InCryptid reading order

A plan for the whole series

14 volumes, 5,405 pages, about 100 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 months.

• The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2025. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

6 stages, with 5 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around April 10, 2027, about 4 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 24, 2026

   • 1. Discount Armageddon2012 · 368 pages · 7 h
   • 2. Midnight Blue-Light Special2013 · 352 pages · 6 h
   • 3. Half-Off Ragnarok2014 · 356 pages · 7 h
2. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 4, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 30, 2026

   • 4. Pocket Apocalypse2015 · 360 pages · 7 h
   • 5. Chaos Choreography2016 · 368 pages · 7 h
   • 6. Magic for Nothing2017 · 368 pages · 7 h
4. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by January 9, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 316 habout 3 weeksby January 30, 2027

   • 7. Tricks for Free2018 · 432 pages · 8 h
   • 8. That Ain't Witchcraft2019 · 435 pages · 8 h
6. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by February 3, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 416 habout 3 weeksby February 24, 2027

   • 9. Imaginary Numbers2020 · 437 pages · 8 h
   • 10. Calculated Risks2021 · 433 pages · 8 h
8. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by February 28, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 514 h19 daysby March 19, 2027

   • 11. Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld2022 · 352 pages · 6 h
   • 12. Backpacking Through Bedlam2023 · 416 pages · 8 h
10. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by March 23, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 613 h18 daysby April 10, 2027

    • 13. Aftermarket Afterlife2024 · 368 pages · 7 h
    • 14. Installment Immortality2025 · 360 pages · 7 h
12. The end of the series

    April 10, 2027

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