Akashic Noir Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Buy |
| Seattle Noir | 2003 | Buy |
| Bronx Noir | 2003 | Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Buy |
| Hasidic Noir | 2004 | Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy |
| Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy |
| Dublin Noir | 2005 | Buy |
| Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Buy |
| Miami Noir | 2006 | Buy |
| D.C. Noir | 2006 | Buy |
| Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Buy |
| Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | Buy |
| London Noir | 2006 | Buy |
| New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Buy |
| Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy |
| Havana Noir | 2007 | Buy |
| Detroit Noir | 2007 | Buy |
| Queens Noir | 2008 | Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy |
| Toronto Noir | 2008 | Buy |
| Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Buy |
| Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Buy |
| D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy |
| Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy |
| Paris Noir | 2008 | Buy |
| Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Buy |
| Boston Noir | 2009 | Buy |
| Rome Noir | 2009 | Buy |
| San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Buy |
| Portland Noir | 2009 | Buy |
| Delhi Noir | 2009 | Buy |
| Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Buy |
| Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Buy |
| Richmond Noir | 2010 | Buy |
| Orange County Noir | 2010 | Buy |
| Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy |
| Moscow Noir | 2010 | Buy |
| Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Buy |
| Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Buy |
| Haiti Noir | 2010 | Buy |
| Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Buy |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy |
| San Diego Noir | 2011 | Buy |
| Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Buy |
| Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Buy |
| New Jersey Noir | 2011 | Buy |
| Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Buy |
| Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Buy |
| Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy |
| Venice Noir | 2012 | Buy |
| Kingston Noir | 2012 | Buy |
| St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Buy |
| Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Buy |
| Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Buy |
| USA Noir | 2013 | Buy |
| Manila Noir | 2013 | Buy |
| Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Buy |
| Dallas Noir | 2013 | Buy |
| Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Buy |
| Singapore Noir | 2014 | Buy |
| Prison Noir | 2014 | Buy |
| Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Buy |
| Tehran Noir | 2014 | Buy |
| Belfast Noir | 2014 | Buy |
| Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Buy |
| Rio Noir | 2014 | Buy |
| Providence Noir | 2015 | Buy |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Buy |
| Memphis Noir | 2015 | Buy |
| Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Buy |
| Marseille Noir | 2015 | Buy |
| Beirut Noir | 2015 | Buy |
| New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | Buy |
| Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Buy |
| Brussels Noir | 2016 | Buy |
| Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Buy |
| St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Buy |
| Prague Noir | 2016 | Buy |
| San Juan Noir | 2016 | Buy |
| Oakland Noir | 2017 | Buy |
| Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | Buy |
| Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Buy |
| New Haven Noir | 2017 | Buy |
| Montana Noir | 2017 | Buy |
| Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Buy |
| Montreal Noir | 2017 | Buy |
| Berlin Noir | 2018 | Buy |
| São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Buy |
| Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Buy |
| Lagos Noir | 2018 | Buy |
| Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Buy |
| Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Buy |
| Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Buy |
| Sydney Noir | 2018 | Buy |
| Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Buy |
| Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Buy |
| Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Buy |
| Houston Noir | 2019 | Buy |
| Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Buy |
| Columbus Noir | 2020 | Buy |
| Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Buy |
| Alabama Noir | 2020 | Buy |
| Berkeley Noir | 2020 | Buy |
| Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Buy |
| Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Buy |
| Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | Buy |
| Accra Noir | 2020 | Buy |
| Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Buy |
| Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | Buy |
| Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Buy |
| Denver Noir | 2022 | Buy |
| South Central Noir | 2022 | Buy |
| Cleveland Noir | 2023 | Buy |
| East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Buy |
| West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Buy |
| Honolulu Noir | 2024 | Buy |
| Sacramento Noir | 2025 | Buy |
| Hamburg Noir | 2025 | Buy |
ChrisMcKinney Standalone Novels Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Tattoo | 1999 | Buy |
| The Queen of Tears | 2001 | Buy |
| Bolohead Row | 2005 | Buy |
| Mililani Mauka | 2009 | Buy |
| Boi No Good | 2012 | Buy |
| Red Headed Hawaiian | 2014 | Buy |
| Yakudoshi: Age of Calamity | 2016 | Buy |
Water City Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Midnight, Water City | 2021 | Buy |
| Eventide, Water City | 2023 | Buy |
| Sunset, Water City | 2023 | Buy |
Chris McKinney is a Hawaiian author born and raised in Honolulu. His novels draw on his mixed heritage and life in Hawaii, exploring themes of race, class, identity, and violence in the islands. He has taught at Honolulu Community College.
His debut novel, The Tattoo (1999), introduced readers to his gritty, unflinching portrayal of local Hawaiian life. He followed it with The Queen of Tears (2001) and several more standalone novels that dig into the tensions beneath Hawaii’s tourist-friendly surface. His work has been compared to other writers who use a strong sense of place to ground stories about marginalized communities.
McKinney shifted genres with the Water City trilogy (2021-2023), a science fiction series set in a future Hawaii. He has also contributed to the Akashic Noir anthology series, including Honolulu Noir (2024).