Brendan DuBois Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

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

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

33 books (1992–2026)

Start with Along Came a Spider(By: James Patterson), the first of 33 books in the Alex Cross series.

#	Title
1	Along Came a Spider(By: James Patterson) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Kiss the Girls(By: James Patterson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Jack & Jill(By: James Patterson) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Cat & Mouse(By: James Patterson) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Pop Goes the Weasel(By: James Patterson) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
6	Roses Are Red(By: James Patterson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	Violets Are Blue(By: James Patterson) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	Four Blind Mice(By: James Patterson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Big Bad Wolf(By: James Patterson) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
10	London Bridges(By: James Patterson) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
11	Mary, Mary(By: James Patterson) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
12	Cross / Alex Cross(By: James Patterson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
13	Double Cross(By: James Patterson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
14	Cross Country(By: James Patterson) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
15	I, Alex Cross(By: James Patterson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
16	Cross Fire(By: James Patterson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
17	Kill Alex Cross(By: James Patterson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
18	Alex Cross, Run(By: James Patterson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
19	Cross My Heart(By: James Patterson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
20	Hope to Die(By: James Patterson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
21	Cross Justice(By: James Patterson) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
22	Cross the Line(By: James Patterson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
23	The People vs. Alex Cross(By: James Patterson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
24	Target(By: James Patterson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
25	Criss Cross(By: James Patterson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
26	Deadly Cross(By: James Patterson) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
27	Fear No Evil(By: James Patterson) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
28	Triple Cross(By: James Patterson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
29	Alex Cross Must Die / Cross Out(By: James Patterson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
30	Cross Down(With: James Patterson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
31	The House of Cross(By: James Patterson) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
32	Return of the Spider(By: James Patterson) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
33	Cross and Sampson(By: James Patterson,Brian Sitts) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2019–2023)

Start with The Cornwalls Are Gone / The Cornwalls Vanish / Out of Sight and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Cornwalls Are Gone / The Cornwalls Vanish / Out of Sight 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Countdown 2023Buy 🇺🇸

33 books (1998–2020)

Start with Canine Crimes, the first of 33 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Canine Crimes 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Once Upon a Crime 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Night Awakens 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 1999Buy 🇺🇸
5	Civil War Fantastic 2000Buy 🇺🇸
6	Rapunzel's Revenge 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 2000Buy 🇺🇸
8	Lighthouse Hauntings 2002Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Mighty Johns 2002Buy 🇺🇸
10	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 2002Buy 🇺🇸
11	Murder at the Foul Line 2003Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 2003Buy 🇺🇸
13	Death By Dickens 2004Buy 🇺🇸
14	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 2004Buy 🇺🇸
15	Galileo's Children 2005Buy 🇺🇸
16	Death Do Us Part 2006Buy 🇺🇸
17	Future Weapons of War 2007Buy 🇺🇸
18	At the Scene of the Crime 2008Buy 🇺🇸
19	Crimes by Moonlight 2010Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 2011Buy 🇺🇸
21	In Pursuit of Spenser 2012Buy 🇺🇸
22	Vengeance 2012Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Malfeasance Occasional 2013Buy 🇺🇸
24	Fiction River Special Edition 2014Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection 2014Buy 🇺🇸
26	Manhattan Mayhem 2015Buy 🇺🇸
27	Racing the Clock 2016Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 2016Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 2017Buy 🇺🇸
30	Florida Happens 2018Buy 🇺🇸
31	Crime Travel 2019Buy 🇺🇸
32	Masthead 2020Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Beat of Black Wings 2020Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2017–2017)

Start with After the End and read in order.

3 books (2016–2018)

Start with Dark Victory and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dark Victory 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Red Vengeance 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Black Triumph 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2012)

Start with The Noble Prince and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Noble Prince 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Noble Prisoner 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Noble Warrior 2012Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (1994–2024)

Start with Dead Sand, the first of 12 books in the Lewis Cole series.

#	Title
1	Dead Sand 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Black Tide 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Shattered Shell 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	Killer Waves 2001Buy 🇺🇸
5	Buried Dreams 2004Buy 🇺🇸
6	Primary Storm 2006Buy 🇺🇸
7	Deadly Cove 2011Buy 🇺🇸
8	Fatal Harbor 2014Buy 🇺🇸
9	Blood Foam 2015Buy 🇺🇸
10	Storm Cell 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	Hard Aground 2018Buy 🇺🇸
12	Terminal Surf 2024Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2011–2013)

Start with Breaking Into The Mystery Short Story Market, the first of 4 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Breaking Into The Mystery Short Story Market 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Writing the First Person Detective Novel 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	My Short, Happy Life in "Jeopardy!" 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Stone Cold, Blood Red 2013Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1989–2022)

Start with Fire Burning Bright, the first of 13 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Fire Burning Bright 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Necessary Brother 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Road's End 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	An Empire’s Reach 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Dark Island 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	On the Plains of Deception 2011Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Spirits of Crawford Notch 2012Buy 🇺🇸
8	A Battlefield Reunion 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Man From Away 2016Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Witnesses(With: James Patterson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	After the End(With: James Patterson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
12	Random 2017Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Landscaper’s Wife 2022Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2002–2013)

Start with Tales From The Dark Woods, the first of 6 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Tales From The Dark Woods 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Dark Snow and Other Mysteries 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	Death of a Gemini 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Tales from the Dark Snow 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	Blue and Gray Tales of Mystery 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	Lost On The Moon 2013Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1999–2022)

Start with Resurrection Day, the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Resurrection Day 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	Six Days 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Betrayed 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	Final Winter 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	Twilight 2007Buy 🇺🇸
6	Amerikan Eagle 2011Buy 🇺🇸
7	Night Road 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	The First Lady(With: James Patterson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Negotiator 2018Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Summer House(With: James Patterson) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
11	Blowback(With: James Patterson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2016–2016)