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The Infernal Devices
The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare has 3 known books (3 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Clockwork Angel (2010). Clockwork Princess is the latest book with a fully recorded publication date.
- Books
- 3 known books (3 novels)
- Published
- 3
- First published
- 2010
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Fantasy
Start here: Clockwork Angel (2010)
— then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Clockwork Angel
Clockwork Angel is the book that opens Cassandra Clare's The Infernal Devices series, first published in 2010. It's followed in the reading order by Clockwork Prince. It runs 479 pages. The series ran to completion in 2013 across 3 books. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Clockwork Angel - Book 2:
Clockwork Prince
Clockwork Prince is the second book in The Infernal Devices, published in 2011. In the reading order it comes after Clockwork Angel and before Clockwork Princess. It runs 498 pages. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Clockwork Prince - Book 3:
Clockwork Princess
Clockwork Princess is the third book in The Infernal Devices, published in 2013. It follows Clockwork Prince, closing out a series that ran from 2010 to 2013. It runs 566 pages. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Clockwork Princess
Key facts about The Infernal Devices series
The Infernal Devices series has 3 books on our list. Since all 3 are out now, you can read the whole list today.
Start with Clockwork Angel, since it opens the publication order in 2010. Clockwork Prince is book 2, from 2011. Clockwork Princess is book 3, from 2013.
Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions.
Clockwork Princess is the latest book with a full release date, out on 19 March 2013. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.
The books came out between 2010 and 2013, while their length runs from 479 to 566 pages. That is a run of 3 years.
Cassandra Clare has 30 books on our list. Additionally, they write The Mortal Instruments, Shadowhunter Chronicles: Short Fiction Collections and The Dark Artifices, plus 3 more series. We shelve the books under fantasy.
About The Infernal Devices
In Victorian London, orphaned American Tessa Gray arrives to find her brother missing and discovers she has a terrifying power of her own: she can transform into a perfect physical and psychic copy of anyone whose object she holds. Taken in by the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, Tessa is pulled into a fight against the Magister, a mysterious figure building an army of clockwork automatons, while getting caught between two Shadowhunters who could not be more different -- the sardonic, self-destructive Will Herondale and the steady, bookish Jem Carstairs.
A prequel trilogy set roughly 130 years before The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices trades contemporary New York for gaslamp-and-steampunk London, giving Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunter mythology real historical texture -- clockwork monsters, Victorian social constraints, and ancestors of Mortal Instruments characters appearing generations before their descendants. It's frequently cited by fans as the emotional high point of the whole Shadowhunter Chronicles, built on a genuinely difficult love triangle and one of the series' most devastating endings.
Three novels tell one complete, continuous story from Tessa's arrival in London through the trilogy's climactic confrontation with the Magister.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in The Infernal Devices?
Three: Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, and Clockwork Princess.
What order should I read The Infernal Devices in?
Publication order: Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, Clockwork Princess. It's a complete, continuous trilogy.
Should I read The Infernal Devices before or after The Mortal Instruments?
Either works. Chronologically it comes first (set roughly 130 years earlier), but it was published after Mortal Instruments began. Many readers prefer reading Mortal Instruments first since it's the original entry point, then Infernal Devices.
Is The Infernal Devices finished?
Yes, the trilogy concluded with Clockwork Princess in 2013.
What comes after The Infernal Devices?
The Last Hours, a direct sequel trilogy following the children of Infernal Devices characters, set roughly a generation later in London.
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