Books Like Six of Crows

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Six of Crows uses a full cast — Jay Snyder, Lauren Fortgang, and several others — to split the heist crew's perspectives, each carrying their character's particular brand of damage and calculation, and at 15 hours the ensemble structure means the listen never settles into a single rhythm. Every single one of the ten recommendations features at least one voice from this cast, and most are deep in the Leigh Bardugo catalogue — the same dark, found-family energy and morally complex characters who trust each other just enough to survive.

10 books for fans of Six of Crows

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    Hell Bent

    Alex Stern • Book 2

    by Leigh Bardugo

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    Alex Stern defies Yale's Lethe Society to mount a rescue mission into hell itself, determined to save Darlington from purgatory. Bardugo's sequel dives deeper into occult academia with higher stakes and bloodier consequences.

    4.10 Goodreads (183.8K ratings)
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    Ninth House

    Alex Stern • Book 1

    by Leigh Bardugo

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    Yale's secret societies practice actual occult rituals, and Alex Stern—sole survivor of a multiple homicide—monitors them for the university. Bardugo crafts a dark academia where privilege literally costs blood.

    4.00 Goodreads (407.3K ratings)
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    Ruin and Rising

    Shadow and Bone • Book 3

    by Leigh Bardugo

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    Hiding in underground caverns, a weakened Sun Summoner must choose between zealots who worship her as a saint and a broken nation under shadow rule. Bardugo sticks the landing on her complex magic system.

    3.97 Goodreads (595.9K ratings)
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    Shadow and Bone

    Shadow and Bone • Book 1

    by Leigh Bardugo

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    When cartographer Alina Starkov manifests rare light-summoning powers crossing the monster-infested Shadow Fold, she becomes both Ravka's salvation and its most valuable prisoner.

    3.91 Goodreads (1.1M ratings)
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    Heir of Fire

    Throne of Glass • Book 3

    by Sarah J. Maas

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    Maas splits her heroine between continents as Celaena trains in deadly Fae magic while her friends face political machinations and growing darkness in Rifthold.

    4.45 Goodreads (1.6M ratings)
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    The Assassin's Blade

    Throne of Glass #0.1-0.5

    by Sarah J. Maas

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    Five novellas chronicle Celaena's missions for the Assassin's Guild and her doomed romance with fellow killer Sam, setting up the heartbreak that defines her character.

    4.20 Goodreads (1.2M ratings)
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    Kingdom of Ash

    Throne of Glass • Book 7

    by Sarah J. Maas

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    The Throne of Glass saga concludes with Aelin imprisoned and tortured while her fractured army faces impossible odds in the ultimate battle for Erilea's survival.

    4.71 Goodreads (1.1M ratings)
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    Empire of Storms

    Throne of Glass • Book 5

    by Sarah J. Maas

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    Aelin must unite kingdoms against Erawan's approaching army while grappling with the full cost of her fire magic and the keys needed to lock away evil forever.

    4.63 Goodreads (1.3M ratings)
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    Queen of Shadows

    Throne of Glass • Book 4

    by Sarah J. Maas

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    Maas escalates the stakes as Aelin embraces her royal identity, orchestrating elaborate schemes to free her allies while preparing for magical war against tyrannical rule.

    4.62 Goodreads (1.4M ratings)
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    House of Earth and Blood

    Crescent City • Book 1

    by Sarah J. Maas

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    Half-fae Bryce Quinlan teams up with fallen angel Hunt Athalar to solve her friends' brutal murders in a modern fantasy world where magic meets nightclub culture.

    4.45 Goodreads (1.2M ratings)