Reading order · 12 books · 2012 to 2023 · Set in various places
InCryptid Books in Order
InCryptid follows the Price family, who protect the cryptids of the world, from dragons to talking mice, from the monster hunters of the Covenant. Funny, fast urban fantasy.
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Series facts
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2012 to 2023
- First book
- Discount Armageddon
- Latest
- Backpacking Through Bedlam (2023)
- Setting
- Set in various places
The reading order
Every InCryptid book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
12 books · Set in various places
- 1Discount Armageddon2012With Verity PriceVerity Price, a cryptozoologist who would rather be a ballroom dancer, protects the hidden monsters of New York, and meets a member of the Covenant, the monster hunters sworn to destroy them.Buy on Amazon
- 2Midnight Blue-Light Special2013With Verity PriceVerity faces the Covenant’s arrival in New York.Buy on Amazon
- 3Half-Off Ragnarok2014With Alex PriceAlex Price, a herpetologist at an Ohio zoo, investigates as people begin to turn to stone.Buy on Amazon
- 4Pocket Apocalypse2015With Alex PriceAlex travels to Australia, where a werewolf outbreak threatens the continent.Buy on Amazon
- 5Chaos Choreography2016With Verity PriceVerity returns to the television dance competition that once made her famous.Buy on Amazon
- 6Magic for Nothing2017With Antimony PriceAntimony, the youngest Price, goes undercover inside the Covenant in London.Buy on Amazon
- 7Tricks for Free2018With Antimony PriceOn the run, Antimony takes a job at a Florida theme park.Buy on Amazon
- 8That Ain't Witchcraft2019With Antimony PriceThe eighth InCryptid novel follows the Price family, who protect the cryptids living hidden among ordinary people, as new dangers gather.Buy on Amazon
- 9Imaginary Numbers2020With Sarah ZellabySarah Zellaby, a telepathic cryptid adopted by the Prices, faces the truth about what she is.Buy on Amazon
- 10Calculated Risks2021With Sarah ZellabySarah and her friends are stranded in another dimension.Buy on Amazon
- 11Spelunking Through Hell2022With Alice HealyAlice Healy, the Prices’ grandmother, travels between dimensions in search of her missing husband.Buy on Amazon
- 12Backpacking Through Bedlam2023With Alice HealyAfter fifty years of searching, Alice Price-Healy brings her husband home, only to be drawn into the Covenant’s campaign to retake North America.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with Discount Armageddon. Each pair or trio of books follows a different family member.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Verity Price | Antimony Price | Alex Price | Sarah Zellaby | Alice Healy | The Aeslin mice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Discount Armageddon | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 2 Midnight Blue-Light Special | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 3 Half-Off Ragnarok | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 4 Pocket Apocalypse | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 5 Chaos Choreography | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 6 Magic for Nothing | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 7 Tricks for Free | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 8 That Ain't Witchcraft | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 9 Imaginary Numbers | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 10 Calculated Risks | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 11 Spelunking Through Hell | LLead | ·Minor | ||||
| 12 Backpacking Through Bedlam | LLead | ·Minor |
Characters in the InCryptid books
6 characters from Seanan McGuire’s chart, with the number of InCryptid books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Verity PriceCryptozoologist and ballroom dancer | 3 | Discount Armageddon 2012 |
| Antimony PriceYoungest Price | 3 | Magic for Nothing 2017 |
| Alex PriceHerpetologist | 2 | Half-Off Ragnarok 2014 |
| Sarah ZellabyAdopted cuckoo, a telepath | 2 | Imaginary Numbers 2020 |
| Alice HealyThe Prices' grandmother, searching for her husband | 2 | Spelunking Through Hell 2022 |
| The Aeslin miceTalking, worshipful mice | 12 | Discount Armageddon 2012 |