Julie Smith Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an ongoing collection of 121 mystery and thriller anthologies spanning from 2002 to 2025, with new volumes continuing to be released. Each book focuses on a different city or region, featuring noir stories set in locations ranging from San Francisco and Brooklyn to Dublin, London, and beyond. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with San Francisco Noir, though each anthology can also be enjoyed independently since they are organized geographically rather than by continuing narrative.

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

8 books (1990–2017)

Julie Smith edited this complete anthology series spanning nearly three decades from 1990 to 2017, comprising eight collections that should be read in publication order. The series includes Sisters in Crime 2, Deadly Allies, A Poison That Leaves No Trace, I'd Kill For That, Men of the Mean Streets, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, Silent Night Deadly Night, and Mojo Rising, offering diverse mystery and thriller stories curated by Smith across the collection's run.

Start with Sisters in Crime 2, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Sisters in Crime 2 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Deadly Allies 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Poison That Leaves No Trace: With Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	I'd Kill For That 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Mojo Rising 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2011–2011)

2 books (1985–1987)

Julie Smith's Paul MacDonald series comprises two mystery novels published between 1985 and 1987, with the complete duology consisting of True-Life Adventure and Huckleberry Fiend. These books should be read in publication order to follow the storyline properly. The series is now complete and contains no additional entries.

Start with True-Life Adventure and read in order.

#	Title
1	True-Life Adventure 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Huckleberry Fiend 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1982–2014)

The Rebecca Schwartz series consists of seven mystery novels published between 1982 and 2014, following the cases of a San Francisco-based attorney. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Death Turns a Trick. The books are Death Turns a Trick, The Sourdough Wars, Tourist Trap, Dead in the Water, Other People's Skeletons, Blood Types, and Cul-de-Sac.

Start with Death Turns a Trick, the first of 7 books in the Rebecca Schwartz series.

#	Title
1	Death Turns a Trick 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Sourdough Wars 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Tourist Trap 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Dead in the Water 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Other People's Skeletons 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Blood Types 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Cul-de-Sac 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

2 books (2000–2014)

Julie Smith's two-book short story collection series spans from 2000 to 2014, combining mystery and thriller elements with nonfiction perspectives. The complete series consists of Mean Rooms followed by Redneck Riviera and should be read in publication order. This finished collection showcases Smith's work across the mystery and thriller genres alongside her nonfiction writing.

Start with Mean Rooms and read in order.

#	Title
1	Mean Rooms 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Redneck Riviera 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1989–2019)

The Skip Langdon series comprises 11 mystery novels following a police detective navigating New Orleans' complex criminal underworld. Published between 1989 and 2019, the series is now complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with New Orleans Mourning. Each book builds on the protagonist's evolving cases and relationships, making sequential reading essential for following character development across the span of three decades.

Start with New Orleans Mourning, the first of 11 books in the Skip Langdon series.

#	Title
1	New Orleans Mourning 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Axeman's Jazz 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Jazz Funeral 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	New Orleans Beat / Death Before Facebook 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	House of Blues 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Kindness of Strangers 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Crescent City Connection / Crescent City Kill 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	82 Desire 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Mean Woman Blues / Boneyard Blues 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Murder On Magazine 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Big Crazy 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2011–2011)

#	Title
1	Cursebusters! 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2001–2005)

The Talba Wallis series consists of four mystery novels published between 2001 and 2005, following protagonist Talba Wallis through cases in Louisiana. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Louisiana Hotshot and concluding with P.I. on a Hot Tin Roof. Each installment builds on the previous, making sequential reading essential for full appreciation of character development and ongoing story elements.

Start with Louisiana Hotshot, the first of 4 books in the Talba Wallis series.

#	Title
1	Louisiana Hotshot 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Louisiana Bigshot 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Louisiana Lament 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	P.I. on a Hot Tin Roof 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2014–2014)