(Though honestly, Cassandra Clare has tried to “end” the series before so take that with a grain of salt.

The Wicked Powers are set to be the last trilogy in the Shadowhunter Chronicles.

The Mortal Instruments is six books long, it’s true, but originally things were supposed to end with City of Glass (Book Three), so books four through six have always felt to me more like a bonus trilogy. For the most part, that’s what the important books are. It’s easiest to think of The Shadowhunter Chronicles as a bunch of trilogies. Confusing, right? I mean, sure, you could just go through the timeline and read straight through, but I’m here to fight for reading them in order of publication, simply because of how much more rewarding the books are that way. Ghosts of the Shadow Market: An Anthology of Tales (2019)Īlthough Cassandra Clare’s books are designated into separate series, that is NOT the way you read them.A History of Notable Shadowhunters and Denizens of Downworld (2016).Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy (2015).Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader (2013).The Eldest Curses Book Three: The Black Volume of the Dead (TBD).The Last Hours Book Three: Chain of Thorns (January 2023).The Last Hours Book Two: Chain of Iron (2021).The Eldest Curses Book Two: The Lost Book of White (2020).The Last Hours Book One: Chain of Gold (2020).The Eldest Curses Book One: The Red Scrolls of Magic (2019).The Dark Artifices Book Three: Queen of Air and Darkness (2018).The Dark Artifices Book Two: Lord of Shadows (2017).The Dark Artifices Book One: Lady Midnight (2016).

The Mortal Instruments Book Six: City of Heavenly Fire (2014).

The Infernal Devices Book Three: Clockwork Princess (2013).

The Mortal Instruments Book Five: City of Lost Souls (2012).

The Infernal Devices Book Two: Clockwork Prince (2011).The Mortal Instruments Book Four: City of Fallen Angels (2011).The Infernal Devices Book One: Clockwork Angel (2010).The Mortal Instruments Book Three: City of Glass (2009).The Mortal Instruments Book Two: City of Ashes (2008).The Mortal Instruments Book One: City of Bones (2007).The Shadowhunters Trilogies Chronologically.

Mortal instruments books in order