InCryptid Reading Order: Seanan McGuire's Urban Fantasy

Seanan McGuire’s InCryptid series is one of urban fantasy’s best-kept secrets — the Price family are cryptozoologists who protect the monsters living secretly among us, narrated across the books by different family members (and a chorus of religious mice). Witty, warm, and inventive. Read in publication order.

The complete reading order

1. Discount Armageddon (2012)
2. Midnight Blue-Light Special (2013)
3. Half-Off Ragnarok (2014)
4. Pocket Apocalypse (2015)
5. Chaos Choreography (2016)
6. Magic for Nothing (2017)
7. Tricks for Free (2018)
8. That Ain’t Witchcraft (2019)
9. Imaginary Numbers (2020)
10. Calculated Risks (2021)
11. Spelunking Through Hell (2022)
12. Backpacking Through Bedlam (2023)
13. Aftermarket Afterlife (2024)
14. Installment Immortality (2025)

The series is best read in publication order.

Where to start

Discount Armageddon (book one). Fun, fast, and big-hearted urban fantasy — and yes, the Aeslin mice are the best part.

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