Gail Bowen Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an expansive anthology collection spanning 121 volumes from 2002 to 2025, with new entries continuing to be added. Each book focuses on a different city or region, featuring noir-style short stories that capture the darker underbelly of locations from San Francisco to London to Miami and beyond. Readers should follow the publication order beginning with San Francisco Noir to experience how the series evolved over more than two decades. This ongoing series offers standalone stories within each volume, making individual entries accessible to new readers while rewarding those who collect the complete set.

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

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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

1 book (2018–2018)

4 books (2010–2013)

The Charlie D series by Gail Bowen consists of four mystery novels published between 2010 and 2013. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Love You to Death and continuing through One Fine Day You're Gonna Die, The Shadow Killer, and concluding with The Thirteenth Rose. This closed series offers a full narrative arc across its four installments.

Start with Love You to Death, the first of 4 books in the Charlie D series.

#	Title
1	Love You to Death 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	One Fine Day You're Gonna Die 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Shadow Killer 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Thirteenth Rose 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2004–2014)

This completed four-book omnibus series, published between 2004 and 2014, collects mystery investigations featuring protagonist Joanne Kilbourn. The volumes should be read in publication order, beginning with The Early Investigations of Joanne Kilbourn and progressing through the subsequent collections. The series combines Gail Bowen's mystery and thriller writing with her non-fiction work, offering readers a comprehensive look at the character's cases across the bundled volumes.

Start with The Early Investigations of Joanne Kilbourn, the first of 4 books in the Gail Bowen Omnibus series.

#	Title
1	The Early Investigations of Joanne Kilbourn 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Further Investigations of Joanne Kilbourn 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Gail Bowen Bundle 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries 6-Book Bundle Volume 3 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

23 books (1990–2025)

Gail Bowen's Joanne Kilbourn Mystery series comprises 23 novels beginning with Deadly Appearances in 1990 and continuing through 2025, making it an ongoing series. The mysteries should be read in publication order to follow the detective's character development across the interconnected cases. This long-running series combines mystery and thriller elements, offering readers decades worth of engaging crime fiction centered on the protagonist's investigations and personal evolution.

Start with Deadly Appearances, the first of 23 books in the Joanne Kilbourn Mystery series.

#	Title
1	Deadly Appearances 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Murder at the Mendel / Love and Murder 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Wandering Soul Murders 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Colder Kind of Death 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Killing Spring 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Verdict in Blood 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Burying Ariel 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Glass Coffin 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Last Good Day 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Endless Knot 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Brutal Heart 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Nesting Dolls 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Kaleidoscope 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Gifted 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	12 Rose Street 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	What's Left Behind 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Winners' Circle 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	A Darkness of the Heart 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Unlocking Season 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	An Image in the Lake 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	What’s Past Is Prologue 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Legacy 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Solitary Friend 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2018–2018)

#	Title
1	Sleuth 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2002–2002)

1 book (1987–1987)

#	Title
1	1919, The Love Letters Of George & Adelaide 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible