The Invisible Library
core novel 2015 The Invisible Library
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.74 (66,891 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781101988640 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Invisible Library, the first novel in Genevieve Cogman's series of the same name, introduces Irene, a Librarian working for a secretive, interdimensional organization that exists outside normal space and time and collects works of fiction from across countless alternate worlds. Irene is posted to an alternate, steampunk-inflected version of London alongside Kai, a new assistant she barely knows, and given an assignment that seems straightforward: retrieve a dangerous, unique edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales from this world before anyone else can claim it, a job complicated by rival factions, chaos-touched dragons, and a detective drawn into the search. First published in 2015, The Invisible Library belongs to the The Invisible Library series.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Invisible Library
- Series: The Invisible Library core; position 1 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Genevieve Cogman
Notes
- From the series record (The Invisible Library): An eight-novel sequence following Irene, a spy-librarian who collects works of fiction from alternate versions of Earth for an interdimensional Library.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Invisible Library: position 1 of 8: next The Masked City (2015)
Sources
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Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.