Libby Fischer Hellmann Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series comprises 121 noir mystery anthologies spanning locations across the United States and beyond, with entries from San Francisco to Miami and international cities like Dublin and London. Published from 2002 to 2025 and still ongoing, the series should be read in publication order beginning with San Francisco Noir. Each volume features short stories set in a different urban locale, showcasing noir crime fiction from various authors exploring their respective cities' darker sides.

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

9 books (2004–2020)

Libby Fischer Hellmann's Anthologies series comprises nine mystery and thriller collections published between 2004 and 2020. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Show Business is Murder and concluding with Shattering Glass. The collection includes short stories, instructional guides on crime fiction writing, and curated selections from various authors working in the mystery and thriller genres.

Start with Show Business is Murder, the first of 9 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Show Business is Murder 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Woman's Touch 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Killer Fiction: 11 Short Stories of Killers, Fixers, and P.I.s 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Tales from the Backlist: Selected Stories from Backlist e-Books Authors 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Writes of Spring 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Writing Crime Fiction 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Writing Murder: A Basic Guide to Writing Mystery Fiction 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Chicago Blues 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Shattering Glass 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2014–2014)

6 books (1999–2016)

The Ellie Foreman series spans six mysteries published between 1999 and 2016, following the same protagonist throughout the complete collection. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared and concluding with Jump Cut. The series combines mystery and thriller elements across its full run.

Start with The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared, the first of 6 books in the Ellie Foreman series.

#	Title
1	The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	An Eye for Murder 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Picture of Guilt 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	An Image of Death 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Shot to Die for 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Jump Cut 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2002–2022)

The Georgia Davis series comprises six mystery and thriller novels published between 2002 and 2022, following publication order beginning with Easy Innocence. The series appears to be complete as of DoubleBlind, the final entry released in 2022. These standalone-adjacent mysteries should be read sequentially to best appreciate character development and recurring plot threads throughout the span of two decades.

Start with Easy Innocence, the first of 6 books in the Georgia Davis series.

#	Title
1	Easy Innocence 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Doubleback 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Toxicity 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Nobody's Child 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	High Crimes 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	DoubleBlind 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (2018–2020)

The High-Tech Crime Solvers series is a complete mystery and thriller collection comprising eight books published between 2018 and 2020. Each installment in the series should be read in publication order, beginning with Virtually Lace and concluding with Virtually Undetectable. The series features standalone stories centered on solving crimes using advanced technology, with each book authored by a different writer contributing to this collaborative mystery anthology.

Start with Virtually Lace(By: Uvi Poznansky), the first of 8 books in the High-Tech Crime Solvers series.

#	Title
1	Virtually Lace(By: Uvi Poznansky) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Virtually Dead(By: Edwin Dasso) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Virtually Gone(By: Jacquie Biggar) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Virtually Harmless(By: P.D. Workman) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Virtually Impossible(By: Barbara Ebel) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Virtually Timeless(By: Casi McLean) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Virtually Undead(By: Robert I. Katz) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Virtually Undetectable 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

26 books (2020–2026)

Libby Fischer Hellmann's Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem series comprises 26 books published between 2020 and 2026, with more titles forthcoming. This ongoing collection should be read in publication order, beginning with Private Eyes. The series explores various crime and mystery narratives across its expanding catalog of interconnected stories.

Start with Private Eyes, the first of 26 books in the Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem series.

14 books (2007–2013)

The Nice Girl Does Noir series comprises 14 mystery and thriller novels published between 2007 and 2013, following a complete arc that should be read in publication order beginning with High Yellow. The series concludes with Dumber Than Dirt and includes notable entries such as A Berlin Story, Common Scents, and The Last Radical. This collection represents Libby Fischer Hellmann's exploration of noir-influenced storytelling across a decade of interconnected mysteries.

Start with High Yellow, the first of 14 books in the Nice Girl Does Noir series.

9 books (2006–2020)

Libby Fischer Hellmann's Short Stories/Novellas series comprises nine complete works published between 2006 and 2020, spanning mystery and thriller genres. The collection includes Josef's Angel, The Last Page, Flight, Capital Partners, The Incidental Spy, War Secrets, P.O.W., Letters From Havana, and No Good Deed, with War Secrets serving as a prequel to A Bitter Veil. Readers should approach these stories in publication order to experience them as intended. Each entry offers standalone narratives while contributing to the author's broader exploration of suspense and mystery.

Start with Josef's Angel, the first of 9 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Josef's Angel 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Last Page 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Flight 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Capital Partners 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Incidental Spy 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	War Secrets (Prequel to A Bitter Veil) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	P.O.W. 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Letters From Havana 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	No Good Deed 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2011–2024)

The Revolution Sagas is an ongoing mystery and thriller series by Libby Fischer Hellmann comprising six books published between 2011 and 2024. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Set the Night on Fire and continuing through A Bitter Veil, Havana Lost, War, Spies & Bobby Sox, A Bend In the River, and Max's War. New installments are still being added to the series.

Start with Set the Night on Fire, the first of 6 books in the The Revolution Sagas series.

#	Title
1	Set the Night on Fire 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Bitter Veil 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Havana Lost 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	War, Spies & Bobby Sox 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Bend In the River 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Max's War 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible