The next shadowhunter book is the first of a trilogy of prequels to the mortal instruments series, called the infernal devices. The mortal instruments is chronologically the third series of a proposed five in the shadowhunter chronicles but it was the first one published. The short stories are included in the series titled the bane chronicles. Cassandra clare s most popular series is the mortal instruments. It is set in london and deals with characters related to those in the mortal instruments books. You want to read all of the cassandra clare books in order but you dont know where to start. The mortal instruments series has been translated into over 34 languages. Based on a screenplay by jessica postigo, a firsttime writer, and featuring the likes of lily collins, the movie underperformed at the box office. Clare s quest is ultimately to make as many readers as possible enjoy her book, so she is trying to expand her target audience without decreasing the beauty and strength of the mortal instruments series.
New york is the city that never sleeps but evil spirits, angels, warlocks, faeries and shadowhunters dont need much rest anyway. You can see a variety of the international covers for the books here. City of bones, cassandra clare s first book in the mortal instruments series was adapted into a movie in 20. So far, her trend of increasing her audience has been received very favorably and it has satisfied male and female readers of all ages and. Clare is also writing a prequel series called infernal devices. Also, included in the franchise series, the author created an additional book series featuring magnus bane who is also part of mortal instruments.
The city is home to cassandra clare s youngadult debut novel, a. The mortal instruments is a series of six young adult fantasy novels written by cassandra clare, the last of which was published on may 27, 2014. Below is the order of when cassandra clare s mortal instruments books were released in publication order, which is also their chronological order. The first three books of the mortal instruments were published consecutively from 20072009. Cassandra clare has 159 books on goodreads with 12140959 ratings. Cassandra clare mortal instruments series reading order. Mortal instruments is a six book series five of which have been published to date.
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