Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 2 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 3 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 4 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 5 | Hasidic Noir | 2004 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 6 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 7 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 8 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 9 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 10 | Miami Noir | 2006 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 11 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 12 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 13 | Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 14 | London Noir | 2006 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 15 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 16 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 17 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 18 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 19 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 20 | Queens Noir | 2008 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 21 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 22 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 23 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 24 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 25 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 26 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 27 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 28 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 29 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 30 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 31 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 32 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 33 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 34 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 35 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 36 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 37 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 38 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 39 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 40 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 41 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 42 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 43 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 44 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 45 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 46 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 47 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 48 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 49 | New Jersey Noir | 2011 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 50 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 51 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 52 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 53 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 54 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 55 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 56 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 57 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 58 | USA Noir | 2013 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 59 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 60 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 61 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 62 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 63 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 64 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 65 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 66 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 67 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 68 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 69 | Rio Noir | 2014 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 70 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 71 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 72 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 73 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 74 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 75 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 76 | New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 77 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 78 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 79 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 80 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 81 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 82 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 83 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 84 | Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 85 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 86 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 87 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 88 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 89 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 90 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 91 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 92 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 93 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 94 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 95 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 96 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 97 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 98 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 99 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 100 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 101 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 102 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 103 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 104 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 105 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 106 | Berkeley Noir | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 107 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 108 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 109 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 110 | Accra Noir | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 111 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 112 | Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 113 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 114 | Denver Noir | 2022 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 115 | South Central Noir | 2022 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 116 | Cleveland Noir | 2023 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 117 | East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 118 | West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 119 | Honolulu Noir | 2024 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 120 | Sacramento Noir | 2025 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 121 | Hamburg Noir | 2025 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
The Akashic Noir series is one of the largest anthology projects in crime fiction, with 121 volumes published between 2002 and 2025. Each book focuses on a specific city or region, featuring original short crime stories by various authors set in that location. The series started with San Francisco Noir (2002) and Brooklyn Noir (2004) and has since covered cities on every inhabited continent, from Lagos to Tokyo to Buenos Aires.
Max Allan Collins has contributed stories to several volumes in the series. Some cities have received multiple volumes (Brooklyn Noir 1-3, Los Angeles Noir 1-2) and “Classics” editions that reprint earlier crime fiction set in those locations. The publisher, Akashic Books, has made the Noir series a signature franchise, with new volumes continuing to appear regularly. For crime fiction fans interested in place-based storytelling, these anthologies provide a global tour of noir writing.