Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 2 | Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 3 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 4 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 5 | Hasidic Noir | 2004 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 6 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 7 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 8 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 9 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 10 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 11 | London Noir | 2006 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 12 | Miami Noir | 2006 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 13 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 14 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 15 | Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 16 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 17 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 18 | Havana Noir | 2007 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 19 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 20 | Queens Noir | 2008 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 21 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 22 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 23 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 24 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 25 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 26 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 27 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 28 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 29 | Paris Noir | 2008 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 30 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 31 | Rome Noir | 2009 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 32 | San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics | 2009 | James Crumley | N/A |
| 33 | Portland Noir | 2009 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 34 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 35 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 36 | Boston Noir | 2009 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 37 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 38 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 39 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 40 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 41 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 42 | New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 43 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 44 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 45 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 46 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 47 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 48 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 49 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 50 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 51 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 52 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 53 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 54 | New Jersey Noir | 2011 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 55 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 56 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 57 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 58 | Venice Noir | 2012 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 59 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 60 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 61 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 62 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 63 | USA Noir | 2013 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 64 | Manila Noir | 2013 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 65 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 66 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 67 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 68 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 69 | Prison Noir | 2014 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 70 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 71 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 72 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 73 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 74 | Rio Noir | 2014 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 75 | Providence Noir | 2015 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 76 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 77 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 78 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 79 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 80 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 81 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 82 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 83 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 84 | Prague Noir | 2016 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 85 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 86 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 87 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 88 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 89 | Montana Noir | 2017 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 90 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 91 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 92 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 93 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 94 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 95 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 96 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 97 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 98 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 99 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 100 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 101 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 102 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 103 | Houston Noir | 2019 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 104 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 105 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 106 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 107 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 108 | Berkeley Noir | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 109 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 110 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 111 | Accra Noir | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 112 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 113 | Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 114 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 115 | Denver Noir | 2022 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 116 | South Central Noir | 2022 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 117 | Cleveland Noir | 2023 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 118 | East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 119 | West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 120 | Honolulu Noir | 2024 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 121 | Sacramento Noir | 2025 | James Crumley | Buy |
| 122 | Hamburg Noir | 2025 | James Crumley | Buy |
The Akashic Noir series is one of the largest anthology projects in crime fiction, with over 120 volumes published by Akashic Books. Each anthology focuses on a specific city and features crime stories set in that location, written by authors with connections to the area. The series launched with Brooklyn Noir (2004) and has since covered cities on every continent.
James Crumley, who contributed to the series, joins a vast roster of crime fiction writers whose work appears in these geographically themed collections. The volumes range from American cities like Chicago, Detroit, and New Orleans to international locations including Istanbul, Lagos, and Tokyo.