City of Ashes

City of Ashes
American cover for City of Ashes.
AuthorCassandra Clare
Cover artistCliff Nielsen
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Mortal Instruments
GenreFantasy adventure
Urban fantasy
PublisherMargaret K. McElderry
Publication date
March 25, 2008 (U.S.)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages464 pages (hardcover)
416 pages (paperback)
ISBN1-4169-1429-3
Preceded byCity of Bones 
Followed byCity of Glass 

City of Ashes is the second installment in The Mortal Instruments series, an urban fantasy series set in New York written by Cassandra Clare.[1] The novel was one of YALSA's top ten teen books for 2009.[2]