Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 2 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 3 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 4 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 5 | Hasidic Noir | 2004 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 6 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 7 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 8 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 9 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 10 | Miami Noir | 2006 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 11 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 12 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 13 | Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 14 | London Noir | 2006 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 15 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 16 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 17 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 18 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 19 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 20 | Queens Noir | 2008 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 21 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 22 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 23 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 24 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 25 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 26 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 27 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 28 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 29 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 30 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 31 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 32 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 33 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 34 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 35 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 36 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 37 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 38 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 39 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 40 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 41 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 42 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 43 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 44 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 45 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 46 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 47 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 48 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 49 | New Jersey Noir | 2011 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 50 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 51 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 52 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 53 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 54 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 55 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 56 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 57 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 58 | USA Noir | 2013 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 59 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 60 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 61 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 62 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 63 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 64 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 65 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 66 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 67 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 68 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 69 | Rio Noir | 2014 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 70 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 71 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 72 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 73 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 74 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 75 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 76 | New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 77 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 78 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 79 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 80 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 81 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 82 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 83 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 84 | Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 85 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 86 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 87 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 88 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 89 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 90 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 91 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 92 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 93 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 94 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 95 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 96 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 97 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 98 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 99 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 100 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 101 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 102 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 103 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 104 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 105 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 106 | Berkeley Noir | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 107 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 108 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 109 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 110 | Accra Noir | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 111 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 112 | Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 113 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 114 | Denver Noir | 2022 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 115 | South Central Noir | 2022 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 116 | Cleveland Noir | 2023 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 117 | East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 118 | West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 119 | Honolulu Noir | 2024 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 120 | Sacramento Noir | 2025 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
| 121 | Hamburg Noir | 2025 | Lisa Sandlin | Buy |
The Akashic Noir series is one of the longest-running anthology projects in crime fiction. Launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir, the series has grown to more than 120 volumes, each devoted to a different city. Every book gathers original short stories from writers with ties to that city, resulting in noir fiction that reflects local neighborhoods, cultures, and tensions.
The series spans cities on every inhabited continent, from San Francisco and New York to Lagos, Nairobi, and Baghdad. Several volumes have produced award-winning stories, and the series has introduced English-language readers to international crime writers they might not otherwise encounter. Lisa Sandlin contributed to the series through Lone Star Noir, which focused on Texas settings.