The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

What book should I start with?

Begin with City of Bones, the first book in The Mortal Instruments series. City of Bones is about Clary Fray, whose search for her missing mother leads her into an alternate New York called Downworld, filled with mysterious faeries, hard-partying warlocks, not-what-they-seem vampires, an army of werewolves, and the demons who want to destroy it all.

She also finds herself torn between two boys—her best friend, Simon, for whom she’s developing new feelings, and the mysterious Shadowhunter, Jace.

She becomes a part of the secret world of the Shadowhunters and as she does, she discovers that rescuing her mother might mean jeopardizing everything the Shadowhunters work for.


City of Bones is followed by the second book, City of Ashes, then City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels and City of Lost Souls. The 6^th book in the series, City of Heavenly Fire, will be published March 2014.