Adrian McKinty Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an extensive anthology collection spanning 121 books published from 2002 to 2025, with the series still ongoing. Each installment focuses on a different city or region, featuring original noir and crime fiction stories by various authors that capture the distinctive character of their settings. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with San Francisco Noir, though individual books can also be enjoyed as standalone collections. This ongoing project represents one of the most comprehensive explorations of urban noir fiction across multiple geographic locations.

Start with San Francisco Noir, the first of 121 books in the Akashic Noir series.

#	Title
1	San Francisco Noir 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bronx Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Seattle Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Brooklyn Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hasidic Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Brooklyn Noir 2 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Chicago Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dublin Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Baltimore Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	D.C. Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	London Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Manhattan Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Miami Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Twin Cities Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Detroit Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Havana Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Los Angeles Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	New Orleans Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wall Street Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	D.C. Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Istanbul Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Las Vegas Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Manhattan Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Paris Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Boston Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Delhi Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Phoenix Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Portland Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Rome Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	San Francisco Noir 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Copenhagen Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Haiti Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Indian Country Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Lone Star Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Los Angeles Noir 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Mexico City Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Moscow Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Orange County Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Philadelphia Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Richmond Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Barcelona Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Cape Cod Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	New Jersey Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Pittsburgh Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	San Diego Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Boston Noir 2 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Kansas City Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Kingston Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Long Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Mumbai Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	St. Petersburg Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Staten Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Venice Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Buffalo Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Dallas Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Haiti Noir 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Manila Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	USA Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Belfast Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Helsinki Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Prison Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Rio Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Singapore Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Tehran Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Tel Aviv Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Beirut Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Marseille Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Memphis Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Providence Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Zagreb Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Brussels Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Mississippi Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Prague Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	San Juan Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	St. Louis Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Stockholm Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Atlanta Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Buenos Aires Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Montana Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Montreal Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	New Haven Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Oakland Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Baghdad Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Berlin Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	Hong Kong Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	Lagos Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	Marrakech Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	Santa Cruz Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	Sydney Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	São Paulo Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	Vancouver Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	Amsterdam Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	Houston Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	Milwaukee Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	Accra Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	Addis Ababa Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Alabama Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	Belgrade Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Berkeley Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	Columbus Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Miami Noir: The Classics 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Nairobi Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	Santa Fe Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	Tampa Bay Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Palm Springs Noir 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	Denver Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	South Central Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	Cleveland Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	East Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	West Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Honolulu Noir 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	Hamburg Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Sacramento Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2010–2023)

Adrian McKinty edited five mystery and thriller anthologies published between 2010 and 2023, likely now complete. These collections feature short fiction from various crime and literary writers and should be read in publication order, beginning with Requiems for the Departed. The series continues through Hard Labour, Radio Silence, OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters, and concludes with Reports from the Deep End.

Start with Requiems for the Departed, the first of 5 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Requiems for the Departed 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Hard Labour 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Radio Silence 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Reports from the Deep End 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (2012–2025)

Adrian McKinty's Detective Sean Duffy series comprises nine books published between 2012 and 2025, with the most recent installment released in 2025 and more potentially forthcoming. This mystery and thriller series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Cold Cold Ground and continuing through Gun Street Girl, Rain Dogs, Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly, The Detective Up Late, God's Away on Business, and Hang on St. Christopher. The series blends mystery and literary fiction, following detective protagonist Sean Duffy through interconnected cases across multiple novels.

Start with The Cold Cold Ground, the first of 9 books in the Detective Sean Duffy series.

#	Title
1	The Cold Cold Ground 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	I Hear the Sirens in the Street 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	In the Morning I'll Be Gone 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Gun Street Girl 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Rain Dogs 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Detective Up Late 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	God’s Away on Business 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Hang on St. Christopher 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2006–2008)

Adrian McKinty's Lighthouse Trilogy is a three-book mystery and literary fiction series published between 2006 and 2008. The complete trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with The Lighthouse Land, followed by The Lighthouse War, and concluding with The Lighthouse Keepers. This series blends thriller elements with literary storytelling across its finished narrative arc.

Start with The Lighthouse Land and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Lighthouse Land 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Lighthouse War 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Lighthouse Keepers 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2003–2007)

Adrian McKinty's Michael Forsythe trilogy comprises three complete novels published between 2003 and 2007, beginning with Dead I Well May Be and continuing through The Dead Yard and The Bloomsday Dead. These mystery and literary thrillers should be read in publication order to follow the protagonist's arc across the interconnected installments. The series blends McKinty's signature crime fiction with literary sophistication, offering a self-contained trilogy that reaches its conclusion with the final book.

Start with Dead I Well May Be and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dead I Well May Be 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Dead Yard 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Bloomsday Dead 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1997–2022)

Adrian McKinty's eight standalone novels, published between 1997 and 2022, span mystery, thriller, and literary fiction across titles including Orange Rhymes With Everything, Hidden River, Fifty Grand, Deviant, Falling Glass, The Sun Is God, The Chain, and The Island. Each novel stands alone as a complete story, though readers interested in exploring McKinty's evolving style and range should begin with Orange Rhymes With Everything and progress through publication order. The series appears to be complete as of 2022.

Start with Orange Rhymes With Everything, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Orange Rhymes With Everything 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Hidden River 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Fifty Grand 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Deviant 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Falling Glass 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Sun Is God 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Chain 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Island 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible