Where to Start with Leigh Bardugo
- Best entry point → Six of Crows
- Start the Alex Stern series → Ninth House
- What fans keep coming back to → Shadow and Bone
- Highest rated by listeners → Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2)
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Crooked Kingdom
Six of Crows • Book 2
Narrated by Roger Clark, Jay Snyder, Elizabeth Evans, Fred Berman, Brandon Rubin, Kevin T. Collins, Lauren Fortgang, Peter Ganim
★ 4.68 ABR Score (797.9K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (779.9K) ★ 4.73 Audible (18.0K)17h 58m listening time • Released 2016 - 2
Six of Crows
Six of Crows • Book 1
Narrated by Jay Snyder, Brandon Rubin, Fred Berman, Lauren Fortgang, Roger Clark, Elizabeth Evans, Tristan Morris
★ 4.50 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.55 Audible (22.8K)15h 4m listening time • Released 2015 - 3
Hell Bent
Alex Stern • Book 2
Narrated by Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
★ 4.30 ABR Score (187.5K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (183.8K) ★ 4.64 Audible (3.6K)16h 16m listening time • Released 2023 - 4
Ruin and Rising
Shadow and Bone • Book 3
Narrated by Lauren Fortgang
★ 4.28 ABR Score (607.8K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (595.9K) ★ 4.58 Audible (11.9K)10h 57m listening time • Released 2014 - 5
Ninth House
Alex Stern • Book 1
Narrated by Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
★ 4.15 ABR Score (413.3K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (407.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (6.0K)16h 22m listening time • Released 2019 - 6
Shadow and Bone
Shadow and Bone • Book 1
Narrated by Lauren Fortgang
★ 4.12 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.39 Audible (15.2K)9h 21m listening time • Released 2012
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