Ovidia Yu Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an ongoing collection of 121 mystery and literary fiction anthologies that began in 2002 and continues through 2025. Each book focuses on a different city around the world, featuring noir and crime stories set in that location's distinctive neighborhoods and culture. Readers should follow the series in publication order, starting with San Francisco Noir and progressing through titles covering cities from Brooklyn to Dublin to Miami and beyond.

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

2 books (2016–2022)

Ovidia Yu's Sunshine Noir and Crime Hits Home form a two-book mystery anthology series published between 2016 and 2022. These collections bring together original short stories that blend crime and thriller elements with literary fiction sensibilities. Read the books in publication order, beginning with Sunshine Noir, to experience the complete anthology series.

Start with Sunshine Noir and read in order.

#	Title
1	Sunshine Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Crime Hits Home 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (2017–2026)

The Crown Colony / Su Lin series is an ongoing mystery collection featuring ten books published between 2017 and 2026. Begin with The Frangipani Tree Mystery and follow the publication order through the most recent entry, The Tembusu Tree Mystery. Each book in this series stands as an individual mystery while contributing to the larger narrative arc, making them best enjoyed in sequence from the first installment onward.

Start with The Frangipani Tree Mystery, the first of 10 books in the Crown Colony / Su Lin series.

#	Title
1	The Frangipani Tree Mystery 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Betel Nut Tree Mystery 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Paper Bark Tree Mystery 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Mimosa Tree Mystery 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Cannonball Tree Mystery 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Mushroom Tree Mystery 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Yellow Rambutan Tree Mystery 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Angsana Tree Mystery 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Rose Apple Tree Mystery 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Tembusu Tree Mystery 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2001–2016)

The Playwright Omnibus is a five-book collection of theatrical works published between 2001 and 2016, presenting plays by various Singapore-based playwrights including Robert Yeo, Chong Tze Chien, Tan Tarn How, and Desmond Sim. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Singapore Trilogy by Robert Yeo and continuing through Eight Plays, Four Plays, Six Plays, and Student Plays. This complete series spans multiple decades of dramatic writing and showcases different voices within Singapore's theatrical landscape.

Start with The Singapore Trilogy(By: Robert Yeo), the first of 5 books in the Playwright Omnibus series.

#	Title
1	The Singapore Trilogy(By: Robert Yeo) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Eight Plays 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Four Plays(By: Chong Tze Chien) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Six Plays(By: Tan Tarn How) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Student Plays(By: Desmond Sim) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2012–2016)

This complete collection of literary mystery stories by Ovidia Yu consists of two volumes published between 2012 and 2016. The Mudskipper, published first, should be read before Snakeskin to experience the author's intricately crafted short works in their intended sequence. Both books blend mystery and thriller elements with literary fiction sensibilities, offering readers sophisticated narrative explorations across the full span of the series.

Start with The Mudskipper and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Mudskipper 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Snakeskin 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2013–2017)

Ovidia Yu's Singaporean Mystery series consists of four complete novels published between 2013 and 2017, blending mystery and literary fiction. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Aunty Lee's Delights and continuing through Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials, Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge, and concluding with Meddling and Murder. Each installment follows the amateur sleuth at the center of this Singapore-set mystery series as she navigates crime and intrigue.

Start with Aunty Lee's Delights, the first of 4 books in the Singaporean Mystery series.

#	Title
1	Aunty Lee's Delights 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Meddling and Murder 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2012–2022)

Ovidia Yu has written two standalone mystery and literary fiction novels published across a decade, from 2012 to 2022. Both Miss Moorthy Investigates and The Mouse Marathon can be read independently, though reading them in publication order is recommended. The series appears to be complete with these two entries.

Start with Miss Moorthy Investigates and read in order.

#	Title
1	Miss Moorthy Investigates 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Mouse Marathon 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible