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