Kay Scarpetta books in order
Kay Scarpetta is a series of 24 books by Patricia Cornwell: 6,621 pages in the 16 with a known length, about 121 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 24
- books
- 6,621
- pages in 16 of them
- 121 hours
- to read those 16
- 243 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Postmortem 6.7 h 2 
Body of Evidence 7.1 h 3 
All That Remains 7.3 h 4 
Cruel and Unusual 6.9 h 5 
The Body Farm 7.1 h 6 
From Potter's Field 7.4 h 7 
Cause of Death 6.5 h 8 
Unnatural Exposure 6.7 h 9 
Point of Origin 7.3 h 10 
Black Notice 8.1 h 11 
The Last Precinct 8.6 h 12 
Blow Fly 9.1 h 13 
Trace 7.9 h 14 
Predator 8.2 h 15 
Book of the Dead 7.9 h 
The Bone Bed 8.7 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
Postmortem 1990 6.7 h
A killer is stalking the streets of Richmond, Virginia.
- 2
Body of Evidence 1991 7.1 h
Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of Beryl Madison, an author, whose latest manuscript is now missing.
- 3
All That Remains 1992 7.3 h
Pathologist Kay Scarpetta searches for the cause of death in the case of five young couples whose decomposed bodies are found without shoes and socks deep in the woods.
- 4
Cruel and Unusual 1993 6.9 h
"11:05 P.M. Convicted murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell is pronounced dead in the Commonwealth of Virginia's electric chair."
- 5
The Body Farm 1994 7.1 h
Little Emily Steiner is dead.
- 6
From Potter's Field 1995 7.4 h
In Richmond, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of Virginia and consultant for the FBI, is in the midst of a late-night autopsy at the morgue when the call comes: Gault…
- 7
Cause of Death 1996 6.5 h
El cadáver de Theodore Andrew Edding ha aparecido bajo el agua, tras una supuesta sesión de inmersión.
- 8
Unnatural Exposure 1997 6.7 h
Dr. Kay Scarpetta is newly returned from Dublin, where she was called in to examine the remains of a murder victim whose limbs and head were expertly severed - a signature of a…
- 9
Point of Origin 1998 7.3 h
From the author of Unnatural Exposure and Cause of Death comes a new Kay Scarpetta novel that pits Virginia's chief medical examiner against an audacious and wily killer who uses…
- 10
Black Notice 1999 8.1 h
"The nightmare begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed…
- 11
The Last Precinct 2000 8.6 h
A case for Dr Kay Scarpetta and Detective Pete Marino to crack - and a threat to Scarpetta which could change the course of her career.
- 12
Blow Fly 2003 9.1 h
Dr. Scarpetta is no longer Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner so she packs up and heads for Florida.
- 13
Trace 2004 7.9 h
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.In Trace, Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd…
- 14
Predator 2005 8.2 h
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, takes charge of a case that stretches from steamy Florida to snowbound Boston; one that at first…
- 15
Book of the Dead 2007 7.9 h
From America's #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel.The "Book of the Dead" is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered…
- 16
Scarpetta 2008 length not known
- 17
The Scarpetta Factor 2009 length not known
- 18
Port Mortuary 2010 length not known
- 19
Red Mist 2011 length not known
- 20
The Bone Bed 2012 8.7 h
An eminent paleontologist disappears from a dinosaur dig site, and Kay Scarpetta receives a grisly communication that gives her a dreadful reason to suspect this may become her…
- 21
Dust 2013 length not known
- 22
Flesh and blood 2014 length not known
- 23
Depraved Heart 2015 length not known
- 24
Chaos 2016 length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, Postmortem | about 115 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, Body of Evidence | about 108 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, All That Remains | about 100 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, Cruel and Unusual | about 93 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, The Body Farm | about 86 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, From Potter's Field | about 79 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 7, Cause of Death | about 72 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 8, Unnatural Exposure | about 66 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 9, Point of Origin | about 58 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 10, Black Notice | about 50 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 11, The Last Precinct | about 42 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 12, Blow Fly | about 33 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 13, Trace | about 25 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 14, Predator | about 17 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 15, Book of the Dead | about 9 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 16, Scarpetta | about 9 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length |
| After book 17, The Scarpetta Factor | about 9 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 18, Port Mortuary | about 9 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 19, Red Mist | about 9 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 121 hours 23 minutes
16 of 24 books, 6,621 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
243 days (about 35 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.