Stewart O’Nan Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an extensive collection of 121 noir anthologies that began in 2002 and continues to expand, with new volumes released regularly through 2025. Each book focuses on a different city or region, featuring original short stories by contemporary authors that explore the darker side of that location's character and history. Readers should follow the series in publication order, starting with San Francisco Noir and progressing through subsequent city-based volumes. This ongoing series blends mystery, thriller, literary fiction, and noir sensibilities across its diverse international and domestic locations.

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

9 books (1996–2020)

This complete anthology series spans eight books published between 1996 and 2016, featuring Stewart O'Nan's work across fantasy, mystery, thriller, horror, literary fiction, and non-fiction genres. Read the collections in publication order, beginning with Granta 54 and concluding with Now What? to experience the full scope of O'Nan's anthology contributions over two decades.

Start with Granta 54, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Granta 54 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Vietnam Reader 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Fourteenth Annual Collection 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Best of Cemetery Dance II 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Obsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Field of Fantasies 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Detours 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Now What? 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2002–2025)

The Emily Maxwell series consists of four books by Stewart O'Nan, beginning with Wish You Were Here in 2002 and continuing through Evensong in 2025. This ongoing series should be read in publication order to follow the narrative across its literary fiction and mystery elements. The books trace interconnected stories spanning more than two decades of character development and exploration.

Start with Wish You Were Here, the first of 4 books in the Emily Maxwell series.

#	Title
1	Wish You Were Here 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Emily, Alone 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Henry, Himself 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Evensong 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2000–2004)

Stewart O'Nan's nonfiction series consists of two complete books published between 2000 and 2004. The Circus Fire was released first, followed by Faithful, and both should be read in publication order. This short series showcases O'Nan's versatility as a writer working in the nonfiction genre alongside his fiction work.

Start with The Circus Fire and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Circus Fire 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Faithful 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2007–2012)

Stewart O'Nan's collection of three short works spans from 2007 to 2012 and should be read in publication order beginning with Last Night at the Lobster. The series concludes with Monsters and includes A Face in the Crowd, a collaborative piece with Stephen King. This complete series blends elements of fantasy, mystery, horror, and literary fiction across its three entries.

Start with Last Night at the Lobster and read in order.

#	Title
1	Last Night at the Lobster 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Face in the Crowd(With: Stephen King) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Monsters 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1993–1993)

#	Title
1	In the Walled City 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

14 books (1994–2022)

Stewart O'Nan has written fourteen standalone novels published between 1994 and 2022, spanning multiple genres including literary fiction, mystery, thriller, and horror. Each book operates as an independent story with its own characters and setting, so readers can begin with any title, though publication order starting with Snow Angels provides a natural entry point into the author's evolving work. The series appears to be complete as of 2022.

Start with Snow Angels, the first of 14 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Snow Angels 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Names of the Dead 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Speed Queen 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A World Away 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Prayer for the Dying 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Everyday People 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Night Country 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Good Wife 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Last Night at the Lobster 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Songs for the Missing 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Odds 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	West of Sunset 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	City of Secrets 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Ocean State 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

15 books (2010–2024)

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror is an ongoing anthology series edited by Stewart O'Nan that collects exceptional dark fiction from the previous year. Published from 2010 to 2024, the series consists of 15 volumes released in annual editions through 2019, then transitioning to numbered volumes. Readers should follow publication order to experience the selections chronologically as they were curated, beginning with the 2010 Edition and continuing through Volume 5.

Start with The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition, the first of 15 books in the The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series.

#	Title
1	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible