Akashic Noir Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir |
2004 |
Buy |
| Trinidad Noir: The Classics |
2017 |
Buy |
| Chicago Noir |
2005 |
Buy |
| San Francisco Noir |
2002 |
Buy |
| Hasidic Noir |
2004 |
Buy |
| D.C. Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 |
2005 |
Buy |
| Dublin Noir |
2005 |
Buy |
| Manhattan Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Baltimore Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| London Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Miami Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| New Orleans Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Twin Cities Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Wall Street Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Bronx Noir |
2003 |
Buy |
| Havana Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Detroit Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Queens Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Las Vegas Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Toronto Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth |
2008 |
Buy |
| Trinidad Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics |
2015 |
Buy |
| Miami Noir: The Classics |
2020 |
Buy |
| Istanbul Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| D.C. Noir 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Paris Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Manhattan Noir 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Rome Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics |
2009 |
N/A |
| Portland Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Seattle Noir |
2003 |
Buy |
| Delhi Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Boston Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| San Francisco Noir 2 |
2009 |
Buy |
| Phoenix Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Mexico City Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Richmond Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 |
2010 |
Buy |
| New Orleans Noir: The Classics |
2016 |
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 |
| Memphis Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Zagreb Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Marseille Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Beirut Noir |
2015 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Blue Religion |
2008 |
Buy |
| Hook, Line & Sinister |
2010 |
Buy |
| No Rest for the Dead |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction |
2012 |
Buy |
| FaceOff |
2014 |
Buy |
| Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold |
2014 |
Buy |
| Manhattan Mayhem |
2015 |
Buy |
Charlie Hood Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| L.A. Outlaws |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Renegades |
2009 |
Buy |
| Iron River |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Border Lords |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Jaguar |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Famous and the Dead |
2013 |
Buy |
Merci Rayborn Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Blue Hour |
1970 |
Buy |
| Red Light |
1999 |
Buy |
| Black Water |
2003 |
Buy |
Roland Ford Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Room of White Fire |
2017 |
Buy |
| Swift Vengeance |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Last Good Guy |
2019 |
Buy |
| Then She Vanished |
2020 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Silent Hunt: Wyatt Hunt vs. Joe Trona |
2014 |
Buy |
| Amazonia |
2016 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Laguna Heat |
1985 |
Buy |
| Little Saigon |
1988 |
Buy |
| Pacific Beat |
1991 |
Buy |
| Summer of Fear |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Triggerman’s Dance |
1996 |
Buy |
| Where Serpents Lie |
1998 |
Buy |
| Silent Joe |
2001 |
Buy |
| Cold Pursuit |
2003 |
Buy |
| California Girl |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Fallen |
2006 |
Buy |
| Storm Runners |
2007 |
Buy |
| Full Measure |
2014 |
Buy |
| Crazy Blood |
2016 |
Buy |
| A Thousand Steps |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Rescue |
2023 |
Buy |
| Desperation Reef |
2024 |
Buy |
| Wild Instinct |
2025 |
Buy |
T. Jefferson Parker has been writing crime fiction since the 1980s, starting with standalone thrillers like Laguna Heat and Little Saigon before moving into series work. The Merci Rayborn books follow a determined detective through three novels, while the Charlie Hood series runs to six books set along the U.S.-Mexico border, beginning with L.A. Outlaws. More recently, the Roland Ford series picks up with a private investigator in Southern California, starting with The Room of White Fire in 2017.
Parker is also a frequent contributor to the Akashic Noir anthology series, which accounts for a large share of his bibliography. These are city-themed short story collections featuring different authors, and Parker’s name appears across dozens of volumes from Brooklyn Noir to Sacramento Noir. Outside the anthologies, his standalone novels cover everything from Pacific Beat in 1991 to Desperation Reef in 2024. His work has consistently stayed rooted in Southern California settings, and readers who like crime fiction with a strong sense of place will find a deep catalog here spanning four decades.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has T. Jefferson Parker written?
T. Jefferson Parker has written 162 books across seven series.
What was T. Jefferson Parker's first book?
T. Jefferson Parker’s first book is The Blue Hour, published in 1970.
What genres does T. Jefferson Parker write in?
T. Jefferson Parker writes crime fiction, noir, novellas, and short stories. Their best-known work includes the Akashic Noir series.