatal Voyage | (2001) | |
| Grave Secrets | (2002) | |
| Bare Bones | (2003) | |
| Monday Mourning | (2004) | |
| Cross Bones | (2005) | |
| Break No Bones | (2006) | |
| Bones to Ashes | (2007) | |
| Devil Bones | (2008) | |
| 206 Bones | (2009) | |
| Spider Bones / Mortal Remains | (2010) | |
| Flash and Bones | (2011) | |
| Bones Are Forever | (2012) | |
| Bones in Her Pocket | (2013) | |
| Bones ofthe Lost | (2013) | |
| Swamp Bones | (2014) | |
| Bones Never Lie | (2014) | |
| Bones on Ice | (2015) | |
| Speaking in Bones | (2015) | |
| A Conspiracy of Bones | (2018) | |
| The Bone Code | (2021) | |
| Cold, Cold Bones | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Temperance Brennan Collections
| The Bone Collection | (2016) | |
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Temperance Brennan Synopsis: Devil Bones is the 11th novel in Kathy Reich’s Temperance Brennan series. Here Tempe must ID two corpses much to the shagrin of a group of citizen vigilantes. In Charlotte, North Carolina, Tempe is investigating some bones that were found during a renovation that may be linked to voodoo. Does the skull of a teenage girl the head of the decapitated body found at a lake?