206 Bones
- Published
- 1 January 2009
- Pages
- 515
- ISBN-13
- 9781410418920
- Type
- novel
About this book
206 Bones (2009), 515 pages, is the twelfth Temperance Brennan novel, following Devil Bones and preceding Spider Bones. The title nods to the number of bones in the human skeleton, in keeping with the series' close attention to real bone science.
Key facts about 206 Bones
Kathy Reichs wrote 206 Bones, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2009. The book has 515 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781410418920 to find the main one.
206 Bones is book 12 of 28 in the Temperance Brennan series. The series has 28 published books. However, the series starts with Déjà Dead (1997).
Additionally, Kathy Reichs writes Virals as a separate series. Those series sit on our mystery and young adult shelves. Meanwhile, Evil Bones is the latest published Kathy Reichs book on file, from 2025.
About Kathy Reichs
Kathy Reichs is an American forensic anthropologist and novelist whose Temperance Brennan series -- beginning with Deja Dead in 1997 -- draws directly on her own casework identifying remains for the Montreal medico-legal lab and testifying at the UN tribunal on the Rwandan genocide. See every Kathy Reichs book in order.
Its place in Temperance Brennan
206 Bones is book 12 in the Temperance Brennan series. It follows Devil Bones. It is followed by Spider Bones. See the full Temperance Brennan reading order.
Dr. Temperance "Tempe" Brennan is a forensic anthropologist who splits her working life between Montreal and North Carolina, identifying the dead from skeletal remains, decomposed bodies and crime-scene fragments that ordinary detectives can't make sense of. Kathy Reichs, herself a practicing forensic anthropologist, grounds every case in real bone science and lab procedure -- how to read trauma, age and cause of death from a skeleton -- rendered with a level of technical authenticity that set the template for…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409067597
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781416525677
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781410418920