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