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The Bane Chronicles Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The Bane Chronicles books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the The Bane Chronicles series? Start with "What Really Happened in Peru (By: Cassandra Clare,Sarah Rees Brennan)" (2013) and follow publication order through all 18 books.
The complete The Bane Chronicles reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

What Really Happened in Peru (By: Cassandra Clare,Sarah Rees Brennan)
2013

The Runaway Queen
2013

The Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale (By: Cassandra Clare,Sarah Rees Brennan)
2013

The Midnight Heir (By: Cassandra Clare,Sarah Rees Brennan)
2013

Saving Raphael Santiago
2013

The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (By: Cassandra Clare,Sarah Rees Brennan)
2013

Fall of the Hotel Dumort
2013

What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (By: Cassandra Clare,Sarah Rees Brennan)
2013

The Last Stand of the New York Institute
2013

The Course of True Love (By: Cassandra Clare)
2014

The Voicemail of Magnus Bane
2014

The Bane Chronicles Complete Collection
2014

Vacations from Hell
2009

Who Done It?
2013

The Booby Trap and Other Bits and Boobs
2013

Life Inside My Mind
2018

How I Resist
2018

Ghosts of the Shadow Market
2019
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