The Mortal Instruments Reading Order

The The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare is complete. Here is the book we cover so far.

Last updated November 4, 2026

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Reading order

1. 

   1. City of Bones

   Cassandra Clare · The Mortal Instruments #1 · complete series

   Spice 1/5 Darkness 2/5

   Book 1

   Clary watches three teenagers kill something in a New York club that nobody else can see, and that's her introduction to the Shadowhunters, Jace in particular. Snarky and very 2007, and the book's infamous twist fueled a decade of forum fights.

   • Demons
   • Love Triangle
   • Forbidden Love
   • Found Family

   Content warnings

   Graphic violence, Murder, Kidnapping

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