Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 2 | Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 3 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 4 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 5 | Hasidic Noir | 2004 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 6 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 7 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 8 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 9 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 10 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 11 | London Noir | 2006 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 12 | Miami Noir | 2006 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 13 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 14 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 15 | Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 16 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 17 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 18 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 19 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 20 | Queens Noir | 2008 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 21 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 22 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 23 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 24 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 25 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 26 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 27 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 28 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 29 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 30 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 31 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 32 | San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics | 2009 | Denise Hamilton | N/A |
| 33 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 34 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 35 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 36 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 37 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 38 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 39 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 40 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 41 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 42 | New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 43 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 44 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 45 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 46 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 47 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 48 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 49 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 50 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 51 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 52 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 53 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 54 | New Jersey Noir | 2011 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 55 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 56 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 57 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 58 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 59 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 60 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 61 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 62 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 63 | USA Noir | 2013 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 64 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 65 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 66 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 67 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 68 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 69 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 70 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 71 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 72 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 73 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 74 | Rio Noir | 2014 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 75 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 76 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 77 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 78 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 79 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 80 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 81 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 82 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 83 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 84 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 85 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 86 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 87 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 88 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 89 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 90 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 91 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 92 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 93 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 94 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 95 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 96 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 97 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 98 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 99 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 100 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 101 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 102 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 103 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 104 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 105 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 106 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 107 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 108 | Berkeley Noir | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 109 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 110 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 111 | Accra Noir | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 112 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 113 | Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 114 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 115 | Denver Noir | 2022 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 116 | South Central Noir | 2022 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 117 | Cleveland Noir | 2023 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 118 | East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 119 | West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 120 | Honolulu Noir | 2024 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 121 | Sacramento Noir | 2025 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
| 122 | Hamburg Noir | 2025 | Denise Hamilton | Buy |
The Akashic Noir series is one of the largest anthology projects in crime fiction, with volumes covering cities from every corner of the world. Denise Hamilton has been deeply involved as an editor across the series, contributing to over 120 volumes. Each book pairs a city with short crime fiction set in its streets, neighborhoods, and communities, written by authors who know the location firsthand.
The series started with Brooklyn Noir in 2004 and has since expanded to cover cities as varied as Tehran, Nairobi, Hamburg, and Honolulu. The range of the project is its greatest strength, bringing readers crime stories set in places they might never have encountered in mainstream fiction. Hamilton’s editorial vision has helped shape the series into a comprehensive survey of crime writing from around the globe.