Peter Robinson Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an ongoing collection of 121 mystery and thriller anthologies launched in 2002 and still publishing as of 2025. Each book in the series focuses on a different city or region, beginning with San Francisco Noir and expanding to include locations such as Brooklyn, Chicago, Dublin, London, Miami, and many others. These standalone anthologies should be read in publication order to follow the series' growth across diverse geographical settings. The series features noir-style short fiction that explores the darker aspects of urban life through stories by various authors associated with each featured location.

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

16 books (1990–2016)

Peter Robinson edited a series of 15 mystery and crime anthologies published between 1990 and 2013, now complete. These collections feature short stories from various mystery and thriller authors, with titles including The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H., 100 Great Detectives, The Best American Mystery Stories selections, and The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories volumes. The anthologies should be read in publication order, beginning with The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H.

Start with The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H., the first of 15 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Oxford Book of Detective Stories 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Like a Charm 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Thou Shalt Not Kill 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	A Merry Band of Murderers 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Penguin Book of Crime Stories 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Blue Religion 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Deadly Pleasures 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Crime Plus Music 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

40 books (2012–2022)

Bibliomysteries is a collection of forty mystery and thriller short stories published between 2012 and 2022, each written by a different acclaimed author and centered on books, libraries, or literary themes. The series features contributions from renowned crime writers including Jeffery Deaver, Nelson DeMille, Laura Lippman, Reed Farrel Coleman, and many others, with each entry offering a standalone mystery. Readers should follow the publication order beginning with An Acceptable Sacrifice by Jeffery Deaver. The series appears to be complete as of 2022.

Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.

#	Title
1	An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Seven Years 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

28 books (1987–2023)

Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks mystery series comprises 28 books published from 1987 to 2023, following the investigations of the titular detective through Yorkshire's criminal underworld. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Gallows View, to appreciate the character's development and the interconnected cases spanning decades. Robinson's crime novels blend procedural investigation with psychological depth, creating a richly detailed world that rewards reading the entries sequentially from start to finish.

Start with Gallows View, the first of 28 books in the Inspector Banks series.

#	Title
1	Gallows View 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Dedicated Man 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Necessary End 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Hanging Valley 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Past Reason Hated 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Wednesday's Child 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Dry Bones That Dream/ Final Account 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Innocent Graves 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Dead Right / Blood at the Root 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	In a Dry Season 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Cold is the Grave 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Aftermath 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Summer That Never Was / Close to Home 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Playing with Fire 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Strange Affair 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Piece of My Heart 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Friend of the Devil 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	All the Colors of Darkness 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Bad Boy 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Watching the Dark 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Children of the Revolution 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Abattoir Blues / In the Dark Places 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	When the Music's Over 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Sleeping in the Ground 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Careless Love 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Many Rivers to Cross 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Not Dark Yet 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Standing in the Shadows 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2009–2015)

Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks Short Stories and Novellas series comprises six books published between 2009 and 2015, with the complete collection now available. These mystery tales should be read in publication order, beginning with Blue Christmas and concluding with Summer Rain. The series features Robinson's renowned detective protagonist in shorter narrative form, offering a complete and finished reading experience for fans of the author's work.

Start with Blue Christmas, the first of 6 books in the Inspector Banks Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	Blue Christmas 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Going Back 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Like a Virgin 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Price of Love: And Other Stories 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Walking the Dog 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Summer Rain 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1998–2016)

Peter Robinson's Short Stories/Novellas collection comprises eleven standalone mystery and thriller tales published between 1998 and 2016, now complete. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage and concluding with The Good Partner. Each entry functions as an independent story, making the series accessible to readers seeking brief forays into Robinson's distinctive brand of mystery fiction without requiring commitment to a longer narrative arc.

Start with The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage, the first of 11 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Missing in Action 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Birthday Dance 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Cornelius Jubb 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Cherub Affair 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Eastvale Ladies' Poker Circle 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Ferryman's Beautiful Daughter 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Magic of Your Touch 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Fan Mail 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Innocence 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Good Partner 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1998–2009)

Peter Robinson's two mystery and thriller short story collections should be read in publication order, beginning with Not Safe After Dark from 1998, followed by The Price of Love: And Other Stories in 2009. This complete series comprises standalone stories that showcase Robinson's expertise in the crime and suspense genres across a span of more than a decade.

Start with Not Safe After Dark and read in order.

#	Title
1	Not Safe After Dark 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Price of Love: And Other Stories 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1990–2011)

Peter Robinson's standalone mystery and thriller novels span two decades, with three books published between 1990 and 2011. These are independent stories unconnected to his Inspector Banks series, each offering a distinct mystery to explore. Read them in publication order beginning with Caedmon's Song, followed by No Cure For Love and concluding with Before the Poison. The series is complete.

Start with Caedmon's Song / The First Cut and read in order.

#	Title
1	Caedmon's Song / The First Cut 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	No Cure For Love 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Before the Poison 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible