
The Hunger Games
Start of Hunger Games seriesby Suzanne Collins
Why you'll love it:
This fantasy shares a brutal yet hopeful tone that will resonate with City of Bones fans.
If you loved City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, here are the most similar books our readers recommend.
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When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray witnesses a murder committed by tattooed teenagers with strange weapons—only to watch the body vanish into thin air—she's thrust into the hidden world of Shadowhunters, demon-hunting warriors invisible to ordinary humans. But after her mother mysteriously disappears and demons start hunting Clary herself, she must discover why she can suddenly see this supernatural world and what dark secrets her family has been hiding.
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by Suzanne Collins
Why you'll love it:
This fantasy shares a brutal yet hopeful tone that will resonate with City of Bones fans.
| Book | Author | Rating | Year | Pages | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hunger Games📚 Series starter | Suzanne Collins | 0 | 2008 | — | Start a new series |
| An Ember in the Ashes📚 Series starter | Sabaa Tahir | 4.2 | 2015 | 480 | Start a new series |
| The Winner's Curse📚 Series starter | Marie Rutkoski | 0 | 2014 | — | Start a new series |
| The Shadows Between Us | Tricia Levenseller | 3.8 | 2020 | 326 | Similar vibes |
| Graceling | Kristin Cashore | 4.1 | 2008 | 471 | Similar vibes |
| The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins | 4.6 | 2020 | 517 | Similar vibes |
If you enjoy Cassandra Clare's writing style, explore these similar authors.
The most similar books to City of Bones are The Hunger Games, An Ember in the Ashes, The Winner's Curse.
After finishing City of Bones, readers most commonly pick up The Hunger Games next. Alternatively, you might enjoy more books by Cassandra Clare, such as Sword Catcher.
Authors similar to Cassandra Clare include Jessica Townsend, Lisa McMann, Jasper Fforde, Erin Hunter, Andrew Peterson.
City of Bones is a Fantasy novel by Cassandra Clare, published in 2009. It features elements of Urban Fantasy.
City of Bones is 485 pages long.
A deliciously exotic urban fantasy that is sexy, mysterious and dangerously good fun! When 15-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother?And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know... Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.