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Fredric Brown Books in Order
Fredric Brown is a celebrated American science fiction and mystery writer, renowned for his bold narrative experimentation in the genre fiction landscape. As a masterful storyteller, Brown has cultivated a devoted cult following over the decades, with his works periodically reprinted and cherished by fans worldwide, particularly in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. His impact is also evident in France, where recent movie adaptations of his work have further solidified his reputation. A newspaperman by profession, Brown dedicated 14 years to writing fiction full-time, often producing at a frenetic pace to make ends meet. His diverse interests, including the flute, chess, and the works of Lewis Carroll, reflect his cultured and inquisitive nature.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Fredric Brown's book series? Fredric Brown has written 5 book series. The most notable is the Akashic Noir series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Fredric Brown
- #1
San Francisco Noir(2002) - #2
Seattle Noir(2003) - #3
Bronx Noir(2003) - #4
Brooklyn Noir(2004) - #5
Brooklyn Noir 2(2005) - #6
Chicago Noir(2005) - #7
Dublin Noir(2005) - #8
Manhattan Noir(2006) - #9
Miami Noir(2006) - #10
D.C. Noir(2006) - #11
Baltimore Noir(2006) - #12
Twin Cities Noir(2006) - #13
London Noir(2006) - #14
New Orleans Noir(2007) - #15
Los Angeles Noir(2007) - #16
Wall Street Noir(2007) - #17
Havana Noir(2007) - #18
Detroit Noir(2007) - #19
Queens Noir(2008) - #20
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth(2008) - #21
Toronto Noir(2008) - #22
Las Vegas Noir(2008) - #23
Trinidad Noir(2008) - #24
D.C. Noir 2(2008) - #25
Manhattan Noir 2(2008) - #26
Paris Noir(2008) - #27
Istanbul Noir(2008) - #28
Boston Noir(2009) - #29
Rome Noir(2009) - #30
San Francisco Noir 2(2009) - #31
Portland Noir(2009) - #32
Delhi Noir(2009) - #33
Phoenix Noir(2009) - #34
Los Angeles Noir 2(2010) - #35
Mexico City Noir(2010) - #36
Richmond Noir(2010) - #37
Orange County Noir(2010) - #38
Indian Country Noir(2010) - #39
Moscow Noir(2010) - #40
Lone Star Noir(2010) - #41
Philadelphia Noir(2010) - #42
Haiti Noir(2010) - #43
Copenhagen Noir(2010) - #44
Pittsburgh Noir(2011) - #45
San Diego Noir(2011) - #46
Barcelona Noir(2011) - #47
Cape Cod Noir(2011) - #48
New Jersey Noir(2011) - #49
Staten Island Noir(2012) - #50When They Are Done With Us(2012)
- #51
Mumbai Noir(2012) - #52
Long Island Noir(2012) - #53
Venice Noir(2012) - #54
Kingston Noir(2012) - #55
St. Petersburg Noir(2012) - #56
Kansas City Noir(2012) - #57
Boston Noir 2(2012) - #58
USA Noir(2013) - #59
Manila Noir(2013) - #60
Buffalo Noir(2013) - #61
Dallas Noir(2013) - #62
Haiti Noir 2(2013) - #63
Singapore Noir(2014) - #64
Prison Noir(2014) - #65
Tel Aviv Noir(2014) - #66
Tehran Noir(2014) - #67
Belfast Noir(2014) - #68
Helsinki Noir(2014) - #69
Rio Noir(2014) - #70
Providence Noir(2015) - #71
Chicago Noir: The Classics(2015) - #72
Memphis Noir(2015) - #73
Zagreb Noir(2015) - #74
Marseille Noir(2015) - #75
Beirut Noir(2015) - #76
New Orleans Noir: The Classics(2016) - #77
Stockholm Noir(2016) - #78
Brussels Noir(2016) - #79
Mississippi Noir(2016) - #80
St. Louis Noir(2016) - #81
Prague Noir(2016) - #82
San Juan Noir(2016) - #83
Oakland Noir(2017) - #84
Trinidad Noir: The Classics(2017) - #85
Atlanta Noir(2017) - #86
New Haven Noir(2017) - #87
Montana Noir(2017) - #88
Buenos Aires Noir(2017) - #89
Montreal Noir(2017) - #90
Berlin Noir(2018) - #91
São Paulo Noir(2018) - #92
Santa Cruz Noir(2018) - #93
Lagos Noir(2018) - #94
Marrakech Noir(2018) - #95
Baghdad Noir(2018) - #96
Vancouver Noir(2018) - #97
Sydney Noir(2018) - #98
Hong Kong Noir(2018) - #99
Amsterdam Noir(2019) - #100
Milwaukee Noir(2019) - #101
Houston Noir(2019) - #102
Nairobi Noir(2020) - #103
Columbus Noir(2020) - #104
Santa Fe Noir(2020) - #105
Alabama Noir(2020) - #106
Berkeley Noir(2020) - #107
Addis Ababa Noir(2020) - #108
Tampa Bay Noir(2020) - #109
Miami Noir: The Classics(2020) - #110
Accra Noir(2020) - #111
Belgrade Noir(2020) - #112
Palm Springs Noir(2021) - #113
Paris Noir: The Suburbs(2022) - #114
Denver Noir(2022) - #115
South Central Noir(2022) - #116
Cleveland Noir(2023) - #117
East Jerusalem Noir(2023) - #118
West Jerusalem Noir(2023) - #119
Honolulu Noir(2024) - #120
Sacramento Noir(2025) - #121
Hamburg Noir(2025)
- #1
Two Names for Death (By: E.P. Fenwick)(1945) - #2
Stranger at Home (By: Leigh Brackett,George Sanders)(1946) - #3
The Persian Cat (By: John Flagg)(1950) - #4
My Old Man's Badge (By: Ferguson Findley)(1950) - #5
You'll Get Yours (By: William Ard)(1952) - #6
Tears are for Angels (By: Paul Connolly)(1952) - #7
Little Sister (By: Lee Roberts)(1952) - #8
Stool Pigeon (By: Louis Malley)(1953) - #9
Madball(1953) - #10
She Got What She Wanted (By: Orrie Hitt)(1954) - #11
The Woman on the Roof (By: Helen Nielsen)(1954) - #12
The Men From the Boys (By: Ed Lacy)(1956) - #13
Never Say No to a Killer (By: Clifton Adams)(1956) - #14
The Hoods Take Over (By: Ovid Demaris)(1957) - #15
The Living End (By: Frank Kane)(1957) - #16
Dead Wrong (By: Lorenz Heller)(1957) - #17
The Last Notch (By: Matthew Gant)(1958) - #18
End of the Line (By: Bert and Dolores Hitchens)(1958) - #19
Angel's Flight (By: Lou Cameron)(1960) - #20
Frantic (By: Noël Calef)(1961) - #21
A Haven for the Damned (By: Harry Whittington)(1962) - #22
Frenzy of Evil (By: Henry Kane)(1963) - #23
Eddie's World (By: Charlie Stella)(2001) - #24
The Outer Limits, Volume 1 (By: Diane Duane)(1996) - #25
The Outer Limits, Volume Two(1998) - #26
The Outer Limits, Volume Three (By: Diane Duane)(1998)
- #1
The Fabulous Clipjoint(1947) - #2The Dead Ringer(1948)
- #3The Bloody Moonlight(1949)
- #4Compliments of a Fiend(1950)
- #5
Death Has Many Doors(1951) - #6
The Late Lamented(1959) - #7Mrs. Murphy's Underpants(1963)
- #1
The Great SF Stories 2 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1979) - #2
The Great SF Stories 3 (With: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1980) - #3
The Great SF Stories 4 (With: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1980) - #4
The Great SF Stories 5 (With: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1981) - #5
The Great SF Stories 6 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1981) - #6
The Great SF Stories 8 (With: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1982) - #7
The Great SF Stories 7 (With: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1982) - #8
The Great SF Stories 9 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1983) - #9
The Great SF Stories 10 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1983) - #10
The Great SF Stories 11 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1984) - #11
The Great SF Stories 12 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1984) - #12
The Great SF Stories 13 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1985) - #13
The Great SF Stories 14 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1986) - #14
The Great SF Stories 15 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1986) - #15
The Great SF Stories 16 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1987) - #16
The Great SF Stories 17 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg,Cordwainer Smith)(1988) - #17
The Great SF Stories 18 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1988) - #18
The Great SF Stories 20 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1989) - #19
The Great SF Stories 21 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1990) - #20
The Great SF Stories 22 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg,Cordwainer Smith)(1990) - #21
The Great SF Stories 19 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg)(1990) - #22
The Great SF Stories 23 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg,Cordwainer Smith)(1991) - #23
The Great SF Stories 24 (By: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg,Cordwainer Smith)(1992) - #24
Masked Detective, Spring 1942(1942) - #25
Planet Stories, Spring 1944(1944) - #26
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space(1946) - #27
Invasion From Mars:Interplanetary Stories(1949) - #28
The Classic Book of Science Fiction(1950) - #29Invaders of Earth(1952)
- #30
Science-Fiction Terror Tales(1955) - #31
Science-Fiction Carnival(1957) - #3250 Short Science Fiction Tales(1963)
- #33
The Unknown(1963) - #34
Connoisseur's Science Fiction(1964) - #35
Best of Science Fiction: No. 10(1964) - #36
If This Goes On(1965) - #37
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction(1966) - #38
The Stars And Under(1968) - #39
Tales of Time and Space(1969) - #40
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1: 1929-1964(1970) - #41
Demon Lovers and Strange Seductions(1971) - #42First Contact(1971)
- #43
The Astounding Analog Reader(1972) - #44
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two(1973) - #45
Great Black Magic Stories(1974) - #46
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow...(1974) - #47
Bug-Eyed Monsters(1974) - #48
Decade: The 1940's(1975) - #49
Arena: Sports Science Fiction(1976) - #50
Science Fiction of the Forties(1978) - #51
The Best of Astounding(1979) - #52
Shared Tomorrows(1979) - #53
Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology(1980) - #54
Thinking Machines(1981) - #55
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural(1981) - #56
Weekend Book of Science Fiction(1981) - #57
Arbor House Celebrity Book of Horror Stories(1982) - #58
Mad Scientists(1982) - #59
Earth Invaded(1982) - #60
Space Odyssey(1983) - #61
Caught in the Organ Draft(1983) - #62
Aliens from Analog(1983) - #63
Young Mutants(1984) - #64
Bug Awful(1984) - #65
13 Short Mystery Novels(1984) - #66
Tales of Mystery(1986) - #67Tales of the Dead(1986)
- #68
Strange Maine(1986) - #69
Devils & Demons(1987) - #70
The Monster Book of Monsters(1988) - #71
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories(1988) - #72
Weird Tales(1988) - #73
Witches & Warlocks(1989) - #74
Space Gladiators(1989) - #75
The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror(1992) - #76
Cats in Space... and Other Places(1992) - #77Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural(1994)
- #78
The Flying Sorcerers(1997) - #79
Blood Thirst(1997) - #80
American Pulp(1997) - #81
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings(1998) - #82
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens(1999) - #83
The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares(2000) - #84
A Century of Great Suspense Stories(2001) - #85The Best Time Travel Stories of All Time(2003)
- #86The World Turned Upside Down(2005)
- #87
Time Crime & Fourteen Other SciFi Classics from the 30's to the 60's(2009) - #88
Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2(2010) - #89The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories(2010)
- #90
G-Men Detective, November 1941(2012) - #91
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars(2012) - #92
Already Among Us(2012) - #93
Contact: Stories of the New World(2013) - #94
Classic Martian Stories(2014) - #95
Worst Contact(2016) - #96
Phantom Detective, April 1941(2016) - #97
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Twelve(2016) - #98
Space Pioneers(2018) - #99
The Big Book of Reel Murders(2019) - #100
Amazing Stories, Volume 87(2021) - #101
5 Detective Novels - Summer 1952(2022) - #102
Black Book Detective #53, September 1942(2022)
- #1Mitkey Astromouse(1941)
- #2
The Freakshow Murders(1943) - #3
One for the Road(1948) - #4
Murder Can Be Fun / A Plot for Murder(1948) - #5What Mad Universe(1949)
- #6
The Screaming Mimi(1949) - #7
Night of the Jabberwock(1950) - #8Here Comes a Candle(1950)
- #9The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches(1950)
- #10
The Far Cry(1951) - #11We All Killed Grandma(1952)
- #12
The Deep End(1952) - #13Madball(1953)
- #14The Wench is Dead(1953)
- #15
Project Jupiter / The Lights in the Sky are Stars(1953) - #16His Name Was Death(1954)
- #17
Martians, Go Home(1954) - #18The Lenient Beast(1956)
- #19
Rogue in Space(1957) - #20
The Office(1958) - #21Knock Three-One-Two(1959)
- #22The Murderers(1961)
- #23The Mind Thing(1961)
- #24
The Five-Day Nightmare(1962) - #25
Before She Kills(1984) - #26
Homicide Sanitarium(1984) - #27
Carnival of Crime(1985) - #28
Thirty Corpses Every Thursday(1986) - #29
Red is the Hue of Hell(1986) - #30
Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter(1986) - #31Keep Out(2011)
- #32
Life and Fire(1941) - #33
The Star Mouse(1941) - #34
Little Apple Hard to Peel(1942) - #35Arena(1944)
- #36
To Slay a Man About a Dog(1944) - #37
Murder and Matilda(1949) - #38Hall of Mirrors(1953)
- #39
Happy Ending (With: Mack Reynolds)(1957) - #40
Space on My Hands(1951) - #41
Star Shine / Angels and Spaceships(1956) - #42
Honeymoon In Hell(1958) - #43
Nightmares and Geezenstacks(1961) - #44
Daymares(1968) - #45
Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories(1973) - #46
The Best of Fredric Brown(1977) - #47
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown(1982) - #48
And the Gods Laughed(1987) - #49
From These Ashes(2002) - #50
Daymare and Other Tales from the Pulps(2007) - #51
Earthmen Bearing Gifts(2010) - #52
Two Timer(2011) - #53
The Proofreaders' Page and Other Uncollected Items(2011) - #54
Mostly Murder(2021) - #55
Fredric Brown. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories: Hall of Mirrors, Two Timer, Keep Out(2023)
About Fredric Brown
Fredric Brown is a celebrated American science fiction and mystery writer, renowned for his bold narrative experimentation in the genre fiction landscape. As a masterful storyteller, Brown has cultivated a devoted cult following over the decades, with his works periodically reprinted and cherished by fans worldwide, particularly in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. His impact is also evident in France, where recent movie adaptations of his work have further solidified his reputation. A newspaperman by profession, Brown dedicated 14 years to writing fiction full-time, often producing at a frenetic pace to make ends meet. His diverse interests, including the flute, chess, and the works of Lewis Carroll, reflect his cultured and inquisitive nature.
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