Six of Crows
BOOK ONE of the [Six of Crows Duology](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19758128W/Six_of_Crows_Crooked_Kingdom) Six of Crows is a fantasy novel written by the Israeli-American author Leigh Bardugo published by Henry Holt and Co. in 2015. The story follows a thieving crew and is primarily set in the city of Ketterdam, loosely inspired by Dutch Republic–era Amsterdam. The plot is told from third-person viewpoints of seven different characters. The novel is followed by [Crooked Kingdom](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17597665W) (2016) and is part of the Grishaverse.
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Brilliant criminal Kaz Brekker pulls a six-person crew together to break a chemist out of the world's most secure prison, the Ice Court of Fjerda. The pay is enough to make any of them legend, if they live.
Both publication order and chronological order start with Shadow and Bone, then The Grisha trilogy, then Six of Crows. Six of Crows can be read without first reading Shadow and Bone, but the world and political context land more cleanly after the original trilogy.
Six of Crows is a duology with Crooked Kingdom. Both books share the same six main characters and form a complete heist story arc. The duology is set in the same Grishaverse as Shadow and Bone.
The Six of Crows characters appeared in Netflix's Shadow and Bone series, which combined the original trilogy with the Crows duology. Netflix cancelled the show after two seasons, so the planned standalone Six of Crows arc was not completed.
Six of Crows is published as YA and contains no explicit content, though the heist plot involves violence, gang dynamics, and dark backstories. It is generally recommended for readers 14 and up.
Six of Crows was written by Leigh Bardugo, published in 2015 by Henry Holt and Co..
Six of Crows is 512 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Six of Crows takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
Six of Crows is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
