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Genre
Story type
- Heists
What it is about
- Young adult works
- Brigands and robbers
- Thriller
- Action & Adventure
- Magic
- Gangs
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Ages 14+
- Young Adult
About this book
Kaz leads a crew of six outcasts on a heist that may be all that stands between the world and destruction. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is book 1 of the Six of Crows series.
Reading level: genre Young Adult, ages 12-18 (Macmillan).
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata · Publisher page · Macmillan
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Six of Crows: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
Skulduggery Pleasant: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
- fantasy
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Why: Both are young adult fantasy books.
- Young adult
- Fantasy
What both books share
- young adult
Six of Crows: "young adult fiction" (WD genre)
The Red Pyramid: "young adult fiction" (WD genre) - fantasy
Six of Crows: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
The Red Pyramid: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
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Why: Both are young adult fantasy books.
- Young adult
- Fantasy
What both books share
- young adult
Six of Crows: "young adult fiction" (WD genre)
City of Bones: "young adult fiction" (WD genre) - fantasy
Six of Crows: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
City of Bones: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
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What they share, at a glance
Six of Crows next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Fantasy | Young adult |
|---|---|---|
| Skulduggery Pleasant | shared | not shared |
| The Red Pyramid | shared | shared |
| City of Bones | shared | shared |
| Red Queen | shared | shared |
| The Cruel Prince | shared | not shared |
| An Ember in the Ashes | shared | not shared |
| Bloodlines | shared | shared |
| Eragon | shared | shared |
| A Great and Terrible Beauty | shared | not shared |
| Caraval | shared | not shared |
| Eldest | shared | not shared |
| Untamed | shared | shared |
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How Six of Crows came to be
- Bardugo had always wanted to set a story in Ketterdam, which she sees as a kind of anti-Ravka. Interview: The Geekiary, September 11, 2015, checked November 6, 2026.
- Deciding to rewatch Ocean's 11 gave her the idea of a magical heist. Interview: The Geekiary, September 11, 2015, checked November 6, 2026.
I should watch Ocean's 11 again ... all I could think was MAGICAL HEIST
- She also wanted to step away from chosen-one stories. Interview: SciFiNow, November 26, 2015, checked November 6, 2026.
I also wanted to step away from "chosen one" stories
Where does Six of Crows sit in its series? See the reading order.
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