James Sallis 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 🇺🇸🎧 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

16 books (1967–2023)

Start with Orbit 3, the first of 16 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Orbit 3 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Orbit 6 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Orbit 11 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	New Worlds 6 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Lone Star Universe 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Whispers 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Breaking Windows 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume 104 Number 2, February 2003 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Best of Talebones 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Books to Die For 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Borderland Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Highway Kind 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Bound by Mystery 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Ten Year Stretch 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Ink and Daggers 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (2000–2024)

Start with A City Equal to My Desire, the first of 10 books in the Collections series.

#	Title
1	A City Equal to My Desire 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sorrow's Kitchen Poems 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Time's Hammers: The Collected Short Fiction of James Sallis 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Limits of the Sensible World 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Potato Tree 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Rain's Eagerness 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Black Night's Gonna Catch Me Here 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Night's Pardons 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Dayenu and Other Stories 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Bright Segments: The Complete Short Fiction 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2005–2012)

Start with Drive and read in order.

#	Title
1	Drive 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Driven 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (1992–2001)

Start with The Long-Legged Fly, the first of 6 books in the Lew Griffin series.

#	Title
1	The Long-Legged Fly 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Moth 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Black Hornet 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Eye of the Cricket 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Bluebottle 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Ghost of a Flea 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1982–2018)

Start with The Guitar Players: One Instrument and Its Masters in American Music, the first of 7 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	The Guitar Players: One Instrument and Its Masters in American Music 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Ash of Stars 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Chester Himes: A Life 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Difficult Lives 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Gently into the Land of the Meateaters 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Difficult Lives Hitching Rides 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1998–2016)

Start with More Light and read in order.

8 books (1995–2026)

Start with Renderings, the first of 7 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Renderings 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Will Have Your Eyes 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Killer Is Dying 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Others of My Kind 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Willnot 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Sarah Jane 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Backwater 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	World's Edge 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2003–2007)

Start with Cypress Grove and read in order.

#	Title
1	Cypress Grove 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Cripple Creek 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Salt River 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible