The Mortal Instruments · Book 5

City of Lost Souls

Published
8 May 2012
Pages
534
ISBN-13
9781442416864
Type
novel
Cover of City of Lost Souls

About this book

City of Lost Souls came out in 2012 at 534 pages, a novel by Cassandra Clare. It holds position #5 in The Mortal Instruments. City of Fallen Angels precedes it, and City of Heavenly Fire follows.

Key facts about City of Lost Souls

City of Lost Souls is a novel by Cassandra Clare. Readers have had it since 8 May 2012. It runs to 534 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of City of Lost Souls. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781442416864 to find the main one.

City of Lost Souls is book 5 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 Lost Souls is book 5 in the The Mortal Instruments series. It follows City of Fallen Angels. It is followed by City of Heavenly Fire. 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…

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