Crooked Kingdom
core novel 2016 The Grishaverse
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.56 (796,021 ratings, collected 2026-08-07) |
| Page count | 561 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781627792134 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Grishaverse
- Series: Six of Crows Duology core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Leigh Bardugo
Awards (verified)
- Readers' Choice Award (Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction), 2016: finalist; Corrected from an assumed win: the award body's own announcement post shows the winner was A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (already in this canon).
Notes
- From the series record (Six of Crows Duology): A closed 2-book heist-crew sequence set in the same world one year after the Shadow and Bone trilogy, with light narrative connections (shared world and later crossover appearances) rather than a direct sequel to Alina's story. Registered `duology` (added 2026-08-07) rather than `sequence`, since the author and publisher have consistently treated this as a genuinely closed 2-book set.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Six of Crows Duology: position 2 of 2: previous Six of Crows (2015)
- Internal chronology, within The Grishaverse: position 5 of 7: previous Siege and Storm (2013) · next Rule of Wolves (2021)
Sources
- leighbardugo.com - Reading Order
- Wikipedia - Six of Crows
- Readers' Choice Awards 2016 winners announcement
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