Peter Blauner Reading Order
6 series · 172 books
Peter Blauner is a versatile American writer known for his engaging thrillers and mysteries. With an extensive body of work comprising 172 titles across six series—including the well-regarded Lourdes Robles series, standalone novels, and various short stories—he has captivated readers since his debut in 1991. Blauner's contributions to the genres of crime and suspense continue to resonate, with his career spanning until 2025.
Akashic Noir Series
Ongoing121 books (2002–2025)
Start with San Francisco Noir, the first of 121 books in the Akashic Noir series.
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| 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 🇺🇸 |
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| 26 | Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
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| 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 🇺🇸 |
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| 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 🇺🇸 |
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| 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 🇺🇸 |
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| 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 🇺🇸 |
Anthologies Series
Complete1 book (2011–2011)
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| 1 |  The Rich and the Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
Bibliomysteries Series
Likely Complete40 books (2012–2022)
Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.
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| 1 |  An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Final Testament 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
Lourdes Robles Series
Complete2 books (2017–2018)
Start with Proving Ground and read in order.
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Complete1 book (2013–2013)
| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Final Testament 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Likely Complete7 books (1991–2023)
Start with Slow Motion Riot, the first of 7 books in the Standalone Novels series.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Peter Blauner written?
- Peter Blauner has written 172 books across 6 series. Their published works span from 1991 to 2025.
- What is the first book in each Peter Blauner series?
- Here are the first books in Peter Blauner's series: Akashic Noir: San Francisco Noir; Bibliomysteries: An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver); Lourdes Robles: Proving Ground.
- What order should I read Peter Blauner's books?
- We recommend reading Peter Blauner's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Peter Blauner still writing new books?
- Yes, Peter Blauner has 1 ongoing series: Akashic Noir.