S.J. Rozan Reading Order
9 series · 169 books
S.J. Rozan is a talented American author known for her engaging detective fiction and thrillers, drawing inspiration from her New York City background. With an impressive portfolio of 169 books spanning 9 series including the well-loved Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, as well as standalone novels and novellas, her storytelling continues to captivate readers. Active from 1992 to 2026, Rozan's work consistently showcases her skill in weaving intricate plots and memorable characters.
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 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Manhattan Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
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| 26 | Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  Boston Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Delhi Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Phoenix Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Portland Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Rome Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | San Diego Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  Staten Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 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
Likely Complete15 books (1994–2022)
Start with Women of Mystery II, the first of 15 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Women of Mystery II 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Canine Crimes 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Murder at the Foul Line 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Deadly Housewives 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Watchlist 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  A Study in Sherlock 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Home Improvement: Undead Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | In Pursuit of Spenser 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Inherit the Dead 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Dark City Lights: New York Stories (Have a NYC) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Crime Hits Home 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
Dee & Lao Series
Ongoing2 books (2025–2025)
Start with The Murder of Mr. Ma and read in order.
Lydia Chin & Bill Smith Series
Ongoing16 books (1994–2026)
Start with China Trade, the first of 16 books in the Lydia Chin & Bill Smith series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  China Trade 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Concourse 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Mandarin Plaid 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  No Colder Place 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  A Bitter Feast 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Stone Quarry / Bad Blood 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Reflecting the Sky / Blood Rites 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Winter and Night / Blood Ties 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Shanghai Moon / Trail of Blood 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  On the Line / Out for Blood 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Ghost Hero 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Paper Son 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Art of Violence 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Family Business 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Mayors of New York 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | First Do No Harm 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
Lydia Chin & Bill Smith Short Stories/Novellas Series
Complete7 books (1992–2013)
Start with Body English, the first of 7 books in the Lydia Chin & Bill Smith Short Stories/Novellas series.
Poetry Series
Complete1 book (2012–2012)
| # | Title |
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| 1 | 211 HAIKU 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Complete4 books (1998–2019)
Start with Cooking the Hounds, the first of 4 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.
Short Story Collections Series
Complete1 book (2011–2011)
| # | Title |
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| 1 | Building and Other Stories 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete2 books (2004–2006)
Start with Absent Friends and read in order.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has S.J. Rozan written?
- S.J. Rozan has written 169 books across 9 series. Their published works span from 1992 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each S.J. Rozan series?
- Here are the first books in S.J. Rozan's series: Akashic Noir: San Francisco Noir; Anthologies: Women of Mystery II; Dee & Lao: The Murder of Mr. Ma; Lydia Chin & Bill Smith: China Trade; Lydia Chin & Bill Smith Short Stories/Novellas: Body English.
- What order should I read S.J. Rozan's books?
- We recommend reading S.J. Rozan's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is S.J. Rozan still writing new books?
- Yes, S.J. Rozan has 3 ongoing series: Akashic Noir, Dee & Lao, Lydia Chin & Bill Smith.