Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 2 | Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 3 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 4 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 5 | Hasidic Noir | 2004 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 6 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 7 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 8 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 9 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 10 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 11 | London Noir | 2006 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 12 | Miami Noir | 2006 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 13 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 14 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 15 | Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 16 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 17 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 18 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 19 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 20 | Queens Noir | 2008 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 21 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 22 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 23 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 24 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 25 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 26 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 27 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 28 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 29 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 30 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 31 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 32 | San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics | 2009 | Ann Hood | N/A |
| 33 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 34 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 35 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 36 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 37 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 38 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 39 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 40 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 41 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 42 | New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 43 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 44 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 45 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 46 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 47 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 48 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 49 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 50 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 51 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 52 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 53 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 54 | New Jersey Noir | 2011 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 55 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 56 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 57 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 58 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 59 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 60 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 61 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 62 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 63 | USA Noir | 2013 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 64 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 65 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 66 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 67 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 68 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 69 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 70 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 71 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 72 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 73 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 74 | Rio Noir | 2014 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 75 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 76 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 77 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 78 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 79 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 80 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 81 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 82 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 83 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 84 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 85 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 86 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 87 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 88 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 89 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 90 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 91 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 92 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 93 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 94 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 95 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 96 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 97 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 98 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 99 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 100 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 101 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 102 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 103 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 104 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 105 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 106 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 107 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 108 | Berkeley Noir | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 109 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 110 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 111 | Accra Noir | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 112 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 113 | Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 114 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 115 | Denver Noir | 2022 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 116 | South Central Noir | 2022 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 117 | Cleveland Noir | 2023 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 118 | East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 119 | West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 120 | Honolulu Noir | 2024 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 121 | Sacramento Noir | 2025 | Ann Hood | Buy |
| 122 | Hamburg Noir | 2025 | Ann Hood | Buy |
The Akashic Noir series is one of the largest ongoing anthology projects in crime fiction. Each volume takes a city as its subject and collects dark, crime-themed short stories set in that location, written by authors who know it well. The series began with Brooklyn Noir (2004) and has expanded to cover more than 120 cities across six continents, from New York boroughs to Lagos, Baghdad, Addis Ababa, and Hamburg.
Ann Hood edited Providence Noir (2015), her hometown entry in the series, and is listed as a contributor across many volumes. The series has produced classics editions that revisit earlier entries, sequels for popular cities like Brooklyn and Manhattan, and themed spin-offs like Prison Noir and Indian Country Noir. The geographic range of the series is remarkable, with recent additions including Sacramento Noir and Hamburg Noir in 2025.