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Gary Phillips Books in Order
Gary Phillips is a Los Angeles-based author, renowned for crafting gripping novels and short stories centered around the intriguing PI Ivan Monk. A versatile individual with a diverse professional background, he has previously worked as a graveyard shift security guard, printer, union organizer, and co-director of the MultiCultural Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that promotes race relations and healing following the 1992 LA riots. Phillips has also served as the political director of a city council campaign. In addition to his literary pursuits, he contributes insightful commentary on politics and popular culture to prominent publications, including the Los Angeles Times, LA Watts Times, and Black Scholar.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Gary Phillips's book series? Gary Phillips has written 18 book series. The most notable is the Akashic Drug Chronicles series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Gary Phillips
- #1
The Cocaine Chronicles (With: Lee Child,Laura Lippman,Ken Bruen,Jervey Tervalon,Bill Moody)(2005) - #2
The Marijuana Chronicles (By: Jonathan Santlofer)(2013) - #3
The Nicotine Chronicles (By: Lee Child,Joyce Carol Oates,Hannah Tinti,Christopher Sorrentino,Cara Black,Lauren Sanders,Bernice L. McFadden,Jonathan Ames)(2020)
- #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
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 1 (With: Mel Odom,Andrew Salmon,Derrick Ferguson)(2016) - #2
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 2 (With: Mel Odom,Derrick Ferguson,Michael A. Black)(2017) - #3
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 3 (With: Mel Odom,Terry Alexander,R.A. Jones)(2018) - #4
Legends of the West (By: Michael A. Black)(2019) - #5
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 4 (By: Mel Odom)(2020) - #6
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal Volume 5 (With: Mel Odom,Rob Davis,Michael Panush,Thomas McNulty)(2022)
- #1
Tales Of The Demon (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1971) - #2
Batman Official Annual 1980 (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1979) - #3
Batman Official 1986 Annual. (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1985) - #4
AbsoluteYear One (By: Frank Miller)(1988) - #5
Annual 1989 (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1988) - #6
Batman Movie Adaptation (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1989) - #7
Challenge Of The Man-bat (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1989) - #8
Bride Of The Demon (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1990) - #9
Venom (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1991) - #10
Legends Of The Dark Knight Annual No. 2 (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1992) - #11
Birth Of The Demon (By: Dennis O'Neil,Mike W. Barr)(1992) - #12
Sword Of Azrael (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1993) - #13
Knightfall (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1994) - #14
Batman Forever (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1995) - #15
Death Of Innocents (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1996) - #16
Batman & Robin Movie Adaptation (By: Dennis O'Neil)(1997) - #17
The Brave And The Bold (By: Dennis O'Neil)(2004) - #18
The Man Who Laughs (By: Ed Brubaker,Doug Mahnke,Patrick Zircher,Steve Bird,Aaron Sowd)(2005) - #19
Batman Hush (By: Jeph Loeb)(2005) - #20
All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder (By: Frank Miller)(2008) - #21
World's Finest, Vol. 4 (By: Dennis O'Neil)(2012) - #22
Dark Night, Dark City (By: Peter Milligan)(2015) - #23
The Killing Joke (With: Christa Faust)(2018) - #24
Batman: Year One & Two (By: Alan Davis,Mike W. Barr,Frank Miller)(2024) - #25
Off-World (By: Jason Aaron)(2025)
- #1
10 Seconds To Death(2013)
- #1
High Rollers(2000) - #2
The Rinse Vol. 1(2011) - #3
Angeltown: The Nate Hollis Investigations(2011) - #4
Astonishing Heroes: Shades of Justice(2014) - #5
The Be-Bop Barbarians (With: Dale Berry)(2018)
- #1
The Concrete Smile (By: Frank Zafiro)(2019) - #2
People Like Us (By: J.D. Rhoades)(2019) - #3
The Whale (By: Lawrence Kelter)(2019) - #4
The Movie Makers(2019) - #5
Lost in Middle America (By: Colin Conway)(2019) - #6
Come the Apocalypse (By: Frank Zafiro)(2019) - #7
Losing Streak (By: Jim Wilsky)(2019) - #8
Gone Dead on You (By: Eryk Pruitt)(2020) - #9
Upgrade (By: Asa Maria Bradley)(2020) - #10
The Money Block (By: Holly West)(2020) - #11
The Sound of Breaking Bones (By: Eric Beetner)(2020) - #12
Still Life with Suitcase (By: Scott Eubanks)(2020) - #13
Down Comes the Night (By: Frank Zafiro)(2020) - #14
The Reckoner (By: Frank Zafiro)(2021) - #15
The Rule of Thirds (By: Matt Phillips)(2021) - #16
The Down and Out (By: Lawrence Maddox)(2021) - #17
Travel Money (By: Jonathan J. Brown)(2021) - #18
Rocky Mountain Lie (By: Michael Pool)(2021) - #19
Open Up Your Heart (By: Carmen Jaramillo)(2021) - #20
Ride Like Hell (By: S.A. Cosby)(2021) - #21
The Alpha Whisperer (By: Frank Zafiro)(2021) - #22
Dracula Wine (By: David Housewright)(2021) - #23
Diamond Dogs (By: Gabriel Valjan)(2022) - #24
Dusty and Bent (By: Trey R. Barker)(2022) - #25
Concrete and Cocaine (By: Vincent Zandri)(2022) - #26
The Low White Plain (By: Paul J. Garth)(2022) - #27
Dangerous to Know (By: Hilary Davidson)(2022) - #28
Madam Tomahawk (By: Nick Kolakowski)(2023) - #29
Good For It (By: T.G. Wolff)(2023) - #30
Outfoxed (By: Jeffery Hess)(2023) - #31
Somewhere Outside Salvation (By: James D.F. Hannah)(2023) - #32
Into the Dying Sun (By: Frank Zafiro)(2023)
- #1
Tacos de Cazuela con Smith & Wesson(2019) - #2
Three Brisket Tacos and a Sig Sauer (By: Michael Bracken)(2019) - #3
A Gyro and a Glock (By: Frank Zafiro)(2019) - #4
Three Chalupas, Rice, Soda…and a Kimber .45 (By: Trey R. Barker)(2019) - #5
Some Churros and El Burro (By: William Dylan Powell)(2019) - #6
A Beretta, Burritos and Bears (By: James A. Hearn)(2019) - #7
Burritos & Bullets (By: Eric Beetner)(2020) - #8
Jalapeño Poppers and a Flare Gun (By: Trey R. Barker,Michael Bracken)(2020) - #9
Four Shrimp Tacos and a Walther P38 (By: Alec Cizak)(2020) - #10
A Taco, A T-Bird, A Beretta and One Furious Night (By: Ann Aptaker)(2020) - #11
Sopa and a Streetsweeper (By: Ryan Sayles)(2020) - #12
Dos Tacos Guatemaltecos y Una Pistola Casera (By: Mark Troy)(2020) - #13
Two More Tacos, a Beretta .32, and a Pink Butterfly (By: Dave Zeltserman)(2021) - #14
Two Tamales, One Tokarev, and a Lifetime of Broken Promises (By: Stacy Woodson)(2021) - #15
Chimichangas and a Couple of Glocks (By: David H. Hendrickson)(2021) - #16
Refried Beans and a Snub-Nosed .44 (By: Hugh Lessig)(2021) - #17
Two Steak Taco Combos and a Pair of Sig Sauers (By: Neil S. Plakcy)(2021) - #18
A Smith & Wesson with a Side of Chorizo (By: Andrew Welsh-Huggins)(2021) - #19
Two Black Bean and Shrimp Quesadillas, and a Pink Ruger LCP (By: Joseph S. Walker)(2022) - #20
A Handful of Chicles and a Custom Nine (By: C.W. Blackwell)(2022) - #21
Two Shrimp Tacos and a .22 Ruger (By: Adam Meyer)(2022) - #22
Nachos, a Stun Gun, and a Wedding Ring (By: Karen E. Olson)(2022) - #23
No Food, No Drink, Just the Gun (By: Trey R. Barker)(2022)
- #1
One-Shot Harry(2022) - #2
Ash Dark as Night(2024)
- #1Violent Spring(1994)
- #2
Perdition, U.S.A.(1996) - #3
Bad Night Is Falling(1998) - #4
Only the Wicked(2000) - #5
Monkology(2004)
- #1
Low Down Dirty Vote(2018) - #2
Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 2(2020) - #3
Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3(2022)
- #1High Hand(2000)
- #2
Shooter's Point(2001) - #3The Perpetrators(2002)
- #1
Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem(2020)
- #1
Noir NationNo. 1 (By: J.J. Toner,Eddie Vega)(2011) - #2
Noir Nation No. 2 (By: Andrew Nette,Eddie Vega)(2012) - #3
Noir Nation No. 3: The India Issue (By: Ed Lynskey,Eddie Vega,Suparn Verma,Samrat)(2013) - #4
Noir Nation No. 6: The Jazz Issue(2017)
- #1
The Human Front (By: Ken MacLeod)(2001) - #2
The Left Left Behind (By: Terry Bisson,Eleanor Arnason)(2009) - #3
Lucky Strike (By: Kim Stanley Robinson)(2009) - #4
The Underbelly (With: Eleanor Arnason)(2010) - #5
Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)(2010) - #6
The Wild Girls (By: Ursula K. Le Guin,Eleanor Arnason)(2011) - #7
Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason)(2011) - #8
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (By: Cory Doctorow,Eleanor Arnason)(2011) - #9
Report from Planet Midnight (By: Nalo Hopkinson,Eleanor Arnason)(2012) - #10
The Science of Herself (By: Karen Joy Fowler,Eleanor Arnason)(2013) - #11
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (By: Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner)(2013) - #12
New Taboos (By: John Shirley)(2013) - #13
Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason)(2014) - #14
My Life, My Body (By: Marge Piercy)(2015) - #15
Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz,Eleanor Arnason)(2015) - #16
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (By: Joe R. Lansdale,Eleanor Arnason)(2016) - #17
Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason)(2017) - #18
Totalitopia (By: John Crowley)(2017) - #19
The Atheist in the Attic (By: Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason)(2018) - #20
Thoreau's Microscope (By: Michael Blumlein,Eleanor Arnason)(2018) - #21
The Beatrix Gates (By: Rachel Pollack)(2019) - #22
A City Made of Words (By: Paul Park)(2019) - #23
Big Girl (By: Meg Elison)(2020) - #24
Not What I Intended (By: Nancy Kress)(2025)
- #1
Peepland #1 (With: Christa Faust)(2016) - #2
Peepland #2 (With: Christa Faust)(2016) - #3
Peepland #3 (With: Christa Faust)(2017) - #4
Peepland #4 (With: Christa Faust)(2017) - #5
Peepland #5 (With: Christa Faust)(2017)
- #1
The Presidential Papers (By: John H. Kessel)(1984) - #2The Human Front (By: Ken MacLeod)(2001)
- #3The Underbelly (With: Eleanor Arnason)(2010)
- #4Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)(2010)
- #5Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason)(2011)
- #6
Surfing the Gnarl (By: Rudy Rucker)(2012) - #7Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (By: Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner)(2013)
- #8Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason)(2014)
- #9
Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz)(2015) - #10Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (By: Joe R. Lansdale,Eleanor Arnason)(2016)
- #11Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason)(2017)
- #12The Atheist in the Attic (By: Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason)(2018)
- #13
Talk Like a Man (By: Nisi Shawl)(2019) - #14
Big Girl (By: Meg Elison)(2020) - #15
Planetbreaker’s Son (By: Nick Mamatas)(2021) - #16
Utopias of the Third Kind (By: Vandana Singh)(2021) - #17
Night Shift (By: Eileen Gunn)(2022) - #18
The Collapsing Frontier (By: Jonathan Lethem)(2024) - #19
The Shamus Game(2000) - #20
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2(2000) - #21
The Mighty Johns(2002) - #22
...And Some of Them Are Dead(2002) - #23
Show Business is Murder(2004) - #24The Cocaine Chronicles(2005)
- #25
Full House(2007) - #26
Politics Noir(2008) - #27
The Darker Mask(2008) - #28
Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense(2009) - #29
Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!(2011) - #30
Shaken: Stories for Japan(2011) - #31
PULP INK(2011) - #32
In Pursuit of Spenser(2012) - #33
Blood & Tacos #1(2012) - #34
Black Pulp(2013) - #35
Blood & Tacos: The Beginning(2013) - #36
Gary Phillips' Hollis P.I.(2014) - #37Asian Pulp(2015)
- #38
Occupied Earth(2015) - #39Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 1(2016)
- #40
Crime Plus Music(2016) - #41
Crimespree Magazine #64(2016) - #42
44 Caliber Funk(2016) - #43Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 2(2017)
- #44Noir Nation No. 6: The Jazz Issue(2017)
- #45
The Obama Inheritance(2017) - #46
Passport to Murder(2017) - #47
18 Wheels of Science Fiction(2018) - #48Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 3(2018)
- #49
Gary Phillips' Hollis for Hire(2018) - #50
Black Pulp II(2019) - #51
Star Noir(2019) - #52
Guns + Tacos Vol. 1(2020) - #53
The Faking of the President(2020) - #54Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 2(2020)
- #55
Stop the World: Snapshots from a Pandemic(2020) - #56
Jukes & Tonks: Crime Fiction Inspired by Music in the Dark and Suspect Choices(2021) - #57
The Eviction of Hope(2021) - #58
Crime Hits Home(2022) - #59
South Central Noir(2022) - #60
Witnesses for the Dead(2022) - #61
Brutal & Strange(2023)
- #1
The Jook(1999) - #2Bangers(2003)
- #3Midnight Mover(2004)
- #4Freedom's Fight(2009)
- #5The Underbelly (With: Eleanor Arnason)(2010)
- #6
The Warlord of Willow Ridge(2012) - #7
The Anti-Gravity Steal(2014) - #8
The Extractors(2014) - #9
Culprits (With: Richard Brewer)(2024) - #10The Sleeping Detective(2000)
- #11Blazin’ on Broadway(2009)
- #12
Treacherous(2012) - #13
3 the Hard Way(2016) - #14
The Unvarnished Gary Phillips: A Mondo Pulp Collection(2023)
About Gary Phillips
Gary Phillips is a Los Angeles-based author, renowned for crafting gripping novels and short stories centered around the intriguing PI Ivan Monk. A versatile individual with a diverse professional background, he has previously worked as a graveyard shift security guard, printer, union organizer, and co-director of the MultiCultural Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that promotes race relations and healing following the 1992 LA riots. Phillips has also served as the political director of a city council campaign. In addition to his literary pursuits, he contributes insightful commentary on politics and popular culture to prominent publications, including the Los Angeles Times, LA Watts Times, and Black Scholar.
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