City of Ashes
- Published
- 25 March 2008
- Pages
- 453
- ISBN-13
- 9781416914297
- Type
- novel
About this book
City of Ashes came out in 2008 at 453 pages, a novel by Cassandra Clare. It holds position #2 in The Mortal Instruments. It sits between City of Bones and City of Glass.
Key facts about City of Ashes
City of Ashes is a novel by Cassandra Clare. Readers have had it since 25 March 2008. It runs to 453 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of City of Ashes. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781416914297 to find the main one.
City of Ashes is book 2 of 6 in The Mortal Instruments series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with City of Bones (2007). City of Heavenly Fire is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 27 May 2014.
Additionally, Cassandra Clare writes The Infernal Devices, Magisterium and Shadowhunter Chronicles: Short Fiction Collections, plus 4 more series. Those series sit on our fantasy shelf. Meanwhile, A Sea Change is the latest published Cassandra Clare book on file, from 28 April 2026.
About Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare built one of young-adult fantasy's largest ongoing universes almost by accident — she was writing entertainment journalism in New York before her 2007 debut, City of Bones, grew into The Mortal Instruments, the six-book series that introduced Shadowhunters: warriors who hunt demons in a modern world hiding in plain sight of angels, vampires and warlocks. See every Cassandra Clare book in order.
Its place in The Mortal Instruments
City of Ashes is book 2 in the The Mortal Instruments series. It follows City of Bones. It is followed by City of Glass. See the full The Mortal Instruments reading order.
Clary Fray's ordinary New York teenage life ends the night she watches a boy get murdered in a nightclub -- and then watches his body disappear, because nobody else in the room could see him at all. Clary is dragged into the hidden world of Shadowhunters, warriors who hunt demons and keep the balance between the mundane world and the supernatural one, and discovers she's one of them, with a mother who's spent her whole life hiding that fact. As Clary trains alongside the enigmatic Jace Wayland and uncovers a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781416914297
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781416972242