Shadowhunter Chronicles Books in Order
Part ofMaureen Johnson Books in OrderExplore Maureen Johnson's Shadowhunter Chronicles collaborations in order, with novella summaries, collection background, and notes on where they fit.
Last updated: July 8, 2026
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Publication Order
7 books
Fall of the Hotel Dumort
by Maureen Johnson
2013
Decades after its glamour fades, Magnus returns to the Hotel Dumort and finds a nest of desperate vampires trapped in a spiral of addiction and decay. The story shows how the once grand hotel finally becomes a ruin.
Saving Raphael Santiago
by Maureen Johnson
2013
In 1950s New York, Magnus Bane is asked to track down a missing boy named Raphael Santiago. What he finds is a fledgling vampire on the brink of destruction, and his choice will shape the future leader of the city’s vampire clan.
The Last Stand of the New York Institute
by Maureen Johnson
2013
Set during Valentine’s rise, this novella follows the New York Institute as a Circle led attack turns Shadowhunters against Downworlders. Magnus Bane, the Lightwoods, and a young warlock girl are caught in a night that will haunt the city for decades.
The Runaway Queen
by Maureen Johnson
2013
While hiding in revolutionary Paris, Magnus Bane is hired to help a certain embattled queen escape the city. His attempt to blend politics, romance, and self preservation goes predictably sideways in this playful historical adventure.
The Voicemail of Magnus Bane
by Maureen Johnson
2014
Told through a series of increasingly frantic voicemails, this comedic story captures Magnus’s friends trying to reach him after he and Alec break up. Behind the jokes lies a sharp portrait of how much one relationship matters to the whole group.
A Deeper Love
by Maureen Johnson
2018
During World War I, Tessa and a gravely ill Will Herondale work in a field hospital while demonic forces close in. Their quiet acts of bravery, and Jem’s presence as Brother Zachariah, show how love endures even in the bleakest times.
Every Exquisite Thing
by Maureen Johnson
2018
Anna Lightwood tries on her brother’s clothes and a new name for herself, then falls hard for a girl she can never publicly have. Under Brother Zachariah’s watchful eye, the story traces how Anna claims her dapper, rule breaking identity.
Series background & context
This page is best thought of as the companion shelf of the Shadowhunter world. Instead of following one hero through a single trilogy, it gathers the collections and shorter works that widen the universe around the main novels and let side characters step into the middle for a while.
The core setting is the same one readers know from Cassandra Clare's larger series. Shadowhunters fight demons while living beside warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and faeries, usually with more tension than diplomacy. But the books collected here look sideways rather than straight ahead. They spend more time with immortals, teachers, exiles, and witnesses, the people whose stories might otherwise sit in the margins.
The Bane Chronicles uses Magnus Bane as its thread. That means centuries of magical disasters, bad decisions, romances, revolutions, and commentary on Shadowhunter society from someone who is close to it but never fully of it. Magnus is a great guide because he can be hilarious one minute and quietly wrecked the next.
Ghosts of the Shadow Market works differently. Its recurring figure is Brother Zachariah, once Jem Carstairs, moving through hidden markets where magical people trade objects, secrets, and favors. Those stories do a lot of connective work. They explain why certain names matter later, how old wounds keep echoing, and what is really happening in corners of the timeline that the longer books only glance at.
The rhythm of these collections is looser than the big novels, and that is part of the appeal. Some stories are comic. Some are romantic. Some are there to answer a very specific question fans have been carrying for years. Together they add texture to the world and make the family trees, rivalries, and loyalties feel even denser.
If you already know the Shadowhunter universe, these books feel like opening locked drawers in a house you thought you understood. If you are newer, they offer a good way into Magnus, Jem, and the stranger edges of the setting without asking you to commit to one long arc all at once.
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