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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. MaplesWorking Stiff by Judy Melinek
Forensics: If It Doesn't Walk, We Bring Out the Chalk
151 books — 226 voters
Beneath the Gavel by Stephen M. MurphyUnjust by Brooke HolmesMiracle Creek by Angie KimThe Dravidian by Kalyan C. KankanalaThe Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Best Legal Suspense Novels
95 books — 127 voters

Déjà Dead by Kathy ReichsThe Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellDeath du Jour by Kathy ReichsThe Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Forensic Fiction
194 books — 116 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonAlien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
Women in Science
366 books — 112 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Medical Microhistories
99 books — 94 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
260 books — 94 voters

A Story Of Bad by Edward M. KraussMagpie Murders by Anthony HorowitzThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Silkworm by Robert GalbraithThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
British Crime Fiction You Must Read
131 books — 81 voters
The Surgeon by Tess GerritsenPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellDéjà Dead by Kathy ReichsBody Double by Tess GerritsenDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Fiction: Pathologist, Medical Examiner or Coroner Main Characters
107 books — 42 voters

My Brother Jon by Glenn HelgelandSpy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel SaneebKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grannجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneeb
Best FBI Nonfiction
66 books — 34 voters
Déjà Dead by Kathy ReichsThe Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverThe Fifth Witness by Michael ConnellyThe Surgeon by Tess GerritsenCross Bones by Kathy Reichs
Forensic Scientists Solving Crimes
73 books — 29 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
The Mummy Congress by Heather PringleThe Bog People by P.V. GlobMummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures by Thomas Aidan CockburnEgyptian Mummies by Bob BrierMummy by James Putnam
Mummy Science
66 books — 17 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Invention of Murder by Judith FlandersForensics by Val McDermidInside the Cell by Erin E. MurphyDNA Nation by Sergio Pistoi
Forensic Science & Crime
41 books — 16 voters
A is for Arsenic by Kathryn HarkupStrong Poison by Dorothy L. SayersThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumA Taste for Poison by Neil BradburyArsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Poison!
46 books — 11 voters

Déjà Dead by Kathy ReichsPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellMonday Mourning by Kathy ReichsThe Surgeon by Tess GerritsenThe Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #32 Solved With Forensic Science
24 books — 9 voters
Forensic Hypnosis by Whitney S. HibbardThe weather matrix and human behavior by Michael A. PersingerBecoming a Private Investigator by Howie KahnBrain Tests by Edmund ShaftesburyThe Red Market by Scott Carney
Paraforensic
145 books — 3 voters

Secrets from the Grave by Maria EftimiadesImperfect Justice by Jeff AshtonNether Land by Kem HintonPrecious Victims by Charles BosworthPresumed Guilty by José Báez
"Forensic Files" Cases
23 books — 3 voters
Disturbed Ground by Carla NortonNether Land by Kem HintonAmerican Mother by Gregg OlsenVampire by Kevin M. SullivanKiller Clown by Terry Sullivan
"The New Detectives" Cases
27 books — 2 voters

Unnatural Death by Michael BadenCoroner at Large by Thomas T. NoguchiCause of Death by Cyril Wecht
Best Forensic Pathology Books
3 books — 1 voter
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

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