Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 2 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 3 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 4 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 5 | Hasidic Noir | 2004 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 6 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 7 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 8 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 9 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 10 | Miami Noir | 2006 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 11 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 12 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 13 | Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 14 | London Noir | 2006 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 15 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 16 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 17 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 18 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 19 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 20 | Queens Noir | 2008 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 21 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 22 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 23 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 24 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 25 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 26 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 27 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 28 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 29 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 30 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 31 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 32 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 33 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 34 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 35 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 36 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 37 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 38 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 39 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 40 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 41 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 42 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 43 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 44 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 45 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 46 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 47 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 48 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 49 | New Jersey Noir | 2011 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 50 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 51 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 52 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 53 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 54 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 55 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 56 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 57 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 58 | USA Noir | 2013 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 59 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 60 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 61 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 62 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 63 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 64 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 65 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 66 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 67 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 68 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 69 | Rio Noir | 2014 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 70 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 71 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 72 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 73 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 74 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 75 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 76 | New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 77 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 78 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 79 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 80 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 81 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 82 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 83 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 84 | Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 85 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 86 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 87 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 88 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 89 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 90 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 91 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 92 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 93 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 94 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 95 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 96 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 97 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 98 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 99 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 100 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 101 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 102 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 103 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 104 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 105 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 106 | Berkeley Noir | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 107 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 108 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 109 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 110 | Accra Noir | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 111 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 112 | Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 113 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 114 | Denver Noir | 2022 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 115 | South Central Noir | 2022 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 116 | Cleveland Noir | 2023 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 117 | East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 118 | West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 119 | Honolulu Noir | 2024 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 120 | Sacramento Noir | 2025 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
| 121 | Hamburg Noir | 2025 | Ben Fountain | Buy |
The Akashic Noir series is one of the largest anthology projects in crime fiction. Each volume is set in a specific city and features short stories by writers with ties to that location. The series started with San Francisco Noir in 2002 and has grown to well over a hundred volumes, covering cities on every continent.
The concept is simple but effective: local writers tell dark stories rooted in the places they know best. Some volumes focus on well-known literary cities like Paris and Dublin, while others put the spotlight on less frequently featured locations like Addis Ababa and Nairobi. The quality varies from volume to volume, but the best entries rank among the strongest noir short fiction being published today.