Akashic Noir Reading Order#
| Title |
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| San Francisco Noir |
2002 |
Buy |
| Seattle Noir |
2003 |
Buy |
| Bronx Noir |
2003 |
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| Brooklyn Noir |
2004 |
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| Hasidic Noir |
2004 |
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| Brooklyn Noir 2 |
2005 |
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| Chicago Noir |
2005 |
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| Dublin Noir |
2005 |
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| Manhattan Noir |
2006 |
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| Miami Noir |
2006 |
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| D.C. Noir |
2006 |
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| Baltimore Noir |
2006 |
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| Twin Cities Noir |
2006 |
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| London Noir |
2006 |
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| New Orleans Noir |
2007 |
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| Los Angeles Noir |
2007 |
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| Wall Street Noir |
2007 |
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| Havana Noir |
2007 |
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| Detroit Noir |
2007 |
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| Queens Noir |
2008 |
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| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth |
2008 |
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| Toronto Noir |
2008 |
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| Las Vegas Noir |
2008 |
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| Trinidad Noir |
2008 |
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| D.C. Noir 2 |
2008 |
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| Manhattan Noir 2 |
2008 |
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| Paris Noir |
2008 |
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| Istanbul Noir |
2008 |
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| Boston Noir |
2009 |
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| Rome Noir |
2009 |
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| San Francisco Noir 2 |
2009 |
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| Portland Noir |
2009 |
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| Delhi Noir |
2009 |
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| Phoenix Noir |
2009 |
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| Los Angeles Noir 2 |
2010 |
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| Mexico City Noir |
2010 |
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| Richmond Noir |
2010 |
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| Orange County Noir |
2010 |
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| Indian Country Noir |
2010 |
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| Moscow Noir |
2010 |
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| Lone Star Noir |
2010 |
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| Philadelphia Noir |
2010 |
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| Haiti Noir |
2010 |
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| Copenhagen Noir |
2010 |
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| Pittsburgh Noir |
2011 |
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| San Diego Noir |
2011 |
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| Barcelona Noir |
2011 |
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| Cape Cod Noir |
2011 |
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| New Jersey Noir |
2011 |
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| Staten Island Noir |
2012 |
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| Mumbai Noir |
2012 |
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| Long Island Noir |
2012 |
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| Venice Noir |
2012 |
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| Kingston Noir |
2012 |
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| St. Petersburg Noir |
2012 |
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| Kansas City Noir |
2012 |
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| Boston Noir 2 |
2012 |
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| USA Noir |
2013 |
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| Manila Noir |
2013 |
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| Buffalo Noir |
2013 |
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| Dallas Noir |
2013 |
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| Haiti Noir 2 |
2013 |
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| Singapore Noir |
2014 |
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| Prison Noir |
2014 |
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| Tel Aviv Noir |
2014 |
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| Tehran Noir |
2014 |
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| Belfast Noir |
2014 |
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| Helsinki Noir |
2014 |
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| Rio Noir |
2014 |
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| Providence Noir |
2015 |
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| Chicago Noir: The Classics |
2015 |
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| Memphis Noir |
2015 |
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| Zagreb Noir |
2015 |
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| Marseille Noir |
2015 |
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| Beirut Noir |
2015 |
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| New Orleans Noir: The Classics |
2016 |
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| Stockholm Noir |
2016 |
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| Brussels Noir |
2016 |
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| Mississippi Noir |
2016 |
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| St. Louis Noir |
2016 |
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| Prague Noir |
2016 |
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| San Juan Noir |
2016 |
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| Oakland Noir |
2017 |
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| Trinidad Noir: The Classics |
2017 |
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| Atlanta Noir |
2017 |
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| New Haven Noir |
2017 |
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| Montana Noir |
2017 |
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| Buenos Aires Noir |
2017 |
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| Montreal Noir |
2017 |
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| Berlin Noir |
2018 |
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| São Paulo Noir |
2018 |
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| Santa Cruz Noir |
2018 |
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| Lagos Noir |
2018 |
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| Marrakech Noir |
2018 |
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| Baghdad Noir |
2018 |
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| Vancouver Noir |
2018 |
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| Sydney Noir |
2018 |
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| Hong Kong Noir |
2018 |
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| Amsterdam Noir |
2019 |
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| Milwaukee Noir |
2019 |
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| Houston Noir |
2019 |
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| Nairobi Noir |
2020 |
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| Columbus Noir |
2020 |
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| Santa Fe Noir |
2020 |
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| Alabama Noir |
2020 |
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| Berkeley Noir |
2020 |
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| Addis Ababa Noir |
2020 |
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| Tampa Bay Noir |
2020 |
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| Miami Noir: The Classics |
2020 |
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| Accra Noir |
2020 |
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| Belgrade Noir |
2020 |
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| Palm Springs Noir |
2021 |
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| Paris Noir: The Suburbs |
2022 |
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| Denver Noir |
2022 |
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| South Central Noir |
2022 |
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| Cleveland Noir |
2023 |
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| East Jerusalem Noir |
2023 |
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| West Jerusalem Noir |
2023 |
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| Honolulu Noir |
2024 |
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| Sacramento Noir |
2025 |
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| Hamburg Noir |
2025 |
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Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mean Streets |
1986 |
Buy |
| An Eye for Justice |
1988 |
Buy |
| Dick Tracy: The Secret Files |
1990 |
Buy |
| Dante’s Disciples |
1991 |
Buy |
| Deadly Allies |
1992 |
Buy |
| Dark Crimes 2 |
1993 |
Buy |
| Deadly After Dark |
1994 |
Buy |
| Murder is My Business |
1994 |
Buy |
| Vampire Detectives |
1995 |
Buy |
| First Cases, Volume 1 |
1996 |
Buy |
| Kiss and Kill |
1997 |
Buy |
| Vengeance is Hers |
1997 |
Buy |
| Hot Blood X |
1998 |
Buy |
| Private Eyes |
1998 |
Buy |
| Diagnosis Dead |
1999 |
Buy |
| Crafty Cat Crimes |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Shamus Game |
2000 |
Buy |
| …And the Dying is Easy |
2001 |
Buy |
| Mystery Street |
2001 |
Buy |
| A Century of Noir |
2002 |
Buy |
| The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 |
2002 |
Buy |
| Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2 |
2002 |
Buy |
| Fatal Attractions |
2003 |
Buy |
| Flesh and Blood |
2003 |
Buy |
| Greatest Hits |
2005 |
Buy |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles |
2005 |
Buy |
| These Guns for Hire |
2006 |
Buy |
| My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence |
2006 |
Buy |
| At the Scene of the Crime |
2008 |
Buy |
| Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense |
2009 |
Buy |
| By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year |
2010 |
Buy |
| Crimes by Moonlight |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 |
2011 |
Buy |
| In Pursuit of Spenser |
2012 |
Buy |
| Writing Crime Fiction |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction |
2012 |
Buy |
| Inherit the Dead |
2013 |
Buy |
| Ghouls, Ghosts, and Ninja Rats |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs |
2013 |
Buy |
| Chicago Blues |
2014 |
Buy |
| Trust No One |
2015 |
Buy |
| A Time For Violence |
2019 |
Buy |
| Ink and Daggers |
2023 |
Buy |
| Murderers’ Row: Original Baseball Mysteries: Volume 1 |
2025 |
Buy |
Artist Archives Non-Fiction Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Elvgren Girls II |
1999 |
Buy |
| Swimsuit Sweeties |
1999 |
Buy |
| Varga Girls II |
1999 |
Buy |
| Exotic Ladies |
1999 |
Buy |
| Pirate & Gypsy Girls |
2001 |
Buy |
| Pin-Up Nudes |
2001 |
Buy |
| Seaside Sweethearts |
2001 |
Buy |
| Indian Maidens |
2001 |
Buy |
| Patriotic Pin Ups |
2002 |
Buy |
| Cowgirl Pin-Ups |
2002 |
Buy |
| Pin-Up Nudes II |
2002 |
Buy |
| Playful Pin-Ups |
2002 |
Buy |
Bones#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Buried Deep |
2006 |
Buy |
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tales of the Slayer |
2001 |
Buy |
| Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3 |
2003 |
Buy |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Double Dealer |
2002 |
Buy |
| Sin City |
2002 |
Buy |
| Bad Rap |
2002 |
Buy |
| Cold Burn |
2003 |
Buy |
| Body of Evidence |
2003 |
Buy |
| Thicker Than Blood |
2003 |
Buy |
| Grave Matters |
2004 |
Buy |
| Binding Ties |
2005 |
Buy |
| Killing Game |
2005 |
Buy |
| Snake Eyes |
2006 |
Buy |
| In Extremis |
2007 |
N/A |
| Brass in Pocket |
2008 |
Buy |
| Nevada Rose |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Killing Jar |
2009 |
Buy |
| Blood Quantum |
2010 |
Buy |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Insider’s Guide to the TV Phenomenon |
2010 |
Buy |
| Headhunter |
2010 |
Buy |
| Dark Sundays |
2010 |
Buy |
| Skin Deep |
2010 |
Buy |
| Shock Treatment |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Burning Season |
2011 |
Buy |
CSI: Miami Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| CSI: Miami: Florida Getaway |
2003 |
N/A |
| Florida Getaway |
2003 |
Buy |
| CSI Miami: Heat Wave |
2004 |
N/A |
| Heat Wave |
2004 |
Buy |
| Harm for the Holidays: Misgivings |
2006 |
N/A |
| Cut and Run |
2008 |
Buy |
| Cult Following |
2005 |
Buy |
| Misgivings |
2006 |
Buy |
| Riptide |
2006 |
Buy |
| Heart Attack |
2007 |
Buy |
| Right to Die |
2008 |
Buy |
Caleb York Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Legend of Caleb York |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Big Showdown |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Bloody Spur |
2018 |
Buy |
| Last Stage to Hell Junction |
2019 |
Buy |
| Hot Lead, Cold Justice |
2020 |
Buy |
| Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek |
2021 |
Buy |
Criminal Minds Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Jump Cut |
2007 |
Buy |
| Killer Profile |
2008 |
Buy |
| Finishing School |
2008 |
Buy |
Dark Angel Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Before the Dawn |
2002 |
Buy |
| Skin Game |
2003 |
Buy |
| After the Dark |
2003 |
Buy |
Detective Sam Spade Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Maltese Falcon |
1930 |
Buy |
| Return of the Maltese Falcon |
2026 |
Buy |
Dick Tracy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dick Tracy and the Nightmare Machine |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 1: 1931-1933 |
2006 |
N/A |
| Dick Tracy Goes to War |
1991 |
Buy |
| Dick Tracy Meets His Match |
1992 |
Buy |
Dick Tracy: The Collins Case Files Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Volume 2 |
2004 |
Buy |
| Volume 3 |
2004 |
Buy |
| Volume 4 |
2005 |
Buy |
| Volume 1 |
2003 |
Buy |
Disaster Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Titanic Murders |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Hindenburg Murders |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Pearl Harbor Murders |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Lusitania Murders |
2002 |
Buy |
| The London Blitz Murders |
2004 |
Buy |
| The War of the Worlds Murder |
2005 |
Buy |
Eliot Ness Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Dark City |
1987 |
Buy |
| Butcher’s Dozen |
1988 |
Buy |
| Bullet Proof |
1989 |
Buy |
| Murder by the Numbers |
1993 |
Buy |
Fancy Anders#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Fancy Anders Goes To War: Who Killed Rosie The Riveter? |
2021 |
Buy |
Fangoria Dreadtime Stories Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Good Head on His Shoulders |
1993 |
Buy |
| Reincarnal |
1994 |
Buy |
| Wolf |
1995 |
Buy |
| Mercy |
2018 |
Buy |
Frank Nolan Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bait Money |
1973 |
Buy |
| True Detective |
1983 |
N/A |
| Blood Money |
1973 |
Buy |
| Fly Paper |
1981 |
Buy |
| Hush Money |
1981 |
Buy |
| Hard Cash |
1981 |
Buy |
| Scratch Fever |
1982 |
Buy |
| Spree |
1987 |
Buy |
| Mourn the Living |
1988 |
Buy |
| Tough Tender |
1991 |
Buy |
| Skim Deep |
2020 |
Buy |
| Double Down |
2021 |
Buy |
G.I. Joe Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Above & Beyond |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Rise of Cobra |
2009 |
Buy |
Graphic Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Road to Perdition 2: On the Road |
2003 |
Buy |
| Serial |
2003 |
N/A |
| CSI: Bad Rap |
2002 |
N/A |
| Quarry’s War |
2018 |
Buy |
| Demon House |
2004 |
N/A |
| Deadly Beloved and Other Stories |
2022 |
Buy |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Dying In The Gutters |
2007 |
N/A |
Jackie & Maggie Starr Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Killing in Comics |
2007 |
Buy |
| Strip for Murder |
2008 |
Buy |
| Seduction of the Innocent |
2013 |
Buy |
John Sand Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Come Spy With Me |
2020 |
Buy |
| Live Fast, Spy Hard |
2021 |
Buy |
| To Live and Spy In Berlin |
2021 |
Buy |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Night Stalker |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Night Strangler |
1974 |
Buy |
| Fever Pitch |
2003 |
Buy |
| Lambs to the Slaughter |
2003 |
Buy |
| Devil in the Details |
2003 |
Buy |
| Get of Belial |
2003 |
Buy |
| Pain Without Tears |
2004 |
Buy |
| Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 |
2004 |
Buy |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles |
2005 |
Buy |
| Terror Within |
2006 |
Buy |
| Bare Bones |
2006 |
Buy |
| A Black & Evil Truth |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Lovecraftian Horror |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Kolchak Papers |
2007 |
Buy |
| Sound of Fear |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Rise & Fall of Carl Kolchak |
2009 |
Buy |
| Cry Of Thunder |
2010 |
Buy |
| Compendium |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Lost World |
2012 |
Buy |
| Kolchak and the Lost World |
2012 |
Buy |
| Necronomicon |
2012 |
Buy |
| Passages of the Macabre |
2016 |
Buy |
Krista Larson Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Girl Most Likely |
2019 |
Buy |
| Girl Can’t Help It |
2020 |
Buy |
Mallory Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Baby Blue Rip-Off |
1983 |
Buy |
| No Cure for Death |
1983 |
Buy |
| Kill Your Darlings |
1984 |
Buy |
| A Shroud for Aquarius |
1985 |
Buy |
| Nice Weekend for a Murder |
1986 |
Buy |
Mickey Spillane Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Killing Man |
1989 |
N/A |
| So Long, Chief |
2013 |
N/A |
| A Dangerous Cat |
2017 |
N/A |
| Antiques Roadkill |
2006 |
Buy |
| Antiques Maul |
2007 |
Buy |
| Antiques Flee Market |
2008 |
Buy |
| Antiques Bizarre |
2010 |
Buy |
| Antiques Knock-Off |
2011 |
Buy |
| Antiques Disposal |
2012 |
Buy |
| Antiques Chop |
2013 |
Buy |
| Antiques Slay Ride |
2013 |
Buy |
| Antiques Con |
2014 |
Buy |
| Antiques Fruitcake |
2014 |
Buy |
| Antiques St. Nicked |
2015 |
Buy |
| Antiques Swap |
2015 |
Buy |
| Antiques Fate |
2016 |
Buy |
| Antiques Frame |
2018 |
Buy |
| Antiques Ho-Ho-Homicides |
2018 |
Buy |
| Antiques Wanted |
2018 |
Buy |
| Antiques Ravin' |
2019 |
Buy |
| Antiques Fire Sale |
2020 |
Buy |
| Antiques Carry on |
2021 |
Buy |
| Antiques Liquidation |
2022 |
Buy |
| Antiques Foe |
2023 |
Buy |
Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer Graphic Novels Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #1 |
2018 |
Buy |
| Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #2 |
2018 |
Buy |
Mike Hammer Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| I, the Jury |
1947 |
Buy |
| My Gun Is Quick |
1950 |
Buy |
| Vengeance is Mine |
1950 |
Buy |
| One Lonely Night |
1951 |
Buy |
| The Big Kill |
1951 |
Buy |
| Kiss Me, Deadly |
1952 |
Buy |
| The Girl Hunters |
1962 |
Buy |
| The Snake |
1964 |
Buy |
| The Twisted Thing |
1966 |
Buy |
| The Body Lovers |
1967 |
Buy |
| Survival… Zero |
1970 |
Buy |
| The Killing Man |
1989 |
Buy |
| Chronicle of a death foretold |
1980 |
N/A |
| Black Alley |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Goliath Bone |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Big Bang: A Mike Hammer Novel |
2010 |
N/A |
| Kiss Her Goodbye |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Big Bang |
2010 |
Buy |
| Lady, Go Die! |
2012 |
Buy |
| Skin |
2012 |
Buy |
| Mike Hammer: Complex 90 |
2013 |
N/A |
| Complex 90 |
2013 |
Buy |
| Mike Hammer: King of the Weeds: A Mike Hammer Novel |
2014 |
N/A |
| King of the Weeds |
2014 |
Buy |
| Kill Me, Darling |
2015 |
Buy |
| Murder Never Knocks |
2016 |
Buy |
| A Long Time Dead |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Will to Kill |
2017 |
Buy |
| Killing Town |
2018 |
Buy |
| Murder, My Love |
2019 |
Buy |
| Masquerade for Murder |
2020 |
Buy |
| Kill Me If You Can |
2022 |
Buy |
| Dig Two Graves |
2023 |
Buy |
| Baby, It’s Murder |
2025 |
Buy |
Mike Hammer Audio Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| I, the Jury |
1947 |
N/A |
| The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer |
2008 |
Buy |
| My Gun Is Quick |
1950 |
N/A |
| The Little Death |
2009 |
Buy |
| Vengeance is Mine |
1950 |
N/A |
| Encore for Murder |
2011 |
Buy |
| One Lonely Night |
1951 |
N/A |
| The Big Kill |
1951 |
N/A |
| Kiss Me, Deadly |
1952 |
N/A |
| The Girl Hunters |
1962 |
N/A |
| The Snake |
1964 |
N/A |
| The Twisted Thing |
1966 |
N/A |
| The Body Lovers |
1967 |
N/A |
| Survival Zero |
1970 |
N/A |
| The Killing Man |
1989 |
N/A |
| Chronicle of a death foretold |
1980 |
N/A |
| Goliath Bone |
2008 |
N/A |
| The Big Bang: A Mike Hammer Novel |
2010 |
N/A |
| Kiss Her Goodbye |
1960 |
N/A |
| Lady, Go Die! |
2012 |
N/A |
| Mike Hammer: Complex 90 |
2013 |
N/A |
| Mike Hammer: King of the Weeds: A Mike Hammer Novel |
2014 |
N/A |
| Kill Me, Darling |
2015 |
N/A |
| Murder Never Knocks |
2016 |
N/A |
| A Long Time Dead |
2016 |
N/A |
| The Will to Kill |
2017 |
N/A |
| Killing Town |
2018 |
N/A |
| Murder, My Love |
2019 |
N/A |
| Mike Hammer: Masquerade for Murder |
2020 |
N/A |
Mommy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mommy |
1997 |
Buy |
| Mommy’s Day |
1998 |
Buy |
Ms. Tree Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| One Mean Mother |
2019 |
Buy |
| Ms. Tree, Vol. 2: Skeleton in the Closet |
2020 |
N/A |
| Skeleton in the Closet |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Cold Dish |
2021 |
Buy |
| Deadline |
2022 |
Buy |
| Ms. Tree, Vol. 1: One Mean Mother |
2019 |
N/A |
Mummy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Scorpion King |
2002 |
Buy |
| Mumie |
1999 |
N/A |
| The Mummy |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Mummy Returns |
2001 |
Buy |
| Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
2008 |
Buy |
NYPD Blue Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Blue Beginning |
1995 |
Buy |
| Blue Blood |
1997 |
Buy |
Nathan Heller Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| True Detective |
1983 |
Buy |
| True Crime |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Million-Dollar Wound |
1986 |
Buy |
| Neon Mirage |
1988 |
Buy |
| Triple Play |
1988 |
N/A |
| Stolen Away |
1991 |
Buy |
| Carnal Hours |
1994 |
Buy |
| Blood and Thunder |
1995 |
Buy |
| Damned in Paradise |
1996 |
Buy |
| Flying Blind |
1998 |
Buy |
| Majic Man |
1999 |
Buy |
| Angel in Black |
2001 |
Buy |
| Chicago Confidential |
2002 |
Buy |
| Bye Bye, Baby |
2011 |
Buy |
| Target Lancer |
2012 |
Buy |
| Ask Not |
2013 |
Buy |
| Better Dead |
2016 |
Buy |
| Do No Harm |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Big Bundle |
2023 |
Buy |
| Too Many Bullets |
2023 |
Buy |
Nathan Heller Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| True Detective |
1983 |
N/A |
| Dying in the Post-War World |
1991 |
Buy |
| True Crime |
1984 |
N/A |
| Kisses of Death |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Million Dollar Wound |
1986 |
N/A |
| Chicago Lightning |
2011 |
Buy |
| Triple Play |
2012 |
Buy |
| Stolen Away |
1991 |
N/A |
| Carnal Hours |
1994 |
N/A |
| Blood and Thunder |
1995 |
N/A |
| Flying Blind |
1998 |
N/A |
| Angel in Black |
2001 |
N/A |
| Chicago Confidential |
2002 |
N/A |
| Better Dead |
2016 |
N/A |
| Heller: The Big Bundle |
2022 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Mystery Scene Movie Guide |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Critics’ Choice |
1988 |
Buy |
| Gil Elvgren: The Wartime Pin-Ups |
1996 |
Buy |
| Earl MacPherson: The Sketchbook Pin-Ups |
1997 |
Buy |
| Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan |
1998 |
Buy |
| Pin-Up Poster Book: The Billy DeVorss Collection |
1998 |
Buy |
| For the Boys: The Racy Pin-Ups of World War II |
2000 |
Buy |
| Calendar Girl |
2003 |
Buy |
| Mickey Spillane on Screen |
2012 |
Buy |
| Scarface and the Untouchable |
2018 |
Buy |
| Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher |
2020 |
Buy |
| Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction |
2023 |
Buy |
Quarry Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Quarry |
1976 |
N/A |
| Quarry / The Broker |
1976 |
Buy |
| Quarry’s List |
1976 |
N/A |
| Quarry’s List / The Broker’s Wife |
1976 |
Buy |
| Quarry’s Deal / The Dealer |
1976 |
Buy |
| Quarry’s Ex |
2011 |
Buy |
| Quarry’s Cut / The Slasher |
1977 |
Buy |
| Quarry’s Cut: Quarry |
1977 |
N/A |
| Quarry’s Vote |
1987 |
N/A |
| Quarry’s Vote / Primary Target |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Last Quarry |
2006 |
Buy |
| The First Quarry |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Wrong Quarry |
2014 |
Buy |
| Quarry’s Choice |
2015 |
Buy |
| Quarry in the Black |
2016 |
Buy |
| Quarry in the Middle |
2009 |
Buy |
| Quarry’s Climax |
2017 |
Buy |
| Killing Quarry |
2019 |
Buy |
| Quarry’s Blood |
2021 |
Buy |
| Quarry’s Return |
2024 |
Buy |
Quarry Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Quarry’s Greatest Hits |
2003 |
Buy |
Reeder & Rogers Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Supreme Justice |
2014 |
Buy |
| Fate of the Union |
2015 |
Buy |
| Executive Order |
2017 |
Buy |
Road to Perdition Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| On the Road to Perdition |
2003 |
Buy |
| Road to Purgatory |
2004 |
Buy |
| Road to Paradise |
2005 |
N/A |
| Road to Perdition |
1998 |
Buy |
| Return to Perdition |
2011 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Scrap |
1987 |
Buy |
| Dying in the Post-War World |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Blonde Tigress |
2008 |
N/A |
| So Long, Chief |
2013 |
N/A |
| A Dangerous Cat |
2017 |
N/A |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides |
2001 |
Buy |
| Early Crimes |
2013 |
Buy |
| Murderlized |
2020 |
Buy |
| Shoot The Moon |
2021 |
Buy |
| Reincarnal & Other Dark Tales |
2021 |
Buy |
| Suspense—His & Hers: Tales of Love and Murder |
2021 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Midnight Haul |
1986 |
Buy |
| In the Line of Fire |
1993 |
Buy |
| Maverick |
1994 |
Buy |
| Waterworld |
1995 |
Buy |
| Daylight |
1996 |
Buy |
| Air Force One |
1997 |
Buy |
| American Gangster |
1997 |
Buy |
| U.S. Marshals |
1998 |
Buy |
| Regeneration |
1999 |
Buy |
| U-571 |
2000 |
Buy |
| Windtalkers |
2001 |
Buy |
| The History of Mystery |
2001 |
Buy |
| I Spy |
2002 |
Buy |
| Bombshell |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Pink Panther |
2005 |
Buy |
| Black Hats |
2007 |
Buy |
| Deadly Beloved |
2007 |
Buy |
| Red Sky in Morning |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Consummata |
2011 |
Buy |
| Flower for the Butcher |
2012 |
Buy |
| Saving Private Ryan |
2012 |
Buy |
| What Doesn’t Kill Her |
2013 |
Buy |
| USS Powderkeg |
2018 |
Buy |
| Cutout |
2024 |
Buy |
Trash ’n’ Treasures Mystery Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Antiques Roadkill |
2006 |
Buy |
| Antiques Maul |
2007 |
Buy |
| Antiques Flee Market |
2008 |
Buy |
| Antiques Bizarre |
2010 |
Buy |
| Antiques Knock-Off |
2011 |
Buy |
| Antiques Disposal |
2012 |
Buy |
| Antiques Chop |
2013 |
Buy |
| Antiques Slay Ride |
2013 |
Buy |
| Antiques Con |
2014 |
Buy |
| Antiques Fruitcake |
2014 |
Buy |
| Antiques Swap |
2015 |
Buy |
| Antiques St. Nicked |
2015 |
Buy |
| Antiques Fate |
2016 |
Buy |
| Antiques Frame |
2018 |
Buy |
| Antiques Wanted |
2018 |
Buy |
| Antiques Ho-Ho-Homicides |
2018 |
Buy |
| Antiques Ravin' |
2019 |
Buy |
| Antiques Fire Sale |
2020 |
Buy |
| Antiques Carry on |
2021 |
Buy |
| Antiques Liquidation |
2022 |
Buy |
| Antiques Foe |
2023 |
Buy |
| Antiques Slay Belles |
2024 |
Buy |
| Antiques Round-Up |
2025 |
Buy |
You Can’t Stop Me Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| You Can’t Stop Me |
2010 |
Buy |
| No One Will Hear You |
2011 |
Buy |
Max Allan Collins is one of the most prolific crime fiction writers in America, with over 500 books to his name across novels, graphic novels, nonfiction, and media tie-ins. His Nathan Heller series, beginning with True Detective in 1983, follows a Chicago private eye who crosses paths with real historical figures like Al Capone, Amelia Earhart, and the Lindbergh baby case. The series has won multiple Shamus Awards and is considered a high point of historical mystery fiction.
Collins created the graphic novel Road to Perdition, drawn by Richard Piers Rayner, which told the story of a hitman and his son on the run during the Depression. The 2002 film adaptation starred Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. Collins has also written the long-running Dick Tracy comic strip, worked on Batman, and scripted Ms. Tree, one of the first female private eye comics.
His tie-in work is extensive. He has written official novels based on CSI, CSI: Miami, Criminal Minds, Bones, Dark Angel, and many other TV properties. The Caleb York western series and the Quarry novels (about a hitman-for-hire) are among his original series that have maintained strong followings. Collins has also completed unfinished manuscripts by Mickey Spillane, continuing the Mike Hammer detective series after Spillane’s death.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Max Allan Collins written?
Max Allan Collins has written 545 books across 45 series.
What was Max Allan Collins's first book?
Max Allan Collins’s first book is The Maltese Falcon, published in 1930.
What is Max Allan Collins best known for?
Max Allan Collins is best known for the Nathan Heller series of historical detective novels, which place a fictional private eye alongside real historical figures and events. He also created the graphic novel Road to Perdition, which was adapted into the 2002 Tom Hanks film. Collins has written tie-in novels for CSI, Criminal Minds, and many other TV shows and films.