Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 2 | Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 3 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 4 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 5 | Hasidic Noir | 2004 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 6 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 7 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 8 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 9 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 10 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 11 | London Noir | 2006 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 12 | Miami Noir | 2006 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 13 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 14 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 15 | Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 16 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 17 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 18 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 19 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 20 | Queens Noir | 2008 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 21 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 22 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 23 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 24 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 25 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 26 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 27 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 28 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 29 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 30 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 31 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 32 | San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics | 2009 | Thomas Wolfe | N/A |
| 33 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 34 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 35 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 36 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 37 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 38 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 39 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 40 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 41 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 42 | New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 43 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 44 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 45 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 46 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 47 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 48 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 49 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 50 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 51 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 52 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 53 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 54 | New Jersey Noir | 2011 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 55 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 56 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 57 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 58 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 59 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 60 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 61 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 62 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 63 | USA Noir | 2013 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 64 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 65 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 66 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 67 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 68 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 69 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 70 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 71 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 72 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 73 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 74 | Rio Noir | 2014 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 75 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 76 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 77 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 78 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 79 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 80 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 81 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 82 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 83 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 84 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 85 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 86 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 87 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 88 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 89 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 90 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 91 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 92 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 93 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 94 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 95 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 96 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 97 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 98 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 99 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 100 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 101 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 102 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 103 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 104 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 105 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 106 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 107 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 108 | Berkeley Noir | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 109 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 110 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 111 | Accra Noir | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 112 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 113 | Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 114 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 115 | Denver Noir | 2022 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 116 | South Central Noir | 2022 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 117 | Cleveland Noir | 2023 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 118 | East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 119 | West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 120 | Honolulu Noir | 2024 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 121 | Sacramento Noir | 2025 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
| 122 | Hamburg Noir | 2025 | Thomas Wolfe | Buy |
The Akashic Noir series is one of the most extensive short fiction anthology projects in American publishing. Each volume gathers original crime and noir stories from writers associated with a particular city — Brooklyn, Chicago, Tokyo, Nairobi, Baghdad, and well over a hundred others. The format gives the series an encyclopedic quality, with each new volume adding a distinct geographic voice to the collection.
The series is published by Akashic Books, a Brooklyn-based independent press, and has released volumes every year since its launch in the early 2000s. Editors for individual volumes are typically local authors with strong ties to the featured city, giving each book a credibly grounded sense of place.
Thomas Wolfe appears as a contributor or named author in connection with several volumes in this catalog entry.