The Bane Chronicles
- Published
- 11 November 2014
- Pages
- 502
- ISBN-13
- 9781406361322
- Type
- collection
About this book
The Bane Chronicles is a story collection co-written by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson that opens the Shadowhunter Chronicles: Short Fiction Collections series, first published in 2014. It's followed in the reading order by Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. It runs 502 pages. It's the natural place to begin the series, which has continued since.
Key facts about The Bane Chronicles
The Bane Chronicles is a collection by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson and Sarah Rees Brennan. Readers have had it since 11 November 2014. It runs to 502 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Bane Chronicles. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781406361322 to find the main one.
The Bane Chronicles is book 1 of 4 in the Shadowhunter Chronicles: Short Fiction Collections series. The series has 4 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Better in Black: Ten Stories of Shadowhunter Romance is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 2 December 2025.
Additionally, Cassandra Clare writes The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices and Magisterium, 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 Shadowhunter Chronicles: Short Fiction Collections
The Bane Chronicles is book 1 in the Shadowhunter Chronicles: Short Fiction Collections series. It is followed by Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. See the full Shadowhunter Chronicles: Short Fiction Collections reading order.
Alongside the main Shadowhunter novels, Cassandra Clare has written four collections of interconnected short stories that fill in corners of the same world. The Bane Chronicles gathers eleven stories tracing centuries of Magnus Bane's life, from his first meeting with a young Will Herondale to his early days with Alec Lightwood. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy follows Simon Lewis's uneasy return to Shadowhunter training after The Mortal Instruments, told across ten linked stories. Ghosts of the Shadow Market…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781406361322