Big Books of 2026
Genres

Forensics


Forensics Books

Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist
Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
All That Remains: A Life in Death
Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes
The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist
Carved in Bone (Body Farm, #1)
Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death
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Lists

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenStiff by Mary RoachSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Science Writing By People of Marginalized Genders
255 books — 89 voters
The weather matrix and human behavior by Michael A. PersingerBecoming a Private Investigator by Howie KahnBrain Tests by Edmund ShaftesburyThe Red Market by Scott CarneyHandbook for the Integrity Tone Scale by Vern Black
Paraforensic
145 books — 2 voters

Red Dragon by Thomas HarrisI Hunt Killers by Barry LygaLucky Day by Barry LygaGame by Barry LygaBlood of My Blood by Barry Lyga
What Will Graham Reads
22 books — 1 voter
Secrets from the Grave by Maria EftimiadesImperfect Justice by Jeff AshtonAfter the Eclipse by Sarah PerryPrecious Victims by Charles BosworthPresumed Guilty by José Báez
"Forensic Files" Cases
23 books — 3 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachWorking Stiff by Judy MelinekUnnatural Causes by Richard ShepherdHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiPeople Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry
forensics freak
109 books — 18 voters
Déjà Dead by Kathy ReichsPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellThe Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverDeath du Jour by Kathy ReichsThe Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Forensic Fiction
188 books — 114 voters

Quotes Tagged “Forensics”

“ In forensic medicine it is amazing how often you find just one exceptional exception. Followed always by a defense barrister trying to make it sound commonplace ”
― Richard Shepherd
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Laurie Stevens
“ You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it. ~Pat Obuchowski ”
― Laurie Stevens, The Dark Before Dawn
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Videos Tagged “Forensics”

Souls of the Desert Book Trailer
Souls of the Desert Book Trailer
Fatal Evidence: booktrailer
Fatal Evidence: booktrailer
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Groups Tagged "Forensics"

Forensic Rose Book Club This book club is moderated by a forensic scientist and is dedicated to forensics, true crime an…more
1 member, last active 9 years ago
True crime book club. Each month we will have a different book we are all agreeing to read and t…more
31 members, last active 6 years ago
SVS Reads Alyssa and Kim make book recommendations from the topics they discuss on their podcast: Sinners …more
2 members, last active 7 years ago
A group dedicated to those working in or interested in the fields of criminology, criminal justi…more
54 members, last active 8 years ago