Irwin Shaw Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an ongoing anthology collection spanning 121 books from 2002 to 2025, with each volume focusing on noir crime fiction set in a specific city or region. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with San Francisco Noir and progressing through works centered on locations including the Bronx, Seattle, Brooklyn, Chicago, Dublin, London, Manhattan, Miami, and many others. This mystery and thriller collection combines original fiction with elements of non-fiction, offering dark urban tales grounded in real geographic locations worldwide.

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

12 books (1941–2000)

Irwin Shaw's Anthologies series comprises 12 short story collections published between 1941 and 2000, presenting a wide range of classic and contemporary fiction across multiple genres including mystery, thriller, science fiction, and war narratives. The series features curated selections from renowned American and British authors, spanning works from the early twentieth century through more recent publications. Each volume focuses on specific themes or categories, from general masterpieces to specialized collections centered on sports, warfare, and New York settings. Read these collections in publication order, beginning with Twenty Grand: Great American Short Stories.

Start with Twenty Grand: Great American Short Stories, the first of 12 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Twenty Grand: Great American Short Stories 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	50 Great Short Stories 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	This Was Your War 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	50 Great American Short Stories 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Arena: Sports Science Fiction 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Great World War II Stories 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Amis Story Anthology 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Writing New York 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Wonderful Town 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1939–2002)

Irwin Shaw's Collections series comprises eleven books of short stories published between 1939 and 2002, presenting a complete and finished sequence. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with Sailor Off the Bremen and Other Stories and progressing through selections including Mixed Company, Tip on a Dead Jockey, and God Was Here But He Left Early. The series showcases Shaw's talents across mystery, thriller, and non-fiction storytelling in short form.

Start with Sailor Off the Bremen and Other Stories, the first of 11 books in the Collections series.

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1	Sailor Off the Bremen and Other Stories 1939Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Act of Faith and Other Stories 1946Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Mixed Company 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Tip on a Dead Jockey 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Selected Short Stories of Irwin Shaw 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Love on a Dark Street 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Whispers In Bedlam 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	God Was Here But He Left Early 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Short Stories 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Retreat 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Welcome to the city and other stories 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1964–1977)

Irwin Shaw's two-book non-fiction series spans from 1964 to 1977, comprising In the Company of Dolphins and Paris! Paris!. Both works should be read in publication order to experience Shaw's explorations as he originally presented them. The series is complete and stands as a finished collection of the author's non-fiction writing.

Start with In the Company of Dolphins and read in order.

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1	In the Company of Dolphins 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Paris! Paris! 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1935–1935)

2 books (1969–1977)

Irwin Shaw's Rich Man, Poor Man series consists of two books published between 1969 and 1977. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Rich Man, Poor Man followed by Beggarman, Thief. These mystery and thriller novels form a connected narrative that spans multiple decades and explores the intertwined fates of characters across different social standings.

Start with Rich Man, Poor Man and read in order.

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1	Rich Man, Poor Man 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Beggarman, Thief 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1948–1982)

Irwin Shaw wrote ten standalone novels between 1948 and 1982, each a complete story that can be read independently. The series is best approached in publication order, beginning with The Young Lions and concluding with Acceptable Losses. These mystery and thriller works showcase Shaw's exploration of complex human relationships and moral dilemmas across different settings and time periods.

Start with The Young Lions, the first of 10 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Young Lions 1948Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Troubled Air 1951Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Voices of a Summer Day 1951Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Lucy Crown 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Two Weeks In Another Town 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Evening In Byzantium 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Nightwork 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Top of the Hill 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Bread Upon the Waters 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Acceptable Losses 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible