#31 in Fantasy
Crooked Kingdom
- 592
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
The second half of the Six of Crows duology picks up days after the first book and gives each of its many viewpoint characters a proper ending. Some readers find it slower than its predecessor and need time to settle into it, but the heist plotting stays clever and the emotional weight is greater. One late turn strikes some as forced. Read the first volume before this one.
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About the book
Crooked Kingdom is a fantasy novel written by Israeli–American author Leigh Bardugo, published by Henry Holt and Co. in 2016. Set in a world loosely inspired by 19th-century Europe, it takes place days after the events of the duology's first book, Six of Crows. The plot is told from the third-person viewpoints of eight characters.
Reading order · Six of Crows
Full order & progress →- Six of CrowsStart here
8.68.6 / 10 - Crooked KingdomThis book
8.88.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.8 across 1,594 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 92% of the weight and the score stays at 8.8 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 34 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.8 | 1.6K | 98% |
Frequently asked
How long is Crooked Kingdom?
It has 592 pages — longer than 57% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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