| 1 |
|
Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)
by
3.87 avg rating — 158,188 ratings
|
|
| 2 |
|
The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
by
4.20 avg rating — 200,664 ratings
|
|
| 3 |
|
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
by
4.02 avg rating — 271,753 ratings
|
|
| 4 |
|
Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan, #2)
by
3.96 avg rating — 52,597 ratings
|
|
| 5 |
|
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
by
4.10 avg rating — 182,963 ratings
|
|
| 6 |
|
Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan, #6)
by
3.97 avg rating — 42,346 ratings
|
|
| 7 |
|
Fatal Voyage (Temperance Brennan, #4)
by
4.05 avg rating — 54,952 ratings
|
|
| 8 |
|
Carved in Bone (Body Farm, #1)
by
3.92 avg rating — 13,766 ratings
|
|
| 9 |
|
The Body Farm (Kay Scarpetta, #5)
by
4.08 avg rating — 84,709 ratings
|
|
| 10 |
|
Grave Secrets (Temperance Brennan, #5)
by
3.98 avg rating — 38,202 ratings
|
|
| 11 |
|
Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta, #2)
by
4.04 avg rating — 92,011 ratings
|
|
| 12 |
|
Cruel and Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)
by
4.13 avg rating — 119,899 ratings
|
|
| 13 |
|
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
by
3.90 avg rating — 227,291 ratings
|
|
| 14 |
|
The Chemistry of Death (David Hunter, #1)
by
4.19 avg rating — 42,332 ratings
|
|
| 15 |
|
Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan, #3)
by
3.94 avg rating — 40,807 ratings
|
|
| 16 |
|
Bones to Ashes (Temperance Brennan, #10)
by
3.95 avg rating — 33,138 ratings
|
|
| 17 |
|
206 Bones (Temperance Brennan, #12)
by
3.94 avg rating — 29,802 ratings
|
|
| 18 |
|
Mortal Remains
by
3.93 avg rating — 28,588 ratings
|
|
| 19 |
|
Monday Mourning (Temperance Brennan, #7)
by
4.04 avg rating — 37,383 ratings
|
|
| 20 |
|
Whispers of the Dead (David Hunter, #3)
by
4.17 avg rating — 20,438 ratings
|
|
| 21 |
|
Written in Bone (David Hunter, #2)
by
4.21 avg rating — 25,847 ratings
|
|
| 22 |
|
Devil Bones (Temperance Brennan, #11)
by
3.90 avg rating — 31,997 ratings
|
|
| 23 |
|
Unnatural Exposure (Kay Scarpetta, #8)
by
4.07 avg rating — 66,581 ratings
|
|
| 24 |
|
In the Woods
by
3.78 avg rating — 459,386 ratings
|
|
| 25 |
|
All That Remains (Kay Scarpetta, #3)
by
4.08 avg rating — 81,408 ratings
|
|
| 26 |
|
Flash and Bones (Temperance Brennan #14)
by
3.90 avg rating — 25,855 ratings
|
|
| 27 |
|
Cross Bones (Temperance Brennan, #8)
by
3.87 avg rating — 31,440 ratings
|
|
| 28 |
|
Break No Bones (Temperance Brennan, #9)
by
3.98 avg rating — 33,324 ratings
|
|
| 29 |
|
The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5)
by
4.23 avg rating — 113,722 ratings
|
|
| 30 |
|
Bones of Betrayal (Body Farm #4)
by
4.10 avg rating — 6,589 ratings
|
|
| 31 |
|
Cause of Death (Kay Scarpetta, #7)
by
3.95 avg rating — 58,692 ratings
|
|
| 32 |
|
The Face of Deception (Eve Duncan, #1)
by
4.07 avg rating — 28,295 ratings
|
|
| 33 |
|
The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)
by
3.93 avg rating — 70,613 ratings
|
|
| 34 |
|
The Devil's Bones (Body Farm, #3)
by
4.13 avg rating — 8,221 ratings
|
|
| 35 |
|
The Coffin Dancer (Lincoln Rhyme, #2)
by
4.16 avg rating — 56,720 ratings
|
|
| 36 |
|
Flesh and Bone (Body Farm #2)
by
4.07 avg rating — 11,086 ratings
|
|
| 37 |
|
The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
by
3.94 avg rating — 45,561 ratings
|
|
| 38 |
|
The Apprentice (Rizzoli & Isles, #2)
by
4.14 avg rating — 76,045 ratings
|
|
| 39 |
|
The Bone Garden
by
4.07 avg rating — 35,872 ratings
|
|
| 40 |
|
Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch, #14; Harry Bosch Universe, #21)
by
4.07 avg rating — 60,519 ratings
|
|
| 41 |
|
The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway, #7)
by
4.11 avg rating — 27,625 ratings
|
|
| 42 |
|
The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, #6)
by
4.16 avg rating — 29,323 ratings
|
|
| 43 |
|
A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)
by
4.06 avg rating — 31,761 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)
by
3.92 avg rating — 32,899 ratings
|
|
| 45 |
|
The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, #3)
by
3.98 avg rating — 39,343 ratings
|
|
| 46 |
|
Bones Never Lie (Temperance Brennan, #17)
by
4.03 avg rating — 21,912 ratings
|
|
| 47 |
|
The Vanished Man (Lincoln Rhyme, #5)
by
4.11 avg rating — 26,734 ratings
|
|
| 48 |
|
The Empty Chair (Lincoln Rhyme, #3)
by
4.09 avg rating — 34,997 ratings
|
|
| 49 |
|
Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2)
by
3.87 avg rating — 58,081 ratings
|
|
| 49 |
|
The Twelfth Card (Lincoln Rhyme, #6)
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21,506 ratings
|
|
| 51 |
|
The Stone Monkey (Lincoln Rhyme, #4)
by
3.99 avg rating — 23,996 ratings
|
|
| 52 |
|
The Dying Breath (Forensic Mysteries, #4)
by
4.28 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
|
|
| 52 |
|
Taboo (CSI Reilly Steel, #1)
by
4.06 avg rating — 11,409 ratings
|
|
| 54 |
|
Missing Persons (Alan Gregory, #13)
by
3.86 avg rating — 3,089 ratings
|
|
| 55 |
|
Anil's Ghost
by
3.59 avg rating — 19,382 ratings
|
|
| 56 |
|
Indelible (Grant County, #4)
by
4.15 avg rating — 66,290 ratings
|
|
| 57 |
|
Icy Clutches (Gideon Oliver, #6)
by
4.03 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
|
|
| 58 |
|
The Night Killer (Diane Fallon, #8)
by
4.18 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
|
|
| 59 |
|
Fellowship of Fear (Gideon Oliver, #1)
by
3.68 avg rating — 4,102 ratings
|
|
| 60 |
|
The Drop (Harry Bosch, #15; Harry Bosch Universe, #24)
by
4.21 avg rating — 78,439 ratings
|
|
| 61 |
|
Tensleep (Em Hansen Mystery, #1)
by
3.64 avg rating — 433 ratings
|
|
| 62 |
|
The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)
by
3.91 avg rating — 2,582 ratings
|
|
| 63 |
|
Skin and Bone (Dr. Anya Crichton, #3)
by
3.77 avg rating — 1,073 ratings
|
|
| 63 |
|
A Cry from the Dust (Gwen Marcey #1)
by
3.98 avg rating — 1,537 ratings
|
|
| 63 |
|
Crossing the Line (Crossings Book 1)
by
3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings
|
|
| 66 |
|
Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3)
by
3.57 avg rating — 41,935 ratings
|
|
| 67 |
|
The Angel of Death (Forensic Mysteries, #2)
by
4.12 avg rating — 2,612 ratings
|
|
| 68 |
|
Shoofly Pie (Bug Man, #1)
by
4.18 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
|
|
| 69 |
|
The Circle of Blood (Forensic Mysteries, #3)
by
4.18 avg rating — 1,935 ratings
|
|
| 69 |
|
Heart of Ice (Louis Kincaid, #11)
by
4.30 avg rating — 531 ratings
|
|
| 71 |
|
Close to the Bone (Theresa MacLean, #7)
by
3.75 avg rating — 633 ratings
|
|
| 72 |
|
Die Again (Rizzoli & Isles, #11)
by
4.21 avg rating — 36,471 ratings
|
|
| 73 |
|
What Lies Behind (Dr. Samantha Owens, #4)
by
4.11 avg rating — 2,420 ratings
|
|
| 74 |
|
Exit Strategy (Katerina Carter Fraud #1)
by
3.77 avg rating — 1,734 ratings
|
|
| 74 |
|
The Restless Dead (David Hunter, #5)
by
4.17 avg rating — 11,138 ratings
|
|
| 76 |
|
Blood Born (Dr. Anya Crichton, #4)
by
3.92 avg rating — 905 ratings
|
|
| 77 |
|
Trace (CSI Reilly Steel, #5)
by
4.30 avg rating — 1,971 ratings
|
|
| 78 |
|
Trail Of Blood (Theresa MacLean #3)
by
3.77 avg rating — 1,312 ratings
|
|
| 79 |
|
Earth Colors (Em Hansen Mystery, #9)
by
3.70 avg rating — 222 ratings
|
|
| 80 |
|
An Eye for Gold (Em Hansen Mystery, #6)
by
3.63 avg rating — 211 ratings
|
|
| 80 |
|
Mother Nature (Em Hansen Mystery, #3)
by
3.59 avg rating — 233 ratings
|
|
| 82 |
|
A Fall in Denver (Em Hansen Mystery, #2)
by
3.66 avg rating — 291 ratings
|
|
| 83 |
|
Dead Secret (Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation, #3)
by
4.11 avg rating — 1,406 ratings
|
|
| 84 |
|
The Calling of the Grave (David Hunter, #4)
by
4.03 avg rating — 15,542 ratings
|
|
| 85 |
|
The Killing Game (Eve Duncan, #2)
by
4.20 avg rating — 32,275 ratings
|
|
| 86 |
|
The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, #10)
by
4.06 avg rating — 24,365 ratings
|
|
| 86 |
|
The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11)
by
4.20 avg rating — 24,196 ratings
|
|
| 88 |
|
The Book of Killowen (Nora Gavin, #4)
by
3.87 avg rating — 2,294 ratings
|
|
| 89 |
|
Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)
by
4.13 avg rating — 119,899 ratings
|
|
| 89 |
|
The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, #11)
by
3.92 avg rating — 43,767 ratings
|
|
| 91 |
|
Skeleton Dance (Gideon Oliver, #10)
by
3.99 avg rating — 1,765 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
Twenty Blue Devils (Gideon Oliver, #9)
by
4.02 avg rating — 1,561 ratings
|
|
| 93 |
|
Dust to Dust (Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation #7)
by
4.21 avg rating — 1,009 ratings
|
|
| 94 |
|
Dead Past (Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation #4)
by
4.13 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
|
|
| 95 |
|
Freezing (A Jayne and Steelie Mystery, #1)
by
3.54 avg rating — 712 ratings
|
|
| 95 |
|
The Christopher Killer (Forensic Mysteries, #1)
by
4.03 avg rating — 4,230 ratings
|
|
| 95 |
|
Lady Killer
by
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
|
|
| 95 |
|
Combustible
by
3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
|
|
| 95 |
|
Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold
by
4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings
|
|
| 95 |
|
First Glance (The Adelaide Paige Saga #1)
by
3.74 avg rating — 47 ratings
|
|
newest »
This is the first Patricia Cornwell novel I read and still my favorite. A great book for those who like forensic mysteries.
I'm not a big Kathy Reichs fan, but some of the other suggestions you've made look great..I'll check some of them out.
I wanted to draw attention to Clea Koff's first novel, Freezing. It's the start of a new series and Koff draws on her experience working on mass graves worldwide for the UN and working with families of missing person in the United States. Her first book, The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo, was a really graceful look at her work internationally.
