Cassandra Clare Books in Order

Below is the complete list of Cassandra Clare books in order of publication. This is the recommended reading sequence for the series.

Mortal Instruments Series

1. City of Bones (2007)
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2. City of Ashes (2008)
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3. City of Glass (2009)
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4. City of Fallen Angels (2011)
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5. City of Lost Souls (2012)
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6. City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
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7. A Long Conversation (2017)
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Mortal Instruments Collections Series

1. Shadowhunters and Downworlders (2013)
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2. An Illustrated History of Notable Shadowhunters and Denizens of Downworld / A History of Notable Shadowhunters and Denizens of Downworld (2016)
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Infernal Devices Trilogy Series

1. Clockwork Angel (2010)
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2. Clockwork Princess (2013)
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3. Clockwork Prince (2013)
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4. After the Bridge (2013)
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The Infernal Devices: Manga Series

1. Clockwork Angel (2012)
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2. The Infernal Devices (2022)
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The Bane Chronicles Series
with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson

1. What Really Happened in Peru (2013)
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2. The Runaway Queen (2013)
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3. The Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale (2013)
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4. The Midnight Heir (2013)
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5. Saving Raphael Santiago (2013)
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6. The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (2013)
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7. Fall of the Hotel Dumort (2013)
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8. What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (2013)
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9. The Last Stand of the New York Institute (2013)
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10. The Course of True Love (2014)
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11. The Voicemail of Magnus Bane (2014)
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12. The Bane Chronicles Complete Collection (2014)
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Magisterium Series
with Holly Black

1. The Iron Trial (2014)
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2. The Copper Gauntlet (2015)
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3. The Bronze Key (2016)
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4. The Silver Mask (2017)
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5. The Golden Tower (2018)
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy Series
with Sarah Rees Brennan

1. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (2015)
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2. The Lost Herondale (2015)
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3. The Whitechapel Fiend (2015)
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4. Nothing but Shadows (2015)
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5. The Evil We Love (2015)
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6. Pale Kings and Princes (2015)
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7. Bitter of Tongue (2015)
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8. The Fiery Trial (2015)
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9. Born to Endless Night (2015)
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10. Angels Twice Descending (2015)
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11. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (2016)
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The Dark Artifices Series

1. Lady Midnight (2016)
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2. Lord of Shadows (2017)
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3. Queen of Air and Darkness (2018)
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Ghosts of the Shadow Market Series

1. Son of the Dawn (2018)
   (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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2. Cast Long Shadows (2018)
   (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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3. Every Exquisite Thing (2018)
   (With Maureen Johnson)
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4. Learn About Loss (2018)
   (With Kelly Link)
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5. A Deeper Love (2018)
   (With Maureen Johnson)
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6. The Wicked Ones (2018)
   (With Robin Wasserman)
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7. The Land I Lost (2018)
   (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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8. Through Blood, Through Fire (2018)
   (With Robin Wasserman)
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The Eldest Curses Series
with Wesley Chu

1. The Red Scrolls of Magic (2019)
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2. The Lost Book of the White (2020)
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The Last Hours Series

1. Chain of Gold (2019)
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2. Chain of Iron (2021)
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3. Chain of Gold / Chain of Iron (2022)
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4. Chain of Thorns (2023)
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Chronicles of Castellane Series

1. Sword Catcher (2023)
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2. The Ragpicker King (2025)
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Mortal Instruments Graphic Novels Series
with Cassandra Jean

1. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (2017)
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2. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 (2018)
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3. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 3 (2019)
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4. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 4 (2020)
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5. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 5 (2022)
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6. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 6 (2022)
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7. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 7 (2023)
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8. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 8 (2024)
   (With Cassandra Jean)
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9. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 9 (2025)
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Mortal Instruments Non-Fiction Series

1. City of Bones: The Little Book of Quotes (2013)
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2. The Shadowhunter’s Codex (2013)
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The Wicked Powers Series

1. The Last King of Faerie (2026)
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Shadowhunter Chronicles Series

1. City of Bones (2007)
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2. City of Ashes (2008)
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3. City of Glass (2009)
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4. Clockwork Angel (2010)
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5. City of Fallen Angels (2011)
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6. City of Lost Souls (2012)
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7. Navigating the Shadow World (2013)
   (By Liv Spencer)
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8. Clockwork Princess (2013)
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9. What Really Happened in Peru (2013)
   (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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10. The Runaway Queen (2013)
    (With Maureen Johnson)
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11. Shadow World Book Club (2013)
    (By Liv Spencer)
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12. The Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale (2013)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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13. The Midnight Heir (2013)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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14. Clockwork Prince (2013)
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15. Saving Raphael Santiago (2013)
    (With Maureen Johnson)
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16. The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (2013)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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17. After the Bridge (2013)
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18. Fall of the Hotel Dumort (2013)
    (With Maureen Johnson)
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19. What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (2013)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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20. The Last Stand of the New York Institute (2013)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson)
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21. The Course of True Love (2014)
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22. City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
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23. The Voicemail of Magnus Bane (2014)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson)
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24. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (2015)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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25. The Lost Herondale (2015)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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26. The Whitechapel Fiend (2015)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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27. Nothing but Shadows (2015)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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28. The Evil We Love (2015)
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29. Pale Kings and Princes (2015)
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30. Bitter of Tongue (2015)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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31. The Fiery Trial (2015)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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32. Born to Endless Night (2015)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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33. Angels Twice Descending (2015)
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34. Lady Midnight (2016)
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35. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (2016)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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36. A Long Conversation (2017)
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37. Lord of Shadows (2017)
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38. Son of the Dawn (2018)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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39. Cast Long Shadows (2018)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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40. Every Exquisite Thing (2018)
    (With Maureen Johnson)
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41. Learn About Loss (2018)
    (With Kelly Link)
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42. A Deeper Love (2018)
    (With Maureen Johnson)
    Buy on Amazon
43. The Wicked Ones (2018)
    (With Robin Wasserman)
    Buy on Amazon
44. The Land I Lost (2018)
    (With Sarah Rees Brennan)
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45. Through Blood, Through Fire (2018)
    (With Robin Wasserman)
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46. Queen of Air and Darkness (2018)
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47. The Red Scrolls of Magic (2019)
    (With Wesley Chu)
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48. Chain of Gold (2019)
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49. The Lost Book of the White (2020)
    (With Wesley Chu)
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50. Chain of Iron (2021)
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51. Secrets of Blackthorn Hall (2021)
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52. Chain of Thorns (2023)
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53. The Last King of Faerie (2026)
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Shadowhunters Graphic Novels Series

1. Classics Reimagined in the World of the Shadowhunters (2018)
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Short Stories/Novellas Series
with Holly Black

1. Jocelyn’s Story (2011)
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2. Not for Humans (2015)
   (With Holly Black)
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3. Fairy Tale of London (2020)
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4. We Jace you a Clary Xmas (2020)
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Short Story Collections Series

1. Better in Black (2025)
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Holly Black Short Stories/Novellas Series
with Holly Black

1. Not for Humans (2015)
   (With Holly Black)
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About Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare is best understood as the architect of one of the largest and most durable young adult fantasy worlds of the last two decades. Her career is anchored by the Shadowhunter Chronicles, the interconnected sequence of series and companion books that began with City of Bones and grew into a sprawling supernatural mythology stretching across multiple eras, cities, and generations. Official author and publisher material identifies her as the author of the bestselling Shadowhunter Chronicles, notes that the books have sold more than fifty million copies worldwide, and confirms that they have been adapted for both film and television.

What makes her bibliography stand out is not just scale, but structure. Many fantasy writers build one main series and then move on. Clare built a linked fictional world in layers. The Mortal Instruments opened the modern New York side of the Shadowhunter universe, but later sequences such as The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, and The Last Hours proved that she was not simply extending one successful storyline. She was expanding a mythology across time, using prequels, sequels, side trilogies, and companion collections to deepen the same world from different angles. Her official Shadowhunter pages present these books not as separate franchises, but as parts of one larger design.

That linked-world approach is the clearest way to understand her career. Clare’s fiction is full of recurring bloodlines, inherited conflicts, forbidden love, found family, magical politics, and the friction between personal desire and historical destiny. Her books are not minimalist fantasy novels built around one elegant concept. They are lush, dramatic, emotionally high-stakes stories that depend on romantic tension, friendship, betrayal, and long memory. Even when readers divide the books into sub-series, the real appeal comes from continuity. Characters echo across generations, names return with new significance, and old events continue shaping later books long after the original trilogy has ended.

Her biography helps explain some of that expansiveness. On her official site, Clare says she was born to American parents in Tehran, Iran, and spent much of her childhood traveling with her family, living in countries including France, England, and Switzerland before she was ten. That early mobility fits the imaginative sweep of her fiction. Even when her novels are rooted in one city, they rarely feel narrow. The Shadowhunter books move easily across continents, centuries, and subcultures while still keeping emotional attachment at the center.

Although the Shadowhunter Chronicles dominate her reputation, they are not the whole of her bibliography. Publisher pages also identify her as the coauthor, with Holly Black, of the Magisterium series, which shows another side of her fantasy writing outside the Shadowhunter world. More recently, her official site has also featured Sword Catcher, marking a move into an unrelated fantasy setting. That matters because it shows she is not only the caretaker of one successful universe. She has continued to branch outward even while the Shadowhunter world remains the center of her literary identity.

Her style is easy to recognize. Clare writes fantasy that is emotionally direct, highly relational, and strongly invested in atmosphere and desire. She is especially drawn to ensembles rather than lone heroes, and to stories where love, loyalty, and secrecy are inseparable from magical conflict. Her books often feel as interested in who belongs to whom, who hides what, and who is willing to sacrifice for love as they are in demon wars or magical institutions. That is one reason her readership has remained so loyal: the books promise mythology, but they deliver attachment.

The best way to understand Cassandra Clare’s bibliography, then, is not simply as a shelf of bestselling YA fantasy, but as the work of a writer who turned one supernatural premise into a generational fictional architecture. She built the Shadowhunter world large enough to contain romance, tragedy, family saga, historical fantasy, and coming-of-age drama all at once, and she did it with enough confidence that the sub-series feel like parts of one continuing inheritance rather than separate reinventions. That is why her books reward being read in order, and why her career remains so closely identified with world-building in the fullest sense: not just creating a setting, but creating a lineage readers want to keep living inside.