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