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Madison Smartt Bell

American author Madison Smartt Bell is best known for his acclaimed Haitian Revolution trilogy, including *All Souls' Rising*, a National Book Award finalist. His books have sold over one million copies. This page provides the Madison Smartt Bell books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1983The Washington Square EnsemblePOoSN · 1Buy ↗

1985History of the Owen SchoolPOoNB · 1Buy ↗

1985Waiting for the End of the WorldPOoSN · 2Buy ↗

1986Straight CutPOoSN · 3Buy ↗

1987Zero DB and Other StoriesPOoSSC · 1Buy ↗

1987The Year of SilencePOoSN · 4Buy ↗

1988New Stories from the South(By: Shannon Ravenel)POoNSFTSB · 1Buy ↗

1989Soldier's JoyPOoSN · 5Buy ↗

1990Barking Man and Other StoriesPOoSSC · 2Buy ↗

1991Doctor SleepPOoSN · 6Buy ↗

1992New Stories from the South 1992(By: Shannon Ravenel)POoNSFTSB · 2Buy ↗

1993New Stories from the South 1993(By: Shannon Ravenel)POoNSFTSB · 3Buy ↗

1993Save Me, Joe LouisPOoSN · 7Buy ↗

1994New Stories from the South 1994(By: Shannon Ravenel)POoNSFTSB · 4Buy ↗

1995All Souls' RisingPOoHRTB · 1Buy ↗

1995New Stories from the South 1995(By: Shannon Ravenel)POoNSFTSB · 5Buy ↗

1996New Stories from the South 1996(By: Shannon Ravenel)POoNSFTSB · 6Buy ↗

1996Ten IndiansPOoSN · 8Buy ↗

1997Narrative DesignPOoNB · 2Buy ↗

1997New Stories from the South 1997(By: Robert Olen Butler)POoNSFTSB · 7Buy ↗

1998New Stories from the South 1998(By: Padgett Powell)POoNSFTSB · 8Buy ↗

1999New Stories from the South 1999(By: Tony Earley)POoNSFTSB · 9Buy ↗

2000Master of the CrossroadsPOoHRTB · 2Buy ↗

2000New Stories from the South 2000(By: Ellen Douglas)POoNSFTSB · 10Buy ↗

2001New Stories from the South 2001(By: Lee Smith)POoNSFTSB · 11Buy ↗

2002San Francisco NoirPOoANB · 1Buy ↗

2002Anything GoesPOoSN · 9Buy ↗

2003Seattle NoirPOoANB · 2Buy ↗

2003Bronx NoirPOoANB · 3Buy ↗

2003New Stories from the South 2003(By: Shannon Ravenel)POoNSFTSB · 12Buy ↗

2004Einstein's Cosmos(By: Michio Kaku)POoGDB · 1Buy ↗

2004The Doctors' Plague(By: Sherwin B. Nuland)POoGDB · 2Buy ↗

2004The Stone That the Builder RefusedPOoHRTB · 3Buy ↗

2004Brooklyn NoirPOoANB · 4Buy ↗

2004Hasidic NoirPOoANB · 5Buy ↗

2004New Stories from the South 2004(By: Allan Gurganus)POoNSFTSB · 13Buy ↗

2005Lavoisier in the Year OnePOoGDB · 3Buy ↗

2005Incompleteness(By: Rebecca Goldstein)POoGDB · 4Buy ↗

2005Brooklyn Noir 2POoANB · 6Buy ↗

2005Chicago NoirPOoANB · 7Buy ↗

2005Dublin NoirPOoANB · 8Buy ↗

2005New Stories from the South, 2005(By: Jill McCorkle)POoNSFTSB · 14Buy ↗

2005Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South(By: Shannon Ravenel)POoNSFTSB · 15Buy ↗

2006The Man Who Knew Too Much(By: David Leavitt)POoGDB · 5Buy ↗

2006The Reluctant Mr. Darwin(By: David Quammen)POoGDB · 6Buy ↗

2006Miss Leavitt's Stars(By: George Johnson)POoGDB · 7Buy ↗

2006Manhattan NoirPOoANB · 9Buy ↗

2006Miami NoirPOoANB · 10Buy ↗

2006D.C. NoirPOoANB · 11Buy ↗

2006Baltimore NoirPOoANB · 12Buy ↗

2006Twin Cities NoirPOoANB · 13Buy ↗

2006London NoirPOoANB · 14Buy ↗

2006New Stories from the South 2006(By: Allan Gurganus,Kathy Pories)POoNSFTSB · 16Buy ↗

2007Charm CityPOoNB · 3Buy ↗

2007Toussaint LouverturePOoNB · 4Buy ↗

2007A Force of Nature(By: Richard Reeves)POoGDB · 8Buy ↗

2007New Orleans NoirPOoANB · 15Buy ↗

2007Los Angeles NoirPOoANB · 16Buy ↗

2007New Stories from the South 2007(By: Allan Gurganus)POoNSFTSB · 17Buy ↗

2007Wall Street NoirPOoANB · 17Buy ↗

2007Havana NoirPOoANB · 18Buy ↗

2007Detroit NoirPOoANB · 19Buy ↗

2008The Georgian Star(By: Michael D. Lemonick)POoGDB · 9Buy ↗

2008New Stories from the South 2008(By: Z.Z. Packer)POoNSFTSB · 18Buy ↗

2008Queens NoirPOoANB · 20Buy ↗

2008Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the TruthPOoANB · 21Buy ↗

2008Toronto NoirPOoANB · 22Buy ↗

2008Las Vegas NoirPOoANB · 23Buy ↗

2008Trinidad NoirPOoANB · 24Buy ↗

2008D.C. Noir 2POoANB · 25Buy ↗

2008Manhattan Noir 2POoANB · 26Buy ↗

2008Paris NoirPOoANB · 27Buy ↗

2008Istanbul NoirPOoANB · 28Buy ↗

2009Devil's DreamPOoSN · 10Buy ↗

2009The Earth Moves(By: Dan Hofstadter)POoGDB · 10Buy ↗

2009New Stories from the South 2009POoNSFTSB · 19Buy ↗

2009Boston NoirPOoANB · 29Buy ↗

2009Rome NoirPOoANB · 30Buy ↗

2009San Francisco Noir 2POoANB · 31Buy ↗

2009Portland NoirPOoANB · 32Buy ↗

2009Delhi NoirPOoANB · 33Buy ↗

2009Phoenix NoirPOoANB · 34Buy ↗

2010PreyPOoSS · 1Buy ↗

2010New Stories from the South 2010(By: Amy Hempel)POoNSFTSB · 20Buy ↗

2010Los Angeles Noir 2POoANB · 35Buy ↗

2010Mexico City NoirPOoANB · 36Buy ↗

2010Richmond NoirPOoANB · 37Buy ↗

2010Orange County NoirPOoANB · 38Buy ↗

2010Indian Country NoirPOoANB · 39Buy ↗

2010Moscow NoirPOoANB · 40Buy ↗

2010Lone Star NoirPOoANB · 41Buy ↗

2010Philadelphia NoirPOoANB · 42Buy ↗

2010Haiti NoirPOoANB · 43Buy ↗

2010Copenhagen NoirPOoANB · 44Buy ↗

2011The Color of NightPOoSN · 11Buy ↗

2011Quantum Man(By: Lawrence M. Krauss)POoGDB · 11Buy ↗

2011Boy With a CoinPOoSN · 12Buy ↗

2011Obsessive Genius(By: Barbara Goldsmith)POoGDB · 12Buy ↗

2011Pittsburgh NoirPOoANB · 45Buy ↗

2011San Diego NoirPOoANB · 46Buy ↗

2011Barcelona NoirPOoANB · 47Buy ↗

2011Cape Cod NoirPOoANB · 48Buy ↗

2011New Jersey NoirPOoANB · 49Buy ↗

2012Staten Island NoirPOoANB · 50Buy ↗

2012Mumbai NoirPOoANB · 51Buy ↗

2012Long Island NoirPOoANB · 52Buy ↗

2012Venice NoirPOoANB · 53Buy ↗

2012Kingston NoirPOoANB · 54Buy ↗

2012St. Petersburg NoirPOoANB · 55Buy ↗

2012Kansas City NoirPOoANB · 56Buy ↗

2012Boston Noir 2POoANB · 57Buy ↗

2013Zig Zag WandererPOoSSC · 3Buy ↗

2013USA NoirPOoANB · 58Buy ↗

2013Manila NoirPOoANB · 59Buy ↗

2013Buffalo NoirPOoANB · 60Buy ↗

2013Dallas NoirPOoANB · 61Buy ↗

2013Haiti Noir 2POoANB · 62Buy ↗

2014Singapore NoirPOoANB · 63Buy ↗

2014Prison NoirPOoANB · 64Buy ↗

2014Tel Aviv NoirPOoANB · 65Buy ↗

2014Tehran NoirPOoANB · 66Buy ↗

2014Belfast NoirPOoANB · 67Buy ↗

2014Helsinki NoirPOoANB · 68Buy ↗

2014Rio NoirPOoANB · 69Buy ↗

2015Providence NoirPOoANB · 70Buy ↗

2015Chicago Noir: The ClassicsPOoANB · 71Buy ↗

2015Memphis NoirPOoANB · 72Buy ↗

2015Zagreb NoirPOoANB · 73Buy ↗

2015Marseille NoirPOoANB · 74Buy ↗

2015Beirut NoirPOoANB · 75Buy ↗

2016New Orleans Noir: The ClassicsPOoANB · 76Buy ↗

2016Stockholm NoirPOoANB · 77Buy ↗

2016Brussels NoirPOoANB · 78Buy ↗

2016Mississippi NoirPOoANB · 79Buy ↗

2016St. Louis NoirPOoANB · 80Buy ↗

2016Prague NoirPOoANB · 81Buy ↗

2016San Juan NoirPOoANB · 82Buy ↗

2017Behind the MoonPOoSN · 13Buy ↗

2017Oakland NoirPOoANB · 83Buy ↗

2017Trinidad Noir: The ClassicsPOoANB · 84Buy ↗

2017Atlanta NoirPOoANB · 85Buy ↗

2017New Haven NoirPOoANB · 86Buy ↗

2017Montana NoirPOoANB · 87Buy ↗

2017Buenos Aires NoirPOoANB · 88Buy ↗

2017Montreal NoirPOoANB · 89Buy ↗

2018Berlin NoirPOoANB · 90Buy ↗

2018S�o Paulo NoirPOoANB · 91Buy ↗

2018Santa Cruz NoirPOoANB · 92Buy ↗

2018Lagos NoirPOoANB · 93Buy ↗

2018Marrakech NoirPOoANB · 94Buy ↗

2018Baghdad NoirPOoANB · 95Buy ↗

2018Vancouver NoirPOoANB · 96Buy ↗

2018Sydney NoirPOoANB · 97Buy ↗

2018Hong Kong NoirPOoANB · 98Buy ↗

2019Amsterdam NoirPOoANB · 99Buy ↗

2019Milwaukee NoirPOoANB · 100Buy ↗

2019Houston NoirPOoANB · 101Buy ↗

2020Child of Light: A Biography of Robert StonePOoNB · 5Buy ↗

2020Nairobi NoirPOoANB · 102Buy ↗

2020Columbus NoirPOoANB · 103Buy ↗

2020Santa Fe NoirPOoANB · 104Buy ↗

2020Alabama NoirPOoANB · 105Buy ↗

2020Berkeley NoirPOoANB · 106Buy ↗

2020Addis Ababa NoirPOoANB · 107Buy ↗

2020Tampa Bay NoirPOoANB · 108Buy ↗

2020Miami Noir: The ClassicsPOoANB · 109Buy ↗

2020Accra NoirPOoANB · 110Buy ↗

2020Belgrade NoirPOoANB · 111Buy ↗

2021Palm Springs NoirPOoANB · 112Buy ↗

2022Paris Noir: The SuburbsPOoANB · 113Buy ↗

2022Denver NoirPOoANB · 114Buy ↗

2022South Central NoirPOoANB · 115Buy ↗

2023Cleveland NoirPOoANB · 116Buy ↗

2023East Jerusalem NoirPOoANB · 117Buy ↗

2023West Jerusalem NoirPOoANB · 118Buy ↗

2024Honolulu NoirPOoANB · 119Buy ↗

2025Sacramento NoirPOoANB · 120Buy ↗

2025Hamburg NoirPOoANB · 121Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Short Story Collections3 books · 1987–2013

01Zero DB and Other Stories1987Buy ↗

02Barking Man and Other Stories1990Buy ↗

03Zig Zag Wanderer2013Buy ↗

Publication Order of Great Discoveries Books12 books · 2004–2011

01Einstein's Cosmos(By: Michio Kaku)2004Buy ↗

02The Doctors' Plague(By: Sherwin B. Nuland)2004Buy ↗

03Lavoisier in the Year One2005Buy ↗

04Incompleteness(By: Rebecca Goldstein)2005Buy ↗

05The Man Who Knew Too Much(By: David Leavitt)2006Buy ↗

06The Reluctant Mr. Darwin(By: David Quammen)2006Buy ↗

07Miss Leavitt's Stars(By: George Johnson)2006Buy ↗

08A Force of Nature(By: Richard Reeves)2007Buy ↗

09The Georgian Star(By: Michael D. Lemonick)2008Buy ↗

10The Earth Moves(By: Dan Hofstadter)2009Buy ↗

11Quantum Man(By: Lawrence M. Krauss)2011Buy ↗

12Obsessive Genius(By: Barbara Goldsmith)2011Buy ↗

Publication Order of New Stories From The South Books20 books · 1988–2010

01New Stories from the South(By: Shannon Ravenel)1988Buy ↗

02New Stories from the South 1992(By: Shannon Ravenel)1992Buy ↗

03New Stories from the South 1993(By: Shannon Ravenel)1993Buy ↗

04New Stories from the South 1994(By: Shannon Ravenel)1994Buy ↗

05New Stories from the South 1995(By: Shannon Ravenel)1995Buy ↗

06New Stories from the South 1996(By: Shannon Ravenel)1996Buy ↗

07New Stories from the South 1997(By: Robert Olen Butler)1997Buy ↗

08New Stories from the South 1998(By: Padgett Powell)1998Buy ↗

09New Stories from the South 1999(By: Tony Earley)1999Buy ↗

10New Stories from the South 2000(By: Ellen Douglas)2000Buy ↗

11New Stories from the South 2001(By: Lee Smith)2001Buy ↗

12New Stories from the South 2003(By: Shannon Ravenel)2003Buy ↗

13New Stories from the South 2004(By: Allan Gurganus)2004Buy ↗

14New Stories from the South, 2005(By: Jill McCorkle)2005Buy ↗

15Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South(By: Shannon Ravenel)2005Buy ↗

16New Stories from the South 2006(By: Allan Gurganus,Kathy Pories)2006Buy ↗

17New Stories from the South 2007(By: Allan Gurganus)2007Buy ↗

18New Stories from the South 2008(By: Z.Z. Packer)2008Buy ↗

19New Stories from the South 20092009Buy ↗

20New Stories from the South 2010(By: Amy Hempel)2010Buy ↗

Publication Order of Standalone Novels13 books · 1983–2017

01The Washington Square Ensemble1983Buy ↗

02Waiting for the End of the World1985Buy ↗

03Straight Cut1986Buy ↗

04The Year of Silence1987Buy ↗

05Soldier's Joy1989Buy ↗

06Doctor Sleep1991Buy ↗

07Save Me, Joe Louis1993Buy ↗

08Ten Indians1996Buy ↗

09Anything Goes2002Buy ↗

10Devil's Dream2009Buy ↗

11The Color of Night2011Buy ↗

12Boy With a Coin2011Buy ↗

13Behind the Moon2017Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas1 book · 2010

01Prey2010Buy ↗

Publication Order of Haitian Revolutionary Trilogy Books3 books · 1995–2004

01All Souls' Rising1995Buy ↗

02Master of the Crossroads2000Buy ↗

03The Stone That the Builder Refused2004Buy ↗

Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books121 books · 2002–2025

01San Francisco Noir2002Buy ↗

02Seattle Noir2003Buy ↗

03Bronx Noir2003Buy ↗

04Brooklyn Noir2004Buy ↗

05Hasidic Noir2004Buy ↗

06Brooklyn Noir 22005Buy ↗

07Chicago Noir2005Buy ↗

08Dublin Noir2005Buy ↗

09Manhattan Noir2006Buy ↗

10Miami Noir2006Buy ↗

11D.C. Noir2006Buy ↗

12Baltimore Noir2006Buy ↗

13Twin Cities Noir2006Buy ↗

14London Noir2006Buy ↗

15New Orleans Noir2007Buy ↗

16Los Angeles Noir2007Buy ↗

17Wall Street Noir2007Buy ↗

18Havana Noir2007Buy ↗

19Detroit Noir2007Buy ↗

20Queens Noir2008Buy ↗

21Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth2008Buy ↗

22Toronto Noir2008Buy ↗

23Las Vegas Noir2008Buy ↗

24Trinidad Noir2008Buy ↗

25D.C. Noir 22008Buy ↗

26Manhattan Noir 22008Buy ↗

27Paris Noir2008Buy ↗

28Istanbul Noir2008Buy ↗

29Boston Noir2009Buy ↗

30Rome Noir2009Buy ↗

31San Francisco Noir 22009Buy ↗

32Portland Noir2009Buy ↗

33Delhi Noir2009Buy ↗

34Phoenix Noir2009Buy ↗

35Los Angeles Noir 22010Buy ↗

36Mexico City Noir2010Buy ↗

37Richmond Noir2010Buy ↗

38Orange County Noir2010Buy ↗

39Indian Country Noir2010Buy ↗

40Moscow Noir2010Buy ↗

41Lone Star Noir2010Buy ↗

42Philadelphia Noir2010Buy ↗

43Haiti Noir2010Buy ↗

44Copenhagen Noir2010Buy ↗

45Pittsburgh Noir2011Buy ↗

46San Diego Noir2011Buy ↗

47Barcelona Noir2011Buy ↗

48Cape Cod Noir2011Buy ↗

49New Jersey Noir2011Buy ↗

50Staten Island Noir2012Buy ↗

51Mumbai Noir2012Buy ↗

52Long Island Noir2012Buy ↗

53Venice Noir2012Buy ↗

54Kingston Noir2012Buy ↗

55St. Petersburg Noir2012Buy ↗

56Kansas City Noir2012Buy ↗

57Boston Noir 22012Buy ↗

58USA Noir2013Buy ↗

59Manila Noir2013Buy ↗

60Buffalo Noir2013Buy ↗

61Dallas Noir2013Buy ↗

62Haiti Noir 22013Buy ↗

63Singapore Noir2014Buy ↗

64Prison Noir2014Buy ↗

65Tel Aviv Noir2014Buy ↗

66Tehran Noir2014Buy ↗

67Belfast Noir2014Buy ↗

68Helsinki Noir2014Buy ↗

69Rio Noir2014Buy ↗

70Providence Noir2015Buy ↗

71Chicago Noir: The Classics2015Buy ↗

72Memphis Noir2015Buy ↗

73Zagreb Noir2015Buy ↗

74Marseille Noir2015Buy ↗

75Beirut Noir2015Buy ↗

76New Orleans Noir: The Classics2016Buy ↗

77Stockholm Noir2016Buy ↗

78Brussels Noir2016Buy ↗

79Mississippi Noir2016Buy ↗

80St. Louis Noir2016Buy ↗

81Prague Noir2016Buy ↗

82San Juan Noir2016Buy ↗

83Oakland Noir2017Buy ↗

84Trinidad Noir: The Classics2017Buy ↗

85Atlanta Noir2017Buy ↗

86New Haven Noir2017Buy ↗

87Montana Noir2017Buy ↗

88Buenos Aires Noir2017Buy ↗

89Montreal Noir2017Buy ↗

90Berlin Noir2018Buy ↗

91S�o Paulo Noir2018Buy ↗

92Santa Cruz Noir2018Buy ↗

93Lagos Noir2018Buy ↗

94Marrakech Noir2018Buy ↗

95Baghdad Noir2018Buy ↗

96Vancouver Noir2018Buy ↗

97Sydney Noir2018Buy ↗

98Hong Kong Noir2018Buy ↗

99Amsterdam Noir2019Buy ↗

100Milwaukee Noir2019Buy ↗

101Houston Noir2019Buy ↗

102Nairobi Noir2020Buy ↗

103Columbus Noir2020Buy ↗

104Santa Fe Noir2020Buy ↗

105Alabama Noir2020Buy ↗

106Berkeley Noir2020Buy ↗

107Addis Ababa Noir2020Buy ↗

108Tampa Bay Noir2020Buy ↗

109Miami Noir: The Classics2020Buy ↗

110Accra Noir2020Buy ↗

111Belgrade Noir2020Buy ↗

112Palm Springs Noir2021Buy ↗

113Paris Noir: The Suburbs2022Buy ↗

114Denver Noir2022Buy ↗

115South Central Noir2022Buy ↗

116Cleveland Noir2023Buy ↗

117East Jerusalem Noir2023Buy ↗

118West Jerusalem Noir2023Buy ↗

119Honolulu Noir2024Buy ↗

120Sacramento Noir2025Buy ↗

121Hamburg Noir2025Buy ↗

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books5 books · 1985–2020

01History of the Owen School1985Buy ↗

02Narrative Design1997Buy ↗

03Charm City2007Buy ↗

04Toussaint Louverture2007Buy ↗

05Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone2020Buy ↗

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