The Bane Chronicles Books in Order

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.

On their first official date, Magnus and Alec face all the usual challenges, plus demons, nosy waiters, and Magnus’s complicated past. The evening does not go as planned, but it pushes them toward a more honest, hopeful connection.

Stumped over what to get Alec Lightwood for his birthday, Magnus Bane consults friends and makes a questionable decision involving a small demon. The result is a funny, chaotic glimpse at early days in their relationship and what it means to give someone your heart.

Magnus Bane’s long and frequently ridiculous history in Peru is finally, sort of, explained. From disastrous romances to ill advised magical stunts, this novella offers a humorous glimpse of why the High Warlock is no longer welcome there.

In Victorian London, a historic meeting between Shadowhunters and Downworlders at the Institute hinges on a tea party gone wrong. Magnus Bane, a young Edmund Herondale, and a stubborn vampire leader must navigate politics, prejudice, and romance over scones.

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.

This story traces the early days of New York’s Hotel Dumort, from grand hotel to vampire stronghold. Magnus Bane witnesses how glamour, greed, and an ambitious new leader shape a place that will loom large in the Mortal Instruments saga.

Years after The Infernal Devices, Magnus Bane crosses paths with James Herondale, a troubled young Shadowhunter in Edwardian London. A dangerous night out reveals that the past is not as buried as Will and Tessa hoped.

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.

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.

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.