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