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