Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction |
2007 |
Buy |
| Magic in the Mirrorstone |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire |
2008 |
Buy |
| Vacations from Hell |
2009 |
Buy |
| Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd |
2009 |
Buy |
| Teeth: Vampire Tales |
2011 |
Buy |
| Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny |
2013 |
Buy |
| Dark Duets |
2014 |
Buy |
| Futuredaze 2: Reprise |
2014 |
Buy |
| Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales |
2014 |
Buy |
Chronicles of Castellane Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Le Pare-Lame |
2023 |
N/A |
| Sword Catcher |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Ragpicker King |
2025 |
Buy |
| The Bone Conjurers |
- |
N/A |
Ghosts of the Shadow Market Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Son of the Dawn |
2018 |
Buy |
| Cast Long Shadows |
2018 |
Buy |
| Learn About Loss |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Wicked Ones |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Land I Lost |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Lost World |
2019 |
N/A |
| Forever Fallen |
2019 |
N/A |
| A Deeper Love |
2018 |
Buy |
| Every Exquisite Thing |
2018 |
Buy |
| Through Blood, Through Fire |
2018 |
Buy |
Holly Black Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Not for Humans |
2015 |
N/A |
Infernal Devices Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Clockwork Angel |
2010 |
Buy |
| 機械天使 |
2013 |
N/A |
| A herceg |
2011 |
N/A |
| After the Bridge |
2013 |
N/A |
| Clockwork Prince |
2013 |
Buy |
| La principessa |
2013 |
N/A |
Magisterium Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Iron Trial |
2014 |
Buy |
| מבחן הברזל |
2014 |
N/A |
| The Copper Gauntlet |
2015 |
Buy |
| Медната ръкавица |
2015 |
N/A |
| The Bronze Key |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Silver Mask |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Golden Tower |
2018 |
Buy |
| Zlatá veža |
2018 |
N/A |
Mortal Instruments Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| City of Bones |
2007 |
Buy |
| Csontváros |
2007 |
N/A |
| City of Ashes |
2008 |
Buy |
| 獵月 |
2008 |
N/A |
| City of Glass |
2009 |
Buy |
| Üvegváros |
2009 |
N/A |
| City of Fallen Angels |
2011 |
Buy |
| City of Lost Souls |
2012 |
Buy |
| City of Heavenly Fire |
2014 |
Buy |
| Mesto nebeského ohňa |
2014 |
N/A |
| A Long Conversation |
2017 |
Buy |
Mortal Instruments Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Shadowhunters and Downworlders |
2013 |
Buy |
| Mortal Instruments Graphic Novel, Volume 1 |
2017 |
N/A |
| An Illustrated History of Notable Shadowhunters and Denizens of Downworld / A History of Notable Shadowhunters and Denizens of Downworld |
2016 |
Buy |
Mortal Instruments Graphic Novels Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 3 |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 4 |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 6 |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 7 |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 8 |
2024 |
Buy |
| The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 9 |
2025 |
Buy |
Mortal Instruments Non-Fiction Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Csontváros |
2007 |
N/A |
| City of Bones: The Little Book of Quotes |
2013 |
Buy |
| 獵月 |
2008 |
N/A |
| The Shadowhunter’s Codex |
2013 |
Buy |
| Üvegváros |
2009 |
N/A |
| City of Lost Souls |
2012 |
N/A |
| Mesto nebeského ohňa |
2014 |
N/A |
Shadowhunter Chronicles Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mesto kostí |
2007 |
N/A |
| City of Bones |
2007 |
Buy |
| City of Ashes |
2008 |
Buy |
| City of Glass |
2009 |
Buy |
| Mesto skla |
2009 |
N/A |
| Az angyal |
2010 |
N/A |
| Clockwork Angel |
2010 |
Buy |
| City of Fallen Angels |
2011 |
Buy |
| A herceg |
2011 |
N/A |
| City of Lost Souls |
2012 |
Buy |
| Navigating the Shadow World |
2013 |
Buy |
| After the Bridge |
2013 |
N/A |
| Clockwork Princess |
2013 |
Buy |
| What Really Happened in Peru |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Bane Chronicles |
2014 |
N/A |
| The Runaway Queen |
2013 |
Buy |
| Mesto nebeského ohňa |
2014 |
N/A |
| Shadow World Book Club |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale |
2013 |
Buy |
| Lady Midnight |
2016 |
Buy |
| A Long Conversation |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Midnight Heir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Lord of Shadows |
2017 |
Buy |
| Clockwork Prince |
2013 |
Buy |
| Queen of Air and Darkness |
2018 |
Buy |
| Saving Raphael Santiago |
2013 |
Buy |
| Czerwone Zwoje Magii |
2019 |
N/A |
| The Rise of the Hotel Dumort |
2013 |
Buy |
| Ghosts of the Shadow Market |
2019 |
N/A |
| Золотая цепь |
2020 |
N/A |
| Fall of the Hotel Dumort |
2013 |
Buy |
| El libro perdido |
2020 |
N/A |
| What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything |
2013 |
Buy |
| Chain of Gold |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Last Stand of the New York Institute |
2013 |
Buy |
| Secrets of Blackthorn Hall |
2021 |
N/A |
| The Course of True Love |
2014 |
Buy |
| Chain of Iron |
2021 |
Buy |
| City of Heavenly Fire |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Last King of Faerie |
2026 |
N/A |
| The Black Volume of the Dead |
- |
N/A |
| The Voicemail of Magnus Bane |
2014 |
Buy |
| Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy |
2015 |
N/A |
| The Last Prince of Hell |
2027 |
N/A |
| The Last Shadowhunter |
- |
N/A |
| The Lost Herondale |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Whitechapel Fiend |
2015 |
Buy |
| Nothing but Shadows |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Evil We Love |
2015 |
Buy |
| Pale Kings and Princes |
2015 |
Buy |
| Bitter of Tongue |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Fiery Trial |
2015 |
Buy |
| Born to Endless Night |
2015 |
Buy |
| Angels Twice Descending |
2015 |
Buy |
| Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy |
2016 |
Buy |
| Son of the Dawn |
2018 |
Buy |
| Cast Long Shadows |
2018 |
Buy |
| Every Exquisite Thing |
2018 |
Buy |
| Learn About Loss |
2018 |
Buy |
| A Deeper Love |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Wicked Ones |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Land I Lost |
2018 |
Buy |
| Through Blood, Through Fire |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Red Scrolls of Magic |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Lost Book of the White |
2020 |
Buy |
| Chain of Thorns |
2023 |
Buy |
Shadowhunters Graphic Novels Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mesto kostí |
2007 |
N/A |
| Classics Reimagined in the World of the Shadowhunters |
2018 |
N/A |
| City of Ashes |
2008 |
N/A |
| Mesto skla |
2009 |
N/A |
| Az angyal |
2010 |
N/A |
| City of Fallen Angels |
2010 |
N/A |
| A herceg |
2011 |
N/A |
| City of Lost Souls |
2012 |
N/A |
| Clockwork Princess |
2013 |
N/A |
| After the Bridge |
- |
N/A |
| The Bane Chronicles |
2014 |
N/A |
| Mesto nebeského ohňa |
2014 |
N/A |
| Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy |
2015 |
N/A |
| Lady Midnight |
2016 |
N/A |
| A Long Conversation |
2017 |
N/A |
| Lord of Shadows |
2014 |
N/A |
| Queen of Air and Darkness |
2018 |
N/A |
| Czerwone Zwoje Magii |
2019 |
N/A |
| Ghosts of the Shadow Market |
2019 |
N/A |
| Золотая цепь |
2020 |
N/A |
| El libro perdido |
2020 |
N/A |
| Chain of Iron |
2020 |
N/A |
| Secrets of Blackthorn Hall |
2021 |
N/A |
| Chain of Thorns |
2023 |
N/A |
| The Last King of Faerie |
2026 |
N/A |
| The Black Volume of the Dead |
- |
N/A |
| The Last Prince of Hell |
2027 |
N/A |
| The Last Shadowhunter |
- |
N/A |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Jocelyn’s Story |
2011 |
N/A |
| Not for Humans |
2015 |
N/A |
| Fairy Tale of London |
2020 |
N/A |
| We Jace you a Clary Xmas |
2020 |
N/A |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Better in Black |
2025 |
Buy |
Sword Catcher#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sword Catcher |
2023 |
Buy |
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy |
2015 |
N/A |
| Le cronache dell’Accademia |
2016 |
N/A |
| The Lost Herondale |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Whitechapel Fiend |
2015 |
Buy |
| Nothing but Shadows |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Evil We Love |
2015 |
Buy |
| Pale Kings and Princes |
2015 |
Buy |
| Bitter of Tongue |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Fiery Trial |
2015 |
Buy |
| Born to Endless Night |
2015 |
Buy |
| Angels Twice Descending |
2015 |
Buy |
| Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy |
2016 |
Buy |
The Bane Chronicles Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| What Really Happened in Peru |
2013 |
Buy |
| Baneovy kroniky |
2014 |
N/A |
| The Runaway Queen |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Midnight Heir |
2013 |
Buy |
| L’origine dell’Hotel Dumort |
- |
N/A |
| Saving Raphael Santiago |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Rise of the Hotel Dumort |
2013 |
Buy |
| Хроники Бейна. Книга третья |
- |
N/A |
| Fall of the Hotel Dumort |
2013 |
Buy |
| Un regalo di compleanno per Alec |
2013 |
N/A |
| What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Last Stand of the New York Institute |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Course of True Love |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Voicemail of Magnus Bane |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Bane Chronicles Complete Collection |
2014 |
Buy |
The Dark Artifices Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Lady Midnight |
2016 |
Buy |
| Paní půlnoci |
2016 |
N/A |
| Lord of Shadows |
2017 |
Buy |
| Pán stínů |
2017 |
N/A |
| Queen of Air and Darkness |
2018 |
Buy |
| La Reine de L’Air et des Ombres, Partie 1 |
- |
N/A |
| La Reine de L’Air et des Ombres, Partie 2 |
- |
N/A |
The Eldest Curses Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Rudé svitky magie |
2019 |
N/A |
| The Red Scrolls of Magic |
2019 |
Buy |
| Le Livre Blanc |
2020 |
N/A |
| The Lost Book of the White |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Black Volume of the Dead |
- |
N/A |
The Infernal Devices: Manga Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Clockwork Angel |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel |
2012 |
N/A |
| The Infernal Devices |
2022 |
Buy |
The Last Hours Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Золотая цепь |
2020 |
N/A |
| The Devil Tavern |
- |
N/A |
| The Whispering Room |
- |
N/A |
| Chain of Gold |
2019 |
Buy |
| Chain of Iron |
2021 |
Buy |
| Chain of Gold / Chain of Iron |
2022 |
Buy |
| Chain of Thorns |
2023 |
Buy |
Cassandra Clare is an American author whose Shadowhunter Chronicles have become one of the best-selling young adult fantasy franchises. Starting with City of Bones in 2007, Clare has published over 200 books in the Shadowhunter universe, including the core Mortal Instruments series, The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours, and The Eldest Curses. The franchise has also spawned graphic novels, short story collections, companion books, and a television adaptation.
Beyond the Shadowhunter world, Clare co-wrote the five-book Magisterium middle-grade series with Holly Black and launched the Chronicles of Castellane adult fantasy series with Sword Catcher (2023). Her work is known for its complex world-building, diverse cast of characters, and layered mythology that rewards readers who follow the interconnected series.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Cassandra Clare written?
Cassandra Clare has written 218 books across 21 series.
What was Cassandra Clare's first book?
Cassandra Clare’s first book is City of Bones, published in 2007.
What order should the Shadowhunter books be read in?
The recommended reading order starts with The Mortal Instruments (City of Bones, 2007), followed by The Infernal Devices (prequel trilogy), then The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours, and The Eldest Curses. The Bane Chronicles and Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy can be read between the main series.