John Lutz 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 🇺🇸

10 books (1976–1998)

Start with Buyer Beware, the first of 10 books in the Alo Nudger series.

#	Title
1	Buyer Beware 1976Buy 🇺🇸
2	Nightlines 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Right to Sing the Blues 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ride the Lightning 1987Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dancer's Debt 1988Buy 🇺🇸
6	Time Exposure 1989Buy 🇺🇸
7	Diamond Eyes 1990Buy 🇺🇸
8	Thicker Than Blood 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	Death By Jury 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	Oops! 1998Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2001–2001)

#	Title
1	The Nudger Dilemmas 2001Buy 🇺🇸

27 books (1981–2016)

Start with 100 Malicious Little Mysteries, the first of 27 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	100 Malicious Little Mysteries 1981Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alfred Hitchcock's A Choice of Evils 1983Buy 🇺🇸
3	Mean Streets 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	Tales of Terror 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	An Eye for Justice 1988Buy 🇺🇸
6	Deadly Allies 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	Canine Crimes 1993Buy 🇺🇸
8	Dark Crimes 2 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	Deadly Allies II 1994Buy 🇺🇸
10	Feline and Famous 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	Vampire Detectives 1995Buy 🇺🇸
12	First Cases, Volume 1 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	Guilty as Charged 1996Buy 🇺🇸
14	Murder to Music 1997Buy 🇺🇸
15	Murder on Route 66 1998Buy 🇺🇸
16	Once Upon a Crime 1998Buy 🇺🇸
17	The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1999Buy 🇺🇸
18	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 2000Buy 🇺🇸
19	Unholy Orders 2000Buy 🇺🇸
20	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 2003Buy 🇺🇸
21	Show Business is Murder 2004Buy 🇺🇸
22	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 2004Buy 🇺🇸
23	At the Scene of the Crime 2008Buy 🇺🇸
24	Florida Heat Wave 2010Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Shamus Winners 2010Buy 🇺🇸
26	First Thrills: Volume 4 2011Buy 🇺🇸
27	Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (2004–2015)

Start with Darker Than Night, the first of 13 books in the Frank Quinn series.

#	Title
1	Darker Than Night 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	In for the Kill 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	Night Kills 2008Buy 🇺🇸
4	Other Than Murder 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	Urge To Kill 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	Mister X 2010Buy 🇺🇸
7	Serial 2011Buy 🇺🇸
8	Pulse 2012Buy 🇺🇸
9	Switch 2012Buy 🇺🇸
10	Twist 2013Buy 🇺🇸
11	Carnage 2014Buy 🇺🇸
12	Frenzy 2014Buy 🇺🇸
13	Slaughter 2015Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1986–1996)

Start with Tropical Heat, the first of 10 books in the Fred Carver series.

#	Title
1	Tropical Heat 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Scorcher 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	Kiss 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	Flame 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Bloodfire 1991Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hot 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	Spark 1993Buy 🇺🇸
8	Torch 1994Buy 🇺🇸
9	Burn 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	Lightning 1996Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2001–2006)

Start with The Night Caller, the first of 5 books in the Night series.

#	Title
1	The Night Caller 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Night Watcher 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Night Spider / Night Victims 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fear the Night 2005Buy 🇺🇸
5	Chill of Night 2006Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1984–1988)

Start with The Eye and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Eye 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	Shadowtown 1988Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1982–2018)

Start with What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, the first of 7 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Only One Way To Land 1983Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Romantics 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	High Stakes 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Nightcrawlers 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	Second Story Sunlight 2002Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Desert 2018Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1988–2014)

Start with Better Mousetraps, the first of 6 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Better Mousetraps 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Shadows Everywhere 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Until You Are Dead 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	Endless Road, and Other Stories 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	The President's Cat Is Missing & Other Stories 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	Tough and Other Short Stories: Tough, High Stakes, The Real Shape of the Coast 2014Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1971–2022)

Start with The Truth of the Matter, the first of 10 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Truth of the Matter 1971Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bonegrinder 1977Buy 🇺🇸
3	Lazarus Man 1979Buy 🇺🇸
4	Jericho Man 1980Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Shadow Man 1982Buy 🇺🇸
6	Single White Female 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dancing with the Dead 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Ex 1996Buy 🇺🇸
9	Final Seconds(With: David August) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	Single White Female Seeks Same 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2018–2019)

Start with The Honorable Traitors and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Honorable Traitors 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Havana Game 2019Buy 🇺🇸