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Madison Smartt Bell Books in Order

Find every Madison Smartt Bell book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 178 books / 8 series

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 Madison Smartt Bell Books in Chronological Order

1983 The Washington Square Ensemble POoSN / 1 Buy
1985 History of the Owen School POoNB / 1 Buy
1985 Waiting for the End of the World POoSN / 2 Buy
1986 Straight Cut POoSN / 3 Buy
1987 Zero DB and Other Stories POoSSC / 1 Buy
1987 The Year of Silence POoSN / 4 Buy
1988 New Stories from the South(By: Shannon Ravenel) POoNSFTSB / 1 Buy
1989 Soldier's Joy POoSN / 5 Buy
1990 Barking Man and Other Stories POoSSC / 2 Buy
1991 Doctor Sleep POoSN / 6 Buy
1992 New Stories from the South 1992(By: Shannon Ravenel) POoNSFTSB / 2 Buy
1993 New Stories from the South 1993(By: Shannon Ravenel) POoNSFTSB / 3 Buy
1993 Save Me, Joe Louis POoSN / 7 Buy
1994 New Stories from the South 1994(By: Shannon Ravenel) POoNSFTSB / 4 Buy
1995 All Souls' Rising POoHRTB / 1 Buy
1995 New Stories from the South 1995(By: Shannon Ravenel) POoNSFTSB / 5 Buy
1996 New Stories from the South 1996(By: Shannon Ravenel) POoNSFTSB / 6 Buy
1996 Ten Indians POoSN / 8 Buy
1997 Narrative Design POoNB / 2 Buy
1997 New Stories from the South 1997(By: Robert Olen Butler) POoNSFTSB / 7 Buy
1998 New Stories from the South 1998(By: Padgett Powell) POoNSFTSB / 8 Buy
1999 New Stories from the South 1999(By: Tony Earley) POoNSFTSB / 9 Buy
2000 Master of the Crossroads POoHRTB / 2 Buy
2000 New Stories from the South 2000(By: Ellen Douglas) POoNSFTSB / 10 Buy
2001 New Stories from the South 2001(By: Lee Smith) POoNSFTSB / 11 Buy
2002 San Francisco Noir POoANB / 1 Buy
2002 Anything Goes POoSN / 9 Buy
2003 Seattle Noir POoANB / 2 Buy
2003 Bronx Noir POoANB / 3 Buy
2003 New Stories from the South 2003(By: Shannon Ravenel) POoNSFTSB / 12 Buy
2004 Einstein's Cosmos(By: Michio Kaku) POoGDB / 1 Buy
2004 The Doctors' Plague(By: Sherwin B. Nuland) POoGDB / 2 Buy
2004 The Stone That the Builder Refused POoHRTB / 3 Buy
2004 Brooklyn Noir POoANB / 4 Buy
2004 Hasidic Noir POoANB / 5 Buy
2004 New Stories from the South 2004(By: Allan Gurganus) POoNSFTSB / 13 Buy
2005 Lavoisier in the Year One POoGDB / 3 Buy
2005 Incompleteness(By: Rebecca Goldstein) POoGDB / 4 Buy
2005 Brooklyn Noir 2 POoANB / 6 Buy
2005 Chicago Noir POoANB / 7 Buy
2005 Dublin Noir POoANB / 8 Buy
2005 New Stories from the South, 2005(By: Jill McCorkle) POoNSFTSB / 14 Buy
2005 Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South(By: Shannon Ravenel) POoNSFTSB / 15 Buy
2006 The Man Who Knew Too Much(By: David Leavitt) POoGDB / 5 Buy
2006 The Reluctant Mr. Darwin(By: David Quammen) POoGDB / 6 Buy
2006 Miss Leavitt's Stars(By: George Johnson) POoGDB / 7 Buy
2006 Manhattan Noir POoANB / 9 Buy
2006 Miami Noir POoANB / 10 Buy
2006 D.C. Noir POoANB / 11 Buy
2006 Baltimore Noir POoANB / 12 Buy
2006 Twin Cities Noir POoANB / 13 Buy
2006 London Noir POoANB / 14 Buy
2006 New Stories from the South 2006(By: Allan Gurganus,Kathy Pories) POoNSFTSB / 16 Buy
2007 Charm City POoNB / 3 Buy
2007 Toussaint Louverture POoNB / 4 Buy
2007 A Force of Nature(By: Richard Reeves) POoGDB / 8 Buy
2007 New Orleans Noir POoANB / 15 Buy
2007 Los Angeles Noir POoANB / 16 Buy
2007 New Stories from the South 2007(By: Allan Gurganus) POoNSFTSB / 17 Buy
2007 Wall Street Noir POoANB / 17 Buy
2007 Havana Noir POoANB / 18 Buy
2007 Detroit Noir POoANB / 19 Buy
2008 The Georgian Star(By: Michael D. Lemonick) POoGDB / 9 Buy
2008 New Stories from the South 2008(By: Z.Z. Packer) POoNSFTSB / 18 Buy
2008 Queens Noir POoANB / 20 Buy
2008 Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth POoANB / 21 Buy
2008 Toronto Noir POoANB / 22 Buy
2008 Las Vegas Noir POoANB / 23 Buy
2008 Trinidad Noir POoANB / 24 Buy
2008 D.C. Noir 2 POoANB / 25 Buy
2008 Manhattan Noir 2 POoANB / 26 Buy
2008 Paris Noir POoANB / 27 Buy
2008 Istanbul Noir POoANB / 28 Buy
2009 Devil's Dream POoSN / 10 Buy
2009 The Earth Moves(By: Dan Hofstadter) POoGDB / 10 Buy
2009 New Stories from the South 2009 POoNSFTSB / 19 Buy
2009 Boston Noir POoANB / 29 Buy
2009 Rome Noir POoANB / 30 Buy
2009 San Francisco Noir 2 POoANB / 31 Buy
2009 Portland Noir POoANB / 32 Buy
2009 Delhi Noir POoANB / 33 Buy
2009 Phoenix Noir POoANB / 34 Buy
2010 Prey POoSS / 1 Buy
2010 New Stories from the South 2010(By: Amy Hempel) POoNSFTSB / 20 Buy
2010 Los Angeles Noir 2 POoANB / 35 Buy
2010 Mexico City Noir POoANB / 36 Buy
2010 Richmond Noir POoANB / 37 Buy
2010 Orange County Noir POoANB / 38 Buy
2010 Indian Country Noir POoANB / 39 Buy
2010 Moscow Noir POoANB / 40 Buy
2010 Lone Star Noir POoANB / 41 Buy
2010 Philadelphia Noir POoANB / 42 Buy
2010 Haiti Noir POoANB / 43 Buy
2010 Copenhagen Noir POoANB / 44 Buy
2011 The Color of Night POoSN / 11 Buy
2011 Quantum Man(By: Lawrence M. Krauss) POoGDB / 11 Buy
2011 Obsessive Genius(By: Barbara Goldsmith) POoGDB / 12 Buy
2011 Boy With a Coin POoSN / 12 Buy
2011 Pittsburgh Noir POoANB / 45 Buy
2011 San Diego Noir POoANB / 46 Buy
2011 Barcelona Noir POoANB / 47 Buy
2011 Cape Cod Noir POoANB / 48 Buy
2011 New Jersey Noir POoANB / 49 Buy
2012 Staten Island Noir POoANB / 50 Buy
2012 Mumbai Noir POoANB / 51 Buy
2012 Long Island Noir POoANB / 52 Buy
2012 Venice Noir POoANB / 53 Buy
2012 Kingston Noir POoANB / 54 Buy
2012 St. Petersburg Noir POoANB / 55 Buy
2012 Kansas City Noir POoANB / 56 Buy
2012 Boston Noir 2 POoANB / 57 Buy
2013 Zig Zag Wanderer POoSSC / 3 Buy
2013 USA Noir POoANB / 58 Buy
2013 Manila Noir POoANB / 59 Buy
2013 Buffalo Noir POoANB / 60 Buy
2013 Dallas Noir POoANB / 61 Buy
2013 Haiti Noir 2 POoANB / 62 Buy
2014 Singapore Noir POoANB / 63 Buy
2014 Prison Noir POoANB / 64 Buy
2014 Tel Aviv Noir POoANB / 65 Buy
2014 Tehran Noir POoANB / 66 Buy
2014 Belfast Noir POoANB / 67 Buy
2014 Helsinki Noir POoANB / 68 Buy
2014 Rio Noir POoANB / 69 Buy
2015 Providence Noir POoANB / 70 Buy
2015 Chicago Noir: The Classics POoANB / 71 Buy
2015 Memphis Noir POoANB / 72 Buy
2015 Zagreb Noir POoANB / 73 Buy
2015 Marseille Noir POoANB / 74 Buy
2015 Beirut Noir POoANB / 75 Buy
2016 New Orleans Noir: The Classics POoANB / 76 Buy
2016 Stockholm Noir POoANB / 77 Buy
2016 Brussels Noir POoANB / 78 Buy
2016 Mississippi Noir POoANB / 79 Buy
2016 St. Louis Noir POoANB / 80 Buy
2016 Prague Noir POoANB / 81 Buy
2016 San Juan Noir POoANB / 82 Buy
2017 Behind the Moon POoSN / 13 Buy
2017 Oakland Noir POoANB / 83 Buy
2017 Trinidad Noir: The Classics POoANB / 84 Buy
2017 Atlanta Noir POoANB / 85 Buy
2017 New Haven Noir POoANB / 86 Buy
2017 Montana Noir POoANB / 87 Buy
2017 Buenos Aires Noir POoANB / 88 Buy
2017 Montreal Noir POoANB / 89 Buy
2018 Berlin Noir POoANB / 90 Buy
2018 S’o Paulo Noir POoANB / 91 Buy
2018 Santa Cruz Noir POoANB / 92 Buy
2018 Lagos Noir POoANB / 93 Buy
2018 Marrakech Noir POoANB / 94 Buy
2018 Baghdad Noir POoANB / 95 Buy
2018 Vancouver Noir POoANB / 96 Buy
2018 Sydney Noir POoANB / 97 Buy
2018 Hong Kong Noir POoANB / 98 Buy
2019 Amsterdam Noir POoANB / 99 Buy
2019 Milwaukee Noir POoANB / 100 Buy
2019 Houston Noir POoANB / 101 Buy
2020 Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone POoNB / 5 Buy
2020 Nairobi Noir POoANB / 102 Buy
2020 Columbus Noir POoANB / 103 Buy
2020 Santa Fe Noir POoANB / 104 Buy
2020 Alabama Noir POoANB / 105 Buy
2020 Berkeley Noir POoANB / 106 Buy
2020 Addis Ababa Noir POoANB / 107 Buy
2020 Tampa Bay Noir POoANB / 108 Buy
2020 Miami Noir: The Classics POoANB / 109 Buy
2020 Accra Noir POoANB / 110 Buy
2020 Belgrade Noir POoANB / 111 Buy
2021 Palm Springs Noir POoANB / 112 Buy
2022 Paris Noir: The Suburbs POoANB / 113 Buy
2022 Denver Noir POoANB / 114 Buy
2022 South Central Noir POoANB / 115 Buy
2023 Cleveland Noir POoANB / 116 Buy
2023 East Jerusalem Noir POoANB / 117 Buy
2023 West Jerusalem Noir POoANB / 118 Buy
2024 Honolulu Noir POoANB / 119 Buy
2025 Sacramento Noir POoANB / 120 Buy
2025 Hamburg Noir POoANB / 121 Buy

Madison Smartt Bell Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Zero DB and Other Stories 1987 Buy
02 Barking Man and Other Stories 1990 Buy
03 Zig Zag Wanderer 2013 Buy
01 Einstein's Cosmos(By: Michio Kaku) 2004 Buy
02 The Doctors' Plague(By: Sherwin B. Nuland) 2004 Buy
03 Lavoisier in the Year One 2005 Buy
04 Incompleteness(By: Rebecca Goldstein) 2005 Buy
05 The Man Who Knew Too Much(By: David Leavitt) 2006 Buy
06 The Reluctant Mr. Darwin(By: David Quammen) 2006 Buy
07 Miss Leavitt's Stars(By: George Johnson) 2006 Buy
08 A Force of Nature(By: Richard Reeves) 2007 Buy
09 The Georgian Star(By: Michael D. Lemonick) 2008 Buy
10 The Earth Moves(By: Dan Hofstadter) 2009 Buy
11 Quantum Man(By: Lawrence M. Krauss) 2011 Buy
12 Obsessive Genius(By: Barbara Goldsmith) 2011 Buy
01 New Stories from the South(By: Shannon Ravenel) 1988 Buy
02 New Stories from the South 1992(By: Shannon Ravenel) 1992 Buy
03 New Stories from the South 1993(By: Shannon Ravenel) 1993 Buy
04 New Stories from the South 1994(By: Shannon Ravenel) 1994 Buy
05 New Stories from the South 1995(By: Shannon Ravenel) 1995 Buy
06 New Stories from the South 1996(By: Shannon Ravenel) 1996 Buy
07 New Stories from the South 1997(By: Robert Olen Butler) 1997 Buy
08 New Stories from the South 1998(By: Padgett Powell) 1998 Buy
09 New Stories from the South 1999(By: Tony Earley) 1999 Buy
10 New Stories from the South 2000(By: Ellen Douglas) 2000 Buy
11 New Stories from the South 2001(By: Lee Smith) 2001 Buy
12 New Stories from the South 2003(By: Shannon Ravenel) 2003 Buy
13 New Stories from the South 2004(By: Allan Gurganus) 2004 Buy
14 New Stories from the South, 2005(By: Jill McCorkle) 2005 Buy
15 Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South(By: Shannon Ravenel) 2005 Buy
16 New Stories from the South 2006(By: Allan Gurganus,Kathy Pories) 2006 Buy
17 New Stories from the South 2007(By: Allan Gurganus) 2007 Buy
18 New Stories from the South 2008(By: Z.Z. Packer) 2008 Buy
19 New Stories from the South 2009 2009 Buy
20 New Stories from the South 2010(By: Amy Hempel) 2010 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 13 books / 1983-2017
01 The Washington Square Ensemble 1983 Buy
02 Waiting for the End of the World 1985 Buy
03 Straight Cut 1986 Buy
04 The Year of Silence 1987 Buy
05 Soldier's Joy 1989 Buy
06 Doctor Sleep 1991 Buy
07 Save Me, Joe Louis 1993 Buy
08 Ten Indians 1996 Buy
09 Anything Goes 2002 Buy
10 Devil's Dream 2009 Buy
11 The Color of Night 2011 Buy
12 Boy With a Coin 2011 Buy
13 Behind the Moon 2017 Buy
01 All Souls' Rising 1995 Buy
02 Master of the Crossroads 2000 Buy
03 The Stone That the Builder Refused 2004 Buy
Akashic Noir Books in Reading Order 121 books / 2002-2025
01 San Francisco Noir 2002 Buy
02 Seattle Noir 2003 Buy
03 Bronx Noir 2003 Buy
04 Brooklyn Noir 2004 Buy
05 Hasidic Noir 2004 Buy
06 Brooklyn Noir 2 2005 Buy
07 Chicago Noir 2005 Buy
08 Dublin Noir 2005 Buy
09 Manhattan Noir 2006 Buy
10 Miami Noir 2006 Buy
11 D.C. Noir 2006 Buy
12 Baltimore Noir 2006 Buy
13 Twin Cities Noir 2006 Buy
14 London Noir 2006 Buy
15 New Orleans Noir 2007 Buy
16 Los Angeles Noir 2007 Buy
17 Wall Street Noir 2007 Buy
18 Havana Noir 2007 Buy
19 Detroit Noir 2007 Buy
20 Queens Noir 2008 Buy
21 Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008 Buy
22 Toronto Noir 2008 Buy
23 Las Vegas Noir 2008 Buy
24 Trinidad Noir 2008 Buy
25 D.C. Noir 2 2008 Buy
26 Manhattan Noir 2 2008 Buy
27 Paris Noir 2008 Buy
28 Istanbul Noir 2008 Buy
29 Boston Noir 2009 Buy
30 Rome Noir 2009 Buy
31 San Francisco Noir 2 2009 Buy
32 Portland Noir 2009 Buy
33 Delhi Noir 2009 Buy
34 Phoenix Noir 2009 Buy
35 Los Angeles Noir 2 2010 Buy
36 Mexico City Noir 2010 Buy
37 Richmond Noir 2010 Buy
38 Orange County Noir 2010 Buy
39 Indian Country Noir 2010 Buy
40 Moscow Noir 2010 Buy
41 Lone Star Noir 2010 Buy
42 Philadelphia Noir 2010 Buy
43 Haiti Noir 2010 Buy
44 Copenhagen Noir 2010 Buy
45 Pittsburgh Noir 2011 Buy
46 San Diego Noir 2011 Buy
47 Barcelona Noir 2011 Buy
48 Cape Cod Noir 2011 Buy
49 New Jersey Noir 2011 Buy
50 Staten Island Noir 2012 Buy
51 Mumbai Noir 2012 Buy
52 Long Island Noir 2012 Buy
53 Venice Noir 2012 Buy
54 Kingston Noir 2012 Buy
55 St. Petersburg Noir 2012 Buy
56 Kansas City Noir 2012 Buy
57 Boston Noir 2 2012 Buy
58 USA Noir 2013 Buy
59 Manila Noir 2013 Buy
60 Buffalo Noir 2013 Buy
61 Dallas Noir 2013 Buy
62 Haiti Noir 2 2013 Buy
63 Singapore Noir 2014 Buy
64 Prison Noir 2014 Buy
65 Tel Aviv Noir 2014 Buy
66 Tehran Noir 2014 Buy
67 Belfast Noir 2014 Buy
68 Helsinki Noir 2014 Buy
69 Rio Noir 2014 Buy
70 Providence Noir 2015 Buy
71 Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015 Buy
72 Memphis Noir 2015 Buy
73 Zagreb Noir 2015 Buy
74 Marseille Noir 2015 Buy
75 Beirut Noir 2015 Buy
76 New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016 Buy
77 Stockholm Noir 2016 Buy
78 Brussels Noir 2016 Buy
79 Mississippi Noir 2016 Buy
80 St. Louis Noir 2016 Buy
81 Prague Noir 2016 Buy
82 San Juan Noir 2016 Buy
83 Oakland Noir 2017 Buy
84 Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017 Buy
85 Atlanta Noir 2017 Buy
86 New Haven Noir 2017 Buy
87 Montana Noir 2017 Buy
88 Buenos Aires Noir 2017 Buy
89 Montreal Noir 2017 Buy
90 Berlin Noir 2018 Buy
91 S’o Paulo Noir 2018 Buy
92 Santa Cruz Noir 2018 Buy
93 Lagos Noir 2018 Buy
94 Marrakech Noir 2018 Buy
95 Baghdad Noir 2018 Buy
96 Vancouver Noir 2018 Buy
97 Sydney Noir 2018 Buy
98 Hong Kong Noir 2018 Buy
99 Amsterdam Noir 2019 Buy
100 Milwaukee Noir 2019 Buy
101 Houston Noir 2019 Buy
102 Nairobi Noir 2020 Buy
103 Columbus Noir 2020 Buy
104 Santa Fe Noir 2020 Buy
105 Alabama Noir 2020 Buy
106 Berkeley Noir 2020 Buy
107 Addis Ababa Noir 2020 Buy
108 Tampa Bay Noir 2020 Buy
109 Miami Noir: The Classics 2020 Buy
110 Accra Noir 2020 Buy
111 Belgrade Noir 2020 Buy
112 Palm Springs Noir 2021 Buy
113 Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022 Buy
114 Denver Noir 2022 Buy
115 South Central Noir 2022 Buy
116 Cleveland Noir 2023 Buy
117 East Jerusalem Noir 2023 Buy
118 West Jerusalem Noir 2023 Buy
119 Honolulu Noir 2024 Buy
120 Sacramento Noir 2025 Buy
121 Hamburg Noir 2025 Buy
01 History of the Owen School 1985 Buy
02 Narrative Design 1997 Buy
03 Charm City 2007 Buy
04 Toussaint Louverture 2007 Buy
05 Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone 2020 Buy

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Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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