1,064 books
—
888 voters
Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Start by marking “Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)” as Want to Read:
Six of Crows
(Six of Crows #1)
by
Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone.…
A convict with a thirst for revenge.
A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager.
A runa ...more
A convict with a thirst for revenge.
A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager.
A runa ...more
Get A Copy
Audio CD
Published
December 1st 2015
by Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio
(first published September 29th 2015)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Reader Q&A
Community Reviews
Showing 1-30

Start your review of Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

Aug 04, 2016
Elle (ellexamines)
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
sorry to keep boosting this but,,, please read this it's my favorite series ever
HOW ARE YOU ALL NOT FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS BEING A NETFLIX SHOW??
Five solid stars. This book pulled me in from the beginning, to the point where I knew I'd found a favorite before I was halfway through. Here, Bardugo integrates a creative plot, interesting and morally grey characters, group dynamics and banter, a great writing style, and some really, really prime romance plots. Goddamn, can Leigh Bardugo write romance. There are very, very few books that I love so whol ...more
__________________________
Five solid stars. This book pulled me in from the beginning, to the point where I knew I'd found a favorite before I was halfway through. Here, Bardugo integrates a creative plot, interesting and morally grey characters, group dynamics and banter, a great writing style, and some really, really prime romance plots. Goddamn, can Leigh Bardugo write romance. There are very, very few books that I love so whol ...more

Side effects of reading Six of Crows are, but not limited to: Shortness of breath. Heart palpitations. Nausea. Weak knees. Dehydration. Dizziness. Headache. Heartache. Constant sweating. High blood-pressure. Congestive heart failure.
“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”
Six of Crows is 185th book I've read this year. Yes, that means this is the book that put me at my goodreads reading goal this year. I am so happy that this is the book that made me hit my mark. It was the perfect ...more
“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”
Six of Crows is 185th book I've read this year. Yes, that means this is the book that put me at my goodreads reading goal this year. I am so happy that this is the book that made me hit my mark. It was the perfect ...more

Jan 03, 2016
emma
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
owned,
recommend,
slump-worthy,
auto-buy-authors,
couldn-t-wait-to-read,
favorites,
5-stars,
ya,
fantasy,
reread
was wondering why i felt sad and realized it's been way too long since i last read six of crows. so this'll probably solve it
buddy reread with my best buddy [reader] and my best mate innit
------------
this full review is now POSTED, and my lifelong quest to never stop freaking out about this book continues!! find both here: https://emmareadstoomuch.wordpress.co...
------------
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
^ That’s me screaming.
This has been: my full review of Six of Crows. Bye.
I guess I can elaborate ...more
buddy reread with my best buddy [reader] and my best mate innit
------------
this full review is now POSTED, and my lifelong quest to never stop freaking out about this book continues!! find both here: https://emmareadstoomuch.wordpress.co...
------------
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
^ That’s me screaming.
This has been: my full review of Six of Crows. Bye.
I guess I can elaborate ...more

Trickery is not my native tongue, but I may learn to speak it yet.
I was scared to start Six of Crows. The hype surrounding it has been HUGE, the blurb sounded intriguing, I've been eagerly anticipating it, and I liked but didn't love Shadow and Bone. Honestly, though? I needn't have worried. This book is fantastic.
Shadow and Bone has been called fantasy-lite, but there is absolutely nothing about Six of Crows that warrants such a label. It's a sweeping epic tale with six main characters, fiv ...more

May 22, 2014
Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
The heat of the incinerator wrapped around Inej like a living thing, a desert dragon in his den, hiding from the ice, waiting for her. She knew her body’s limits, and she knew she had no more to give. She’d made a bad wager. It was as simple as that. The autumn leaf might cling to its branch, but it was already dead. The only question was when it would fall....more
Let go, Inej. Her father had taught her to climb, to trust the rope, the swing, and finally, to trust in her own skill, to believe that i

Wow..there are no words!
I WANT TO GIVE THIS BOOK 10 STARS!
This took me awhile to write, but I've been meaning to write a long review for awhile.
So here it is!
Six of Crows follows six teenagers living in the city of Ketterdam, a city of slums and crime lords.
Kaz Brekker, an infamous thief (also known as Dirtyhands) is promised a very large sum of money to kidnap Bo Yul-Bayur, a scientist from the Ice Court.
The Ice Court is the most highly protected place in Fjerda, and Kaz won't be able to gatec ...more
I WANT TO GIVE THIS BOOK 10 STARS!
This took me awhile to write, but I've been meaning to write a long review for awhile.
So here it is!
Six of Crows follows six teenagers living in the city of Ketterdam, a city of slums and crime lords.
Kaz Brekker, an infamous thief (also known as Dirtyhands) is promised a very large sum of money to kidnap Bo Yul-Bayur, a scientist from the Ice Court.
The Ice Court is the most highly protected place in Fjerda, and Kaz won't be able to gatec ...more

Jun 20, 2018
Caz (littlebookowl)
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
favourites,
owned
WHY DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG TO PICK THIS UP?
What a ride! This was exactly what I needed and so much more.I'm tempted to give this a 4.75 star rating, but I want to mull it over a little while longer. *EDIT* WHO AM I KIDDING? This deserved the full 5 stars. I was a little unsure about the pacing somewhere around the middle of the book, but to be fair it was due to some of the character development, and the characters were my fave part so who am I to resist a little extra time getting to know them
...more
What a ride! This was exactly what I needed and so much more.

you know when you read a story and you get that feeling that you just cannot shake it off, you are so happy and you feel like you are gonna miss this so much in days, months or years to come. You savior the moment between the pages. You immediately want to go back to continue reading it yet you wish the pages were longer to avoid the finish. It is your safe and happy place whenever you think about it. This story is that for me.

originally read this last year, but decided to re-read it before six of crows! i'm so happy i made that decision. i had forgotten how rich this story is in detail. from the characters, to the world, to the plot, everything is built up so beautifully. the ending still gave me chills and i need crooked kingdom right. now.
...more

once again, came for the kaz brekker hype; stayed for the jurda crazy grisha, a heist of the century, all the nina/matthias tension, the scheming face, the ‘my ghost would not associate with your ghost’ talk, and of course, the kaz brekker hype.
in other words, i am (still) absolute trash for this book and leigh bardugo has eternal claim to my soul.
↠ 5 stars
in other words, i am (still) absolute trash for this book and leigh bardugo has eternal claim to my soul.
↠ 5 stars

SO MUCH FUN WITH THIS BOOK. FANTASTIC CAST OF CHARACTERS! HERE'S MY FULL BOOKTALK/REVIEW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufgXQ...
...more

THIS BOOK. I'm trying not to add to the hype pool right now, but like THIS BOOK. IT BLEW ME AWAY. It was unexpectedly brilliant! I WANNA BE IN THE SIX OF CROWS SQUAD.
...more

I don't know if I finished this book or if it finished me.
...more

I wish I could get on a time machine, go back to the day I started reading this book just so I can rejoice it all over again.
Kaz Brekker, you have my heart.
Kaz Brekker, you have my heart.

Mercy, Leigh, mercy. I hit myself in the head with this ARC too many times to count. Buckle up, folks, it's going be a razor-edged night.
...more

May 01, 2017
Ivan
rated it
it was ok
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
young-and-new-adult
Disclaimer:I got few angry messages about my rant on this book saying that is just MY OPINION. Well I thought that text being in box with my name above made that obvious but to avoid confusion I must state that text bellow aren't words God or truths from deep universe only subjective opinion of ruggedly handsome mortal who's name and picture you can see above. I hope this avoids further confusion. /Disclaimer
So much hype surrounding this book, many positive reviews from my friends yet in the end ...more
So much hype surrounding this book, many positive reviews from my friends yet in the end ...more

finished this at 3:30 AM this morning crying at the line "i will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker, or I will not have you at all."
i'm addicted ????? yikes ??????? ...more
i'm addicted ????? yikes ??????? ...more

“This isn't a job for trained soldiers and spies. It's a job for thugs and thieves.”
Dark and gritty adventure. A bunch of anti-heroes. A dangerous scientist. A nation of witch hunters. Gang wars. Grisha. And Leigh Bardugo. That's the recipe for EPICNESS.

“A gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who had become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse.”
The fate of the world is in the hands of six teenagers, six street rats with ...more

Aug 17, 2017
Virginia Ronan ♥ Herondale ♥
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
favorites
How to begin this review?
How to put into words how much I loved these characters and this book?
How am I supposed to write down all those many feels?
And most importantly,
How can I live with this ache in my chest?
I have no answer to all of those questions, but I know that I have to write this review!
So here I go!
Let’s hope my voice doesn’t falter and pray that my words don’t fail.
“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”
When I first read about “Six of Crows” I thought that it ...more
How to put into words how much I loved these characters and this book?
How am I supposed to write down all those many feels?
And most importantly,
How can I live with this ache in my chest?
I have no answer to all of those questions, but I know that I have to write this review!
So here I go!
Let’s hope my voice doesn’t falter and pray that my words don’t fail.
“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”
When I first read about “Six of Crows” I thought that it ...more

Jul 11, 2016
C.G. Drews
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
young-adult,
foodie-fiction,
reread,
audio-books,
5-star,
read-2016,
epic-fantasy,
read-2019
Read 3 | 2019
is my tbr yelling furiously at me while it grows tall enough to block out the sun and yet I choose to reread Six of Crows for the third time? yes. yes that just happened. (I also wanted to do a massive Grishaverse reread before King of Scars. I'm so so glad I did because ugh I love these six damaged kids. I still have some thorough reservations about shipping Kaz/Inej (aka, I don't) but I'm obsessed with them all...with the complexities of their psyches and how they react emotionall ...more
is my tbr yelling furiously at me while it grows tall enough to block out the sun and yet I choose to reread Six of Crows for the third time? yes. yes that just happened. (I also wanted to do a massive Grishaverse reread before King of Scars. I'm so so glad I did because ugh I love these six damaged kids. I still have some thorough reservations about shipping Kaz/Inej (aka, I don't) but I'm obsessed with them all...with the complexities of their psyches and how they react emotionall ...more

Excellent novel is excellent. Review to come.
----
WHAT IS THIS?
...more
----
WHAT IS THIS?


Jun 01, 2015
karen
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
why-yes-i-ya,
thank-you-bea-or-ala
We are all someone's monster
this is a very strong series-starter.
bardugo's tor shorts are among my very favorites of all tor shorts ever, but when i read Shadow and Bone, i was a bit confused. no, i was actually shocked. it didn't have the sparkle that characterized her shorts and i was very disappointed. i'm glad i continued with the series, however, because i thought it got better and better as it went along. which is kind of the opposite experience from most reviewers, but i'm just me.
and may ...more
this is a very strong series-starter.
bardugo's tor shorts are among my very favorites of all tor shorts ever, but when i read Shadow and Bone, i was a bit confused. no, i was actually shocked. it didn't have the sparkle that characterized her shorts and i was very disappointed. i'm glad i continued with the series, however, because i thought it got better and better as it went along. which is kind of the opposite experience from most reviewers, but i'm just me.
and may ...more

Reread x2!
God bless my shitty memory, BECAUSE THAT ENDING!!!!! Mind is bamboozled! Kaz, you cunning motherfucker! I love every single one of these characters, BUT KAZ!! 😭😭😭😭😭
I’m obsessed!
It’s been a long time coming and I’m so happy to have reread it. My heart feels full and content and there’s no better mark and feeling a book can leave you with but that.
And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this book is poetry.
——————————————
“They're all survivors. They adapt.”
Well, damn, damn and mo ...more
God bless my shitty memory, BECAUSE THAT ENDING!!!!! Mind is bamboozled! Kaz, you cunning motherfucker! I love every single one of these characters, BUT KAZ!! 😭😭😭😭😭
I’m obsessed!
It’s been a long time coming and I’m so happy to have reread it. My heart feels full and content and there’s no better mark and feeling a book can leave you with but that.
And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this book is poetry.
——————————————
“They're all survivors. They adapt.”
Well, damn, damn and mo ...more

All the Stars
So, I’m legit four years late reading this - meaning pretty much everyone else already read this ages ago and there are tons of great reviews out there - so I'll keep this short.
I’ll just say that this was truly one of the bests books I’ve read in a long time. The plot was like a magical/steampunk/Gangs of New York meets Ocean’s Eleven and the characters were SO magnetic and well-written that I was gripped from page one. Bardugo’s writing, humor, pacing...everything, really, was ju ...more
So, I’m legit four years late reading this - meaning pretty much everyone else already read this ages ago and there are tons of great reviews out there - so I'll keep this short.
I’ll just say that this was truly one of the bests books I’ve read in a long time. The plot was like a magical/steampunk/Gangs of New York meets Ocean’s Eleven and the characters were SO magnetic and well-written that I was gripped from page one. Bardugo’s writing, humor, pacing...everything, really, was ju ...more

Aug 02, 2015
Wendy Darling
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
september,
read-2015,
2015-5-star-books,
action-packed,
made-my-heart-hurt,
2015-favorites,
poc,
lgbtqi,
russia,
own-dtb-tbr
All I have to say is, this book is somehow even more awesome than the original series.
Don't be nervous about the multiple POVs--every character has history and agency, and you'll care deeply about every single one of them. Plus diversity! Kickass heroines! Gifted thieves! Amaaaaazing action sequences! All perfectly paced and perfectly thrilling.
My full review, plus Grisha prize pack giveaway are on the blog: http://www.themidnightgarden.net/2015...
Here are a few of my favorite quotes from the ...more
Don't be nervous about the multiple POVs--every character has history and agency, and you'll care deeply about every single one of them. Plus diversity! Kickass heroines! Gifted thieves! Amaaaaazing action sequences! All perfectly paced and perfectly thrilling.
My full review, plus Grisha prize pack giveaway are on the blog: http://www.themidnightgarden.net/2015...
Here are a few of my favorite quotes from the ...more

ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS EVER. So happy I waited until I was in the right headspace to read this mammoth of a masterpiece, and that I have the sequel at the ready! <3

May 28, 2017
may ➹
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
5-star,
my-heart,
fantasy,
young-adult,
rereads,
rep-disability-neurodiverse,
buddy-reads,
ownvoices,
library,
read-2018
after my third reread, I have concluded that Leith Bardugo does NOT deserve rights and I will be making a petition immediately to take them away
Six of Crows is one of my favorite books of all time, and no review I write will do this book justice or portray how much I love it or how perfect it is. So instead, I’m making a list of favorite moments and quotes and other things!!
I spent AT LEAST 5 hours writing this and another hour editing, and it’s the longest thing I’ve ever written but also t ...more
topics | posts | views | last activity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Real Housewiv...: March BOTM Six of Crows | 26 | 36 | 3 hours, 4 min ago | |
✨Bookmarked✨: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo | 19 | 28 | Mar 02, 2021 10:46AM | |
❀The Never-ending...: Let's Fangirl over SIX OF CROWS | 35 | 34 | Mar 01, 2021 08:25AM | |
The Introvert Rea...: March BOTM Discussion: Six Of Crows | 1 | 9 | Mar 01, 2021 03:56AM | |
Shadow and Bone R...: Six of Crows Discussion | 3 | 11 | Feb 27, 2021 08:30AM | |
Debating bout Books : Series {} Six Of Crows | 11 | 10 | Feb 26, 2021 04:55AM | |
The Midnight Readers: Six of Crows | 132 | 118 | Feb 23, 2021 11:17PM |
Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse (coming soon to Netflix) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and King of Scars— with more to come. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Her other works include Wo
...more
Other books in the series
Six of Crows
(2 books)
Articles featuring this book
Listen up, because our colleagues here at Goodreads have some excellent audiobook recommendations for you! Of course, the books they've...
55 likes · 27 comments
23 trivia questions
2 quizzes
More quizzes & trivia...
2 quizzes
“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
—
4077 likes
“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
—
3849 likes
More quotes…
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
Feb 22, 2021 02:47PM
Feb 26, 2021 11:57AM