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James Grady Books in Order
James Grady is a renowned author of thrillers, police procedural, and espionage novels. He graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism in 1974, where he honed his writing skills. As a young journalist, Grady worked for United States Senator Lee Metcalf of Montana and later served as an investigative journalist for Jack Anderson, a prominent muckraker. His notable debut novel, Six Days of the Condor, was adapted into the 1975 film Three Days of the Condor, starring Robert Redford. Since the publication of his breakout novel, Grady has written numerous bestselling books, including works under his pseudonyms James Dalton and Brit Shelby.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of James Grady's book series? James Grady has written 9 book series. The most notable is the Akashic Noir series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by James Grady
- #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
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)(2012) - #2
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)(2012) - #3
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)(2012) - #4
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)(2012) - #5
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2012) - #6
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)(2012) - #7
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)(2013) - #8
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)(2013) - #9
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)(2013) - #10
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)(2013) - #11
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2014) - #12
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)(2014) - #13
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)(2014) - #14
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)(2014) - #15
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)(2014) - #16
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2014) - #17
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)(2014) - #18
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)(2014) - #19
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)(2014) - #20
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)(2015) - #21
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)(2015) - #22Condor in the Stacks(2015)
- #23
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2015) - #24
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)(2015) - #25
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015) - #26
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)(2016) - #27
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)(2016) - #28
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)(2016) - #29
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)(2016) - #30
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)(2016) - #31
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)(2017) - #32
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)(2018) - #33
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)(2018) - #34
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)(2018) - #35
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)(2018) - #36
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)(2020) - #37
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)(2022) - #38
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)(2022) - #39
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)(2022)
- #1
Six Days of the Condor(1974) - #2
Three Days of the Condor(1974) - #3Shadow of the Condor(1975)
- #4
condor.net(2011) - #5
Last Days of the Condor(2014) - #6Condor in the Stacks(2015)
- #7Next Day of the Condor(2015)
- #8
Condor: The Short Takes(2019)
- #1
Razor Game(1985) - #2
Just a Shot Away(1987)
- #1
Gargoyle Issue 15/16 (By: Richard Peabody)(1980) - #2
Gargoyle 14 (By: Richard Peabody)(1980) - #3
Gargoyle #22/23 (By: Richard Peabody)(1983) - #4
Gargoyle 24 (By: Richard Peabody)(1984) - #5
Gargoyle 25/26 Fiction/84 (By: Richard Peabody)(1984) - #6
Gargoyle: Fiction/86 (By: Richard Peabody)(1986) - #7
Gargoyle # 37/38 (By: Richard Peabody)(1990) - #8
Gargoyle 39/40 (By: Richard Peabody)(1997) - #9
Gargoyle 41 (By: Richard Peabody)(1998) - #10
Gargoyle 50 (By: Richard Peabody)(2005) - #11
Gargoyle 51 (By: Richard Peabody)(2006) - #12
Gargoyle 53 (By: Richard Peabody)(2008) - #13
Gargoyle 54 (By: Richard Peabody)(2009) - #14
Gargoyle #55 (By: Richard Peabody)(2009) - #15
Gargoyle 56 (By: Richard Peabody)(2010) - #16
Gargoyle #59 (By: Richard Peabody)(2013) - #17
Gargoyle 60 (By: Richard Peabody)(2013) - #18
Gargoyle #61 (By: Richard Peabody)(2014) - #19
Gargoyle #64 (By: Richard Peabody)(2016) - #20
Gargoyle 65 (By: Richard Peabody)(2016) - #21
Gargoyle 66 (By: Richard Peabody)(2016) - #22
Gargoyle 68 (By: Richard Peabody)(2018) - #23
Gargoyle 70 (By: Richard Peabody)(2019) - #24
Gargoyle 71 (By: Richard Peabody)(2020) - #25
Gargoyle 72 (By: Richard Peabody)(2020) - #26
Gargoyle #73 (By: Richard Peabody)(2021) - #27
Gargoyle 74 (By: Richard Peabody)(2021) - #28
Unusual Suspects(1996) - #29Watchlist(2009)
- #30
Son of Retro Pulp Tales(2009) - #31
Home Improvement: Undead Edition(2011) - #32
Inherit the Dead(2013) - #33
Explosions: Stories of Our Landmined World(2014) - #34
Just to Watch Them Die(2017) - #35
Invisible Blood(2019) - #36
Reports from the Deep End(2023) - #37
Birds, Strangers and Psychos(2025)
- #1The Chopin Manuscript(2007)
- #2
The Copper Bracelet(2009)
- #1
Runner in the Street(1984) - #2
Hard Bargains(1985)
- #1
Rambo (By: David Morrell)(2022) - #2Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By: Robert Crais)(2022)
- #3
Jack Taylor (By: Ken Bruen)(2022) - #4
Jack Reacher (By: Lee Child)(2022) - #5
Charlie Parker (By: John Connolly)(2022) - #6
Hieronymus Bosch (By: Michael Connelly)(2022) - #7
Lincoln Rhyme (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2022) - #8
Alex Delaware (By: Jonathan Kellerman)(2022) - #9
Tess Monaghan (By: Laura Lippman)(2022) - #10
Charlie Resnick (By: John Harvey)(2022) - #11
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By: Faye Kellerman)(2022) - #12
Inspector Morse (By: Colin Dexter)(2022) - #13
Dismas Hardy (By: John Lescroart)(2022) - #14
Bob Lee Swagger (By: Stephen Hunter)(2022) - #15
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast (By: Douglas Preston)(2022) - #16
Lou Boldt (By: Ridley Pearson)(2022) - #17
Spenser (By: Robert B. Parker)(2022) - #18
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (By: Anne Perry)(2022) - #19
John Rebus (By: Ian Rankin)(2022) - #20
Mallory (By: Carol O'Connell)(2022) - #21
Jane Whitefield (By: Thomas Perry)(2022) - #22
Ian Rutledge (By: Charles Todd)(2022) - #23
Amos Walker (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2022) - #24
Precious Ramotswe (By: Alexander McCall Smith)(2022) - #25
Maisie Dobbs (By: Jacqueline Winspear)(2022) - #26
The Lincoln Lawyer (By: Michael Connelly)(2022) - #27
Condor(2023) - #28
Ben Kincaid (By: William Bernhardt)(2023) - #29
Repairman Jack (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2023) - #30
Joe Pickett (By: C.J. Box)(2024) - #31
Peter Diamond (By: Peter Lovesey)(2024) - #32
Nathan Heller (By: Max Allan Collins)(2024)
- #1The Great Pebble Affair(1976)
- #2
Catch the Wind(1980) - #3
Steeltown(1988) - #4White Flame(1990)
- #5
River of Darkness / The Nature of the Game(1991) - #6
Thunder(1994) - #7
City of Shadows (As: James Dalton)(2000) - #8Mad Dogs(2006)
- #9
This Train(2022) - #10
The Smoke in Our Eyes(2024) - #11
American Sky(2025) - #12
This Given Sky(2011)
About James Grady
James Grady is a renowned author of thrillers, police procedural, and espionage novels. He graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism in 1974, where he honed his writing skills. As a young journalist, Grady worked for United States Senator Lee Metcalf of Montana and later served as an investigative journalist for Jack Anderson, a prominent muckraker. His notable debut novel, Six Days of the Condor, was adapted into the 1975 film Three Days of the Condor, starring Robert Redford. Since the publication of his breakout novel, Grady has written numerous bestselling books, including works under his pseudonyms James Dalton and Brit Shelby.
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