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The Lunar Chronicles · Book 1

Cinder

by Marissa Meyer
Published
3 January 2012
Pages
416
ISBN-13
9781250851031
Type
novel
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About this book

Cinder opens The Lunar Chronicles on January 3, 2012, introducing Linh Cinder, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing who's also a cyborg -- and therefore second-class property under Commonwealth law. When Prince Kai brings her his broken android and a deadly plague sweeps the city, Cinder is pulled into a plot involving the ruthless Lunar Queen Levana. It runs 416 pages, the first of Marissa Meyer's four fairy-tale-with-a-science-fiction-twist heroines.

Key facts about Cinder

Cinder is a novel by Marissa Meyer. Readers have had it since 3 January 2012. It runs to 416 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Cinder. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250851031 to find the main one.

Cinder is book 1 of 8 in The Lunar Chronicles series. The series has 8 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Wires and Nerve, Volume 2: Gone Rogue is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 30 January 2018.

Additionally, Marissa Meyer writes Renegades, Fortuna Beach and Gilded as separate series. Those series sit on our fantasy and romantic comedy shelves. Meanwhile, The Escape Game is the latest published Marissa Meyer book on file, from 7 April 2026. The next announced Marissa Meyer release is due on 6 April 2027, so there is still more to come.

About Marissa Meyer

Marissa Meyer is an American young adult author best known for The Lunar Chronicles, a science fiction series that reimagines classic fairy tales, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White, as a futuristic saga featuring a cyborg mechanic, a fugitive Lunar princess, and a plague threatening Earth. See every Marissa Meyer book in order.

Its place in The Lunar Chronicles

Cinder is book 1 in the The Lunar Chronicles series. It is followed by Scarlet. See the full The Lunar Chronicles reading order.

Linh Cinder is a gifted mechanic in New Beijing — and a cyborg, which under Commonwealth law makes her second-class property, not a citizen. When Prince Kai brings her his broken android, and a deadly plague sweeps the city, Cinder gets pulled into a plot involving the ruthless Lunar Queen Levana, who rules a colony of humans with the power to manipulate minds and wants Kai's throne through a forced marriage. Each subsequent book in the quartet adds a new fairy-tale heroine with a science-fiction twist and folds…

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