The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
Locke Lamora is a con artist in a grimy city with a tight crew and elaborate schemes, much like the criminal ingenuity and layered double-crosses that drive Six of Crows.
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Books Like Six of Crows
If you loved Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows readers usually come for the heist itself: a tightly plotted caper with a crew of six outcasts, each with a sharp skill and a private grudge, all pulling against each other. The tone is gritty and witty at once, set in the criminal underworld of Ketterdam, with rich worldbuilding, snappy banter and a fast pace built on double-crosses and clever planning. Violence is real, and the romance is slow-burning. Readers want that mix of cunning, found family and dark fantasy.
Same clever heist plotting
Found family and misfit crews
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give is a powerful YA story about loyalty, identity and hard choices under pressure, reflecting the emotional weight Six of Crows gives to its characters' bonds.
Nevermoor
Jessica Townsend
Nevermoor follows an outsider who finds a group of misfits and a strange new world, delivering the same warm found-family feel and inventive setting Six of Crows readers love.
Vicious
V. E. Schwab
Vicious features morally grey characters with dangerous talents and a rivalry-driven plot, capturing the darker, complicated loyalties that define Kaz and his crew.
Dark fantasy with grit
A Darker Shade of Magic
V. E. Schwab
A Darker Shade of Magic combines richly imagined magical cities with fast, dangerous action, echoing the vivid worldbuilding and high stakes that make Six of Crows so immersive.
Red Rising
Pierce Brown
Red Rising pairs brutal political intrigue with a ruthless society and sharp, violent set pieces, matching the grim edge and cutthroat competition found in Ketterdam.
Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass offers a morally complicated heroine, a royal court full of schemes and romance threaded through danger, which suits readers drawn to the intrigue and slow-burn tension of Six of Crows.
Go deeper into the Grishaverse-style world
The Winner's Curse
Marie Rutkoski
The Winner's Curse blends a political power struggle with a forbidden romance and sharp, strategic dialogue, appealing to readers who loved the layered scheming and romantic tension in Six of Crows.
Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Blood and Bone builds a vivid magical world under oppression, with a bold young heroine and a group of allies, much like the magic-driven fantasy and found-family dynamics of the Grishaverse.
An enchantment of ravens
Margaret Rogerson
An Enchantment of Ravens offers lush, atmospheric fantasy with a dangerous magical realm and a slow-building romance, capturing the sumptuous description and bittersweet tone of Bardugo's writing.
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