Crooked Kingdom
by Leigh Bardugo
★ Top 25 book of 2016 · #11 on Best Books of 2016
This second book in the Six of Crows duology picks up days after the first novel's events. Set in a world loosely inspired by 19th-century Europe, it is told through the viewpoints of six different characters.
Best for: Fantasy fans who have read Six of Crows and want the duology's conclusion
Crooked Kingdom is #11 on BookWard's Best Books of 2016, out of 68 2016 books that cleared our data bar.
What Crooked Kingdom is about
Days after the events of Six of Crows, the crew is back in a city loosely modeled on 19th-century Europe, and the odds are worse than ever. Kaz plans to kidnap Van Eck's pregnant wife, Alys, and trade her for the captive Inej. Jesper, Nina, Wylan, Inej, Matthias and Kaz are also tangled up with Kuwei, while Pekka Rollins joins forces with Van Eck against them.
Kaz stages an auction for Kuwei's indenture, with Fjerdans, Ravkans, Shu and Zemeni all bidding. Meanwhile Nina finds she can control dead bodies, an ability that may have come from surviving jurda parem withdrawal. The story moves between several third-person viewpoints, so each member of the crew gets room to be wounded, funny and fiercely loyal. This is the second book of the Six of Crows duology, set in the Grishaverse, so readers will want to begin with the first. The tone is dark, quick and gritty, with revenge and found family at its center.
Crooked Kingdom on the Best Books of 2016
Crooked Kingdom came out in 2016. Of the 68 books first published in 2016 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #11 on our Best Books of 2016 list.
Why it made the list: 731 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (34 ratings); 37 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2016 list
- When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, #9
- Deep Work Cal Newport, #10
- Scythe Neal Shusterman, #12
- Ego Is the Enemy Ryan Holiday, #13
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 605 want to read it, 37 are reading it now and 89 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.4 out of 5 from 34 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 72 | 55% |
| Reader love | 88 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 71 | 20% |
Questions about Crooked Kingdom
When was Crooked Kingdom published?
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo was first published in 2016.
Was Crooked Kingdom one of the best books of 2016?
Crooked Kingdom is #11 on BookWard's Best Books of 2016, out of 68 2016 books that cleared our data bar. 731 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (34 ratings); 37 are reading it right now.
Why is Crooked Kingdom on the Best Books of 2016 list?
731 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (34 ratings); 37 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2016
- It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, #1
- Dog Man Dav Pilkey, #2
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson, #3
- Never Split the Difference Chris Voss, #4
- The Hidden Oracle Rick Riordan, #5
- Born a Crime Trevor Noah, #6
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How we know
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