Akashic Noir books in order

Reading order

The Akashic Noir series is one of the longest-running anthology series in crime fiction. Published by Akashic Books, each volume features original noir short stories set in a specific city or region, edited by an author with ties to that place. The series launched with Brooklyn Noir (2004) and has since covered cities on every inhabited continent.

The volumes range from major American cities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles to international locations like Istanbul, Lagos, Havana, and Baghdad. Mark Kurlansky contributed a short story to Haiti Noir (2010). The series now includes over 120 volumes and continues to add new cities, with each anthology offering a street-level view of its setting through the lens of crime fiction.