Stephen L. Carter Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an ongoing collection of noir anthologies now spanning 121 books, beginning with San Francisco Noir in 2002 and continuing through 2025. Each volume focuses on a different city or region, featuring original noir stories by established and emerging writers set in that location. The series should be read in publication order, starting with San Francisco Noir, though individual entries can also be enjoyed as standalone anthologies. This expansive series offers readers a diverse exploration of noir fiction across cities worldwide, from New York and Chicago to Dublin and London.

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

1 book (2013–2013)

#	Title
1	Inherit the Dead 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2002–2008)

Stephen L. Carter's Elm Harbor trilogy comprises three mystery novels published between 2002 and 2008 and should be read in publication order beginning with The Emperor of Ocean Park. The series is complete, with all three entries—The Emperor of Ocean Park, New England White, and Palace Council—now available to readers. Each book builds on the previous installment, making sequential reading essential for following the overarching narrative threads that connect the trilogy.

Start with The Emperor of Ocean Park and read in order.

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1	The Emperor of Ocean Park 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	New England White 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Palace Council 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1981–2017)

Stephen L. Carter's non-fiction series consists of nine books published between 1981 and 2017, exploring topics ranging from federal appointments and Soviet politics to race, religion, law, and American foreign policy. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Confirmation Mess and concluding with Invisible. Carter's collection spans his evolving commentary on American institutions, constitutional law, and social issues across multiple decades.

Start with The Confirmation Mess: Cleaning Up The Federal Appointments Process, the first of 9 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	The Confirmation Mess: Cleaning Up The Federal Appointments Process 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Leadership and Succession in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China(With: Martin McCauley) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Reflections Of An Affirmative Action Baby 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Integrity 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Civility 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	God's Name In Vain: The Wrongs And Rights Of Relgion In Politics 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Violence of Peace: America's Wars in the Age of Obama 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2009–2014)

Stephen L. Carter's three standalone mystery and thriller novels should be read in publication order beginning with Jericho's Fall (2009), followed by The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln (2011) and Back Channel (2014). Though each novel stands alone, reading them in the sequence Carter published them provides the intended experience. This complete series spans five years and represents Carter's venture into fiction within the mystery and thriller genres.

Start with Jericho's Fall and read in order.

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1	Jericho's Fall 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Back Channel 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

18 books (1986–2017)

The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures is a complete series of 18 essays and lectures published between 1986 and 2017, featuring contributions from prominent American authors, scholars, and intellectuals across literary criticism, history, philosophy, and cultural studies. Each volume presents a single extended lecture or essay by a different writer, including figures such as Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Richard Rorty, and Andrew Delbanco, exploring themes central to American culture and thought. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Irving Howe's The American Newness. These lectures represent a significant collection of twentieth-century American intellectual discourse on topics ranging from literary tradition to work and family, architecture, and poetry.

Start with The American Newness(By: Irving Howe), the first of 18 books in the The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures series.

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1	The American Newness(By: Irving Howe) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Highbrow/Lowbrow(By: Lawrence W. Levine) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Revolutions(By: David Brion Davis) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Playing in the Dark(By: Toni Morrison) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Southern Tradition(By: Eugene D. Genovese) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Dissent of the Governed 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Writing Was Everything(By: Alfred Kazin) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Achieving Our Country(By: Richard M. Rorty) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Real American Dream(By: Andrew Delbanco) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	To Be the Poet(By: Maxine Hong Kingston) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Reporting the Universe(By: E.L. Doctorow) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Architecture as Signs and Systems(By: Robert Venturi) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Circles and Lines(By: John Putnam Demos) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Reshaping the Work-Family Debate(By: Joan C. Williams) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Tiger Writing(By: Gish Jen) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Tiger Writing(By: Gish Jen) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations(By: Greil Marcus) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Just a Journalist(By: Linda Greenhouse) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible