City of Bones, the first in the five-book series (Clare will release a sixth in May of 2014), reached No. 8 on the New York Times Best Seller list in April of 2007.

If you're not familiar with City of Bones, book one in the Mortal Instruments series, here's the blurb about it (courtesy of Margaret K. McElderry Books): ...

City of Bones is based on the first book in the series, and introduces us to the world of Clary Fray (Lily Collins). Clary begins, as many heroes of these stories do, as a normal teenager.

The first movie adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s “Mortal Instrument” series, “City of Bones,” starts like a house afire, or at least a Brooklyn apartment, then splutter… ...

Without revealing spoilers for non-book readers, it’s not just a simple love triangle in City of Bones.And to hear Collins tell it, things can get very “convoluted.” ...

It also helped that Lily, 24, was a big fan of author Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments young-adult book series and an admirer of the literary heroine she plays on-screen, Clary Fray.

Clare said it was 'surreal' that the movie had finally come to fruition. The film based on Clare's book is scheduled for release on Aug. 21.

Alex Pettyfer up for 'City of Bones'? While doing press for I Am Number Four, the actor speaks a bit about his involvement with the upcoming adaption of the best selling book.

'Mortal Instruments,' based on a young-adult book series, failed to draw teenagers to the movie theaters, opening in third place with an estimated $9.3 million in the U.S. and Canada. For the ...

What makes an instrument “mortal” is still a little vague in “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,” the newest wanna-be “Twilight.” But one thing’s for certain: This particular ...