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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:City_of_Bones.jpg) First edition cover for the book "City of Bones." | |
| Author | Cassandra Clare |
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| Cover artist | Cliff Nielsen |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Mortal Instruments |
| Genre | Fantasy adventure Urban fantasy |
| Set in | New York, August 2007 |
| Publisher | Margaret K. McElderry |
Publication date | March 27, 2007 (U.S.) July 2, 2007 (UK) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 485pp (hardback, first edition) 512 pp (paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-1-4169-5507-8 |
| Followed by | City of Ashes |
City of Bones is the first urban fantasy book in author Cassandra Clare's New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments. The novel, first published in 2007, is set in modern-day New York City and has been released in several languages, including Bulgarian, Hebrew, Polish and Japanese. It is the first book in the first trilogy of The Mortal Instruments which includes the books City of Ashes and City of Glass.