City Of Bones is a Young Adult, Paranormal Fantasy novel following Clary Fray as her mother disappears from her life and finding out that she is part of an angelic race which her mother had been determined to keep her from knowing all these years that she had been living with her. This is the first book in the series! All the Mortal Instruments books in order: Book 1: City of Bones (2007) Book 2: City of Ashes (2008) Book 3: City of Glass (2009) Book 4: City of Fallen Angels (2011) Book 5: City of Lost Souls (2012) Book 6: City of Heavenly Fire (2014)