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