Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 2 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 3 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 4 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 5 | Hasidic Noir | 2004 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 6 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 7 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 8 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 9 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 10 | Miami Noir | 2006 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 11 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 12 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 13 | Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 14 | London Noir | 2006 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 15 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 16 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 17 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 18 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 19 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 20 | Queens Noir | 2008 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 21 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 22 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 23 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 24 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 25 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 26 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 27 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 28 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 29 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 30 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 31 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 32 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 33 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 34 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 35 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 36 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 37 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 38 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 39 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 40 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 41 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 42 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 43 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 44 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 45 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 46 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 47 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 48 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 49 | New Jersey Noir | 2011 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 50 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 51 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 52 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 53 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 54 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 55 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 56 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 57 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 58 | USA Noir | 2013 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 59 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 60 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 61 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 62 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 63 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 64 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 65 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 66 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 67 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 68 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 69 | Rio Noir | 2014 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 70 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 71 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 72 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 73 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 74 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 75 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 76 | New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 77 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 78 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 79 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 80 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 81 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 82 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 83 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 84 | Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 85 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 86 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 87 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 88 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 89 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 90 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 91 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 92 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 93 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 94 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 95 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 96 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 97 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 98 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 99 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 100 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 101 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 102 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 103 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 104 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 105 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 106 | Berkeley Noir | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 107 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 108 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 109 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 110 | Accra Noir | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 111 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 112 | Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 113 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 114 | Denver Noir | 2022 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 115 | South Central Noir | 2022 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 116 | Cleveland Noir | 2023 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 117 | East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 118 | West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 119 | Honolulu Noir | 2024 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 120 | Sacramento Noir | 2025 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
| 121 | Hamburg Noir | 2025 | Chris McKinney | Buy |
The Akashic Noir series is a collection of city-based crime fiction anthologies published by Akashic Books. Each volume brings together short stories by various authors, all set in a single city or region. The series started with Brooklyn Noir in 2004 and has since expanded to cover locations across the globe.
Every volume features a different guest editor, often a well-known crime or literary fiction writer with ties to the featured city. Chris McKinney edited Honolulu Noir (2024), drawing on his deep roots in Hawaii. The anthologies can be read in any order, since each stands alone as a snapshot of crime and tension in its chosen setting.