Novels
In addition to technical books, Reichs has written sixteen novels to date, which have been translated into 30 languages. Her first novel, Déjà Dead, won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.
The fictional heroine in her novels, Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, is also a forensic anthropologist. Her lifestyle closely mimics that of her creator, with Reichs stating that Brennan and she "have the same CV" and that "Some of Tempe's personality traits are also mine", but there are differences in their personal lives such as the character's alcoholism. A good portion of the novels are based on real life science, and Reichs has stated that she is "fastidiously conscientious about getting the science right". She has used experience from her career in her novels, and said about Déjà Dead that "Everything I describe in the book, I actually did". In the novel Grave Secrets she uses her experience from her visit to Guatemala. She's also written two young adult novels named Virals (2010) and Seizure (2011) centered around Tempe's grandniece, Tory Brennan, and a pack of her friends Ben, Hiram, Shelton and wolfdog Cooper.
| Title | Published | ISBNs | Notes |
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| Déjà Dead | 1997 | Paperback: 0-09-925518-9 Audio CD: 1-449-83348-9 |
Won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel |
| Death du Jour | 1999 | Paperback: 0-09-925519-7 Hardcover: 0-684-84118-5 Audio CD: 0-754-05330-X |
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| Deadly Décisions | 2000 | Paperback: 0-09-930710-3 Hardback: 0-434-00820-6 |
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| Fatal Voyage | 2001 | Paperback: 0-09-930720-0 Audio CD: 1-85686-927-X |
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| Grave Secrets | 2002 | Paperback: 0-09-930730-8 Audio CD: 1-85686-928-8 |
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| Bare Bones | 2003 | Paperback: 0-09-944147-0 | |
| Monday Mourning | 2004 | Paperback: 0-09-944148-9 | |
| Cross Bones | 2005 | Paperback: 0-09-944149-7 Hardback: 0-434-01040-5 Audio CD: 1-85686-985-7 |
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| Break No Bones | 2006 | Hardback: 0-434-01042-1 Paperback: 0-434-01544-X |
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| Bones to Ashes | 2007 | Hardback: 978-0434014620 Paperback: 978-1416525653 |
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| Devil Bones | 2008 | Hardback: 978-0743294386 Paperback: 978-1-4391-5440-3 Audio CD: 978-1846571336 |
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| 206 Bones | 2009 | Hardback: 978-0743294393 Paperback: 978-0-4340-2005-8 |
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| Spider Bones (released as Mortal Remains in UK and Australia in hardback, changed back to Spider Bones for paperback release) | 2010 | Hardback: 978-1439102398 Paperback: 978-0-0995-5686-2 |
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| Virals | 2010 | 978-0099543947 | |
| Flash and Bones | 2011 | 978-1439102411 | |
| Seizure | 2011 | 978-1595143945 | |
| Bones Are Forever | August 2012 | ||
| Code | - (March 2013) |
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