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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Stiff by Mary RoachThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumDeath's Acre by William M. BassDead Men Do Tell Tales by William R. MaplesBeyond the Body Farm by William M. Bass
Forensics: If It Doesn't Walk, We Bring Out the Chalk
159 books — 224 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Modern Science Nonfiction
443 books — 299 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
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 Naturals by Jennifer Lynn BarnesUnjust by Brooke HolmesA Perfect Evil by Alex KavaThe Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
Fiction: Criminal/Forensic Profiler/Psychologist/Psychiatrist (Main Characters)
186 books — 118 voters
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

Quotes Tagged “Forensics”

“ The shapes of a tree capture its search for nutrients, and the search of its neighbours. ”
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Val McDermid
“ Without science, there would be no you; without you, the future would offer a much narrower prospect. ”
― Val McDermid, Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
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Videos Tagged “Forensics”

Believe No One
Believe No One
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Television interview for "Author's Night"
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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
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SVS Reads Alyssa and Kim make book recommendations from the topics they discuss on their podcast: Sinners …more
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Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
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True crime book club. Each month we will have a different book we are all agreeing to read and t…more
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