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was written by author Ben Aaronovitch and is a masterful series set mostly around the city of London in the UK that blends grounded police policies, a fantastical world within our own, and Aaronovitch’s own excruciatingly precise memory for the details of London’s streets. When I first picked this series up, I thought I’d be reading a murder mystery novel set in London that was grounded and offered a good twist ending. That’s not what I got, but I’m so glad it wasn’t because the series is so much better.

The series has grown over time and now encompasses smaller novellas, meaning it can be difficult to understand what order to read them all. But don’t worry because I’ve got you covered with the definitive reading list. The definitive reading order The definitive reading order outlined below veers away from the published order and looks more at where the books fit in the overarching timeline.



As such, you’ll be reading books out of published order, so you get all the information filled in before you move on. I think this order works because each book is approachable without necessarily having read any of the others that came before. While the novellas fill in gaps in time, they’re also better to read as you go through the series rather than waiting to go back in time because you’ll have all the information to reference what’s going on much fresher in your mind.

While I’ve included the exact stories from where they fit into the definitive timeline abov.

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