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Jim Fusilli Reading Order

10 series · 313 books

Jim Fusilli is an American novelist and journalist known for his engaging storytelling and diverse writing style. Over his prolific career, active from 2001 to 2025, he has penned 313 books across ten series, including titles like Narrows Gate, Terry Orr, and Sam, along with standalone novels and short stories. His notable works incorporate elements of crime and drama, capturing readers' attention with compelling narratives.

33⅓ Series

Ongoing

164 books (2003–2025)

Start with Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis(By: Warren Zanes), the first of 164 books in the 33⅓ series.

#Title
1
Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis(By: Warren Zanes)
2
Love's Forever Changes(By: Andrew Hultkrans)
3
Neil Young's Harvest(By: Sam Inglis)
4
The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society(By: Andy Miller)
5
The Smiths' Meat is Murder(By: Joe Pernice)
6
Abba's Abba Gold(By: Elisabeth Vincentelli)
7
James Brown's Live at the Apollo(By: Douglas Wolk)
8
Jethro Tull's Aqualung(By: Allan F. Moore)
9
Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland(By: John M. Perry)
10
Prince's Sign 'O' the Times(By: Michaelangelo Matos)
11
Radiohead's OK Computer(By: Dai Griffiths)
12
The Beatles' Let It Be(By: Steve Matteo)
13
The Replacements' Let It Be(By: Colin Meloy)
14
The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico(By: Joe Harvard)
15
Unknown Pleasures(By: Chris Ott)
16
Armed Forces(By: Franklin Bruno)
17
Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA(By: Geoffrey Himes)
18
Endtroducing(By: Eliot Wilder)
19
Grace(By: Daphne A. Brooks)
20
Kick Out the Jams(By: Don McLeese)
21
Led Zeppelin IV(By: Erik Davis)
22
Low(By: Hugo Wilcken)
23
Murmur(By: J. Niimi)
24
Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea(By: Kim Cooper)
25
Pet Sounds
26
The Band's Music From Big Pink(By: John Niven)
27
The Ramones' Ramones(By: Nicholas Rombes)
28
The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street(By: Bill Janovitz)
29
33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1(By: DavidBarker)
30
Doolittle(By: Ben Sisario)
31
Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand(By: Marc Woodworth)
32
Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I and II(By: Eric Weisbard)
33
Highway 61 Revisited(By: Mark Polizzotti)
34
Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark(By: SeanNelson)
35
My Bloody Valentine's Loveless(By: Mike McGonigal)
36
Nirvana's In Utero(By: Gillian G. Gaar)
37
Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On(By: Miles Marshall Lewis)
38
Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life(By: Zeth Lundy)
39
The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique(By: Dan LeRoy)
40
The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs(By: L.D. Beghtol)
41
The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses(By: Alex Green)
42
The Who's The Who Sell Out(By: John Dougan)
43
A Tribe Called Quest's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm(By: Shawn Taylor)
44
Belle & Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister(By: Scott Plagenhoef)
45
Brian Eno's Another Green World(By: Geeta Dayal)
46
Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica(By: Kevin Courrier)
47
Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste(By: Carl Wilson)
48
PJ Harvey's Rid of Me: A Story(By: Kate Schatz)
49
Pink Moon(By: Amanda Petrusich)
50
Rid of Me(By: Kate Schatz)
51
Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation(By: Matthew Stearns)
52
Steely Dan's Aja(By: Don Breithaupt)
53
Swordfishtrombones(By: David Smay)
54
The Byrds' The Notorious Byrd Brothers(By: Ric Menck)
55
The Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime(By: Michael T. Fournier)
56
Throbbing Gristle's Twenty Jazz Funk Greats(By: Drew Daniel)
57
U2's Achtung Baby: Meditations on Love in the Shadow of the Fall(By: Stephen Catanzarite)
58
Big Star's Radio City(By: Bruce Eaton)
59
Flying Burrito Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin(By: Bob Proehl)
60
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Facing Future(By: Dan Kois)
61
Cover of Master of Reality(By: John Darnielle)
Master of Reality(By: John Darnielle)
62
Patti Smith's Horses(By: Philip Shaw)
63
Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights(By: Hayden Childs)
64
Slayer's Reign in Blood(By: D.X. Ferris)
65
The Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen(By: Bob Gendron)
66
The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy and the Lash(By: Jeffrey T. Roesgen)
67
Wire's Pink Flag(By: Wilson Neate)
68
Elliott Smith's XO(By: Matthew LeMay)
69
Flaming Lips' Zaireeka(By: MarkRichardson)
70
Fleetwood Mac's Tusk(By: Rob Trucks)
71
Illmatic(By: Matthew Gasteier)
72
Madness' One Step Beyond...(By: Terry Edwards)
73
AC DC's Highway To Hell(By: Joe Bonomo)
74
Pavement's Wowee Zowee(By: Bryan Charles)
75
Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back(By: Christopher R. Weingarten)
76
Radiohead's Kid A(By: Marvin Lin)
77
Slint's Spiderland(By: Scott Tennent)
78
Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace(By: Aaron Cohen)
79
Dinosaur Jr.'s You're Living All Over Me(By: Nick Attfield)
80
Johnny Cash's American Recordings(By: Tony Tost)
81
Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine(By: Daphne Carr)
82
Portishead's Dummy(By: R.J. Wheaton)
83
Talking Heads' Fear of Music(By: Jonathan Lethem)
84
Television's Marquee Moon(By: Bryan Waterman)
85
The Rolling Stones' Some Girls(By: Cyrus R.K. Patell)
86
Ween's Chocolate and Cheese(By: Hank Shteamer)
87
Dangerous(By: Susan Fast)
88
Flood(By: Elizabeth Sandifer,S. Alexander Reed)
89
Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson(By: Darran Anderson)
90
Andrew W.K.'s I Get Wet(By: Phillip Crandall)
91
Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II(By: Marc Weidenbaum)
92
Blank Generation(By: Pete Astor)
93
Entertainment!(By: Kevin J.H. Dettmar)
94
Exile in Guyville(By: Gina Arnold)
95
J Dilla's Donuts(By: Jordan Ferguson)
96
Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy(By: Kirk Walker Graves)
97
Oasis' Definitely Maybe(By: Alex Niven)
98
Sigur Rós's(By: Ethan Hayden)
99
Smile(By: Luis A. Sanchez)
100
The Grey Album(By: Charles Fairchild)
101
A Live One(By: Walter Holland)
102
Beat Happening(By: Bryan C. Parker)
103
Bitches Brew(By: George Grella Jr.)
104
Freedom of Choice(By: Fred Armisen,Evie Nagy)
105
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables(By: Michael Stewart Foley)
106
Metallica(By: David Masciotra)
107
Workingman's Dead(By: Buzz Poole)
108
Dig Me Out(By: Jovana Babovic)
109
Donny Hathaway's Donny Hathaway Live(By: Emily J. Lordi)
110
Hangin' Tough(By: Rebecca Wallwork)
111
Parallel Lines(By: Kembrew McLeod)
112
Psychocandy(By: Paula Mejia)
113
The Geto Boys(By: Rolf Potts)
114
Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks(By: Clare Nina Norelli)
115
Bob Mould's Workbook(By: Walter Biggins,Daniel Couch)
116
Homogenic(By: Emily MacKay)
117
The Raincoats(By: Jenn Pelly)
118
The Suburbs(By: Eric Eidelstein)
119
Uptown Saturday Night(By: William Fulton,Patrick Rivers)
120
Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth(By: Michael Blair)
121
Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera(By: Rien Fertel)
122
Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker(By: Joe Gross)
123
Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy(By: Ronen Givony)
124
Siouxsie and the Banshees' Peepshow(By: Samantha Bennett)
125
Tori Amos's Boys for Pele(By: Amy Gentry)
126
dc Talk’s Jesus Freak(By: Will Stockton,D. Gilson)
127
Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible(By: David Evans)
128
Massive Attack’s Blue Lines(By: Ian Bourland)
129
Odetta’s One Grain of Sand(By: Matthew Frye Jacobson)
130
The Shangri-Las’ Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las(By: Ada Wolin)
131
The Wild Tchoupitoulas’ The Wild Tchoupitoulas(By: Bryan Wagner)
132
Tom Petty’s Southern Accents(By: Michael Washburn)
133
Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach(By: Roshanak Kheshti)
134
24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth(By: Zach Schonfeld)
135
David Bowie's Diamond Dogs(By: Glenn Hendler)
136
D’Angelo’s Voodoo(By: Faith Pennick)
137
Elton John's Blue Moves(By: Matthew Restall)
138
Elvis Presley's From Elvis in Memphis(By: Eric Wolfson)
139
Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope(By: Ayanna Dozier)
140
Judy Garland's Judy at Carnegie Hall(By: Manuel Betancourt)
141
Murder Ballads(By: Santi Elijah Holley)
142
Suicide's Suicide(By: Andi Coulter)
143
Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen(By: Ray Padgett)
144
Carole King's Tapestry(By: Loren Glass)
145
Donna Summer's Once Upon a Time(By: Alex Jeffery)
146
Duran Duran's Rio(By: Annie Zaleski)
147
Janelle Monáe’s The ArchAndroid(By: Alyssa Favreau)
148
Lyric and Coloratura Arias(By: Ginger Dellenbaugh)
149
Pearl Jam's Vs.(By: Clint Brownlee)
150
Roxy Music's Avalon(By: Simon A. Morrison)
151
Sam Cooke’s Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963(By: Colin Fleming)
152
Britney Spears's Blackout(By: Natasha Lasky)
153
Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World(By: Dwight E. Brooks)
154
Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly(By: Sequoia Maner)
155
Minnie Riperton’s Come to My Garden(By: Brittnay L. Proctor)
156
BBC Radiophonic Workshop(By: William L. Weir)
157
Babes in Toyland’s Fontanelle(By: Selena Chambers)
158
Cover of Body Count(By: Ben Apatoff)
Body Count(By: Ben Apatoff)
159
Cover of Erotica(By: Michael Dango)
Erotica(By: Michael Dango)
160
Madvillain's Madvillainy(By: Will Hagle)
161
Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love(By: Leah Kardos)
162
Cover of Cocteau Twins' Blue Bell Knoll(By: Chris Tapley)
Cocteau Twins' Blue Bell Knoll(By: Chris Tapley)
163
John Cale's Paris 1919(By: Mark Doyle)
164
The B-52s' Cosmic Thing(By: Pete Crighton)

Akashic Noir Series

Ongoing

121 books (2002–2025)

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

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

Anthologies Series

Likely Complete

8 books (2006–2023)

Start with A Merry Band of Murderers, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

#Title
1
Cover of A Merry Band of Murderers
A Merry Band of Murderers
2
Cover of Death Do Us Part
Death Do Us Part
3
Watchlist
4
By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year
5
Cover of Vengeance
Vengeance
6
Kwik Krimes
7
Cover of Dark City Lights: New York Stories (Have a NYC)
Dark City Lights: New York Stories (Have a NYC)
8
The Perp Wore Pumpkin: A Humorous Crime Anthology to Benefit Second Harvest Food Bank

Harold Middleton Series

Complete

3 books (2007–2014)

Start with The Chopin Manuscript and read in order.

#Title
1
Cover of The Chopin Manuscript
The Chopin Manuscript
2
Cover of The Copper Bracelet
The Copper Bracelet
3
The Starling Project: An Audible Drama

Narrows Gate Series

Likely Complete

2 books (2011–2022)

Start with Narrows Gate and read in order.

#Title
1
Cover of Narrows Gate
Narrows Gate
2
The Mayor of Polk Street

Non-Fiction Series

Complete

1 book (2015–2015)

#Title
1
Catching Up

Sam Series

Complete

2 books (2012–2013)

Start with Road to Nowhere and read in order.

#Title
1
Cover of Road to Nowhere
Road to Nowhere
2
Cover of Billboard Man
Billboard Man

Short Stories/Novellas Series

Likely Complete

6 books (2010–2021)

Start with Digby, Attorney at Law, the first of 6 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#Title
1
Digby, Attorney at Law
2
Cover of Blind Justice
Blind Justice
3
The Good Life
4
The Minnesota Twins
5
Zerbie vs. The Pandemic
6
The Boogie-Woogie Kid

Standalone Novels Series

Ongoing

2 books (2008–2024)

Start with Marley Z and the Bloodstained Violin and read in order.

#Title
1
Cover of Marley Z and the Bloodstained Violin
Marley Z and the Bloodstained Violin
2
The Price You Pay

Terry Orr Series

Complete

4 books (2001–2004)

Start with Closing Time, the first of 4 books in the Terry Orr series.

#Title
1
Cover of Closing Time
Closing Time
2
Cover of A Well-Known Secret
A Well-Known Secret
3
Cover of Tribeca Blues
Tribeca Blues
4
Cover of Hard Hard City
Hard Hard City

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Jim Fusilli written?
Jim Fusilli has written 313 books across 10 series. Their published works span from 2001 to 2025.
What is the first book in each Jim Fusilli series?
Here are the first books in Jim Fusilli's series: 33⅓: Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis(By: Warren Zanes); Akashic Noir: San Francisco Noir; Anthologies: A Merry Band of Murderers; Harold Middleton: The Chopin Manuscript; Narrows Gate: Narrows Gate.
What order should I read Jim Fusilli's books?
We recommend reading Jim Fusilli's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
Is Jim Fusilli still writing new books?
Yes, Jim Fusilli has 3 ongoing series: 33⅓, Akashic Noir, Standalone Novels.

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