✍️ Leigh Bardugo
9 titles · Fantasy, RomanceYA, Young Adult, Heist, FantasyYoung Adult
Shadow and Bone
🌶️🌶️ · 358p
Alina discovers she has a rare power that could save her war-torn country. The Darkling wants to use her. He's magnetic, terrifying, and maybe the villain — or maybe the savior. Russian-inspired fantasy that launched the Grishaverse.
Siege and Storm
🌶️🌶️ · 435p
Alina is on the run with Mal. The Darkling is hunting them. A dashing privateer complicates everything. The Grisha trilogy continues.
Ruin and Rising
🌶️🌶️ · 417p
The final battle for Ravka. Alina must choose between power and love. The Grisha trilogy's devastating conclusion.
Six of Crows
🌶️ · 465p
Six outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz Brekker is the definition of 'soft for her only' — the entire world gets the monster, Inej gets the boy. If you love morally grey characters, this is everything.
Crooked Kingdom
🌶️ · 546p
The heist went wrong. Now Kaz and his crew must outplay the most powerful people in Ketterdam to save one of their own. The sequel that's better than the first. Every character thread pays off beautifully.
Ninth House
🌶️ · 458p
Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. She's given a full ride — not for her grades, but because she can see ghosts. Yale's secret societies practice real magic, and Alex is supposed to keep them in line.
King of Scars
🌶️🌶️ · 480p
Nikolai Lantsov is king. But something dark lives inside him. He must find a way to destroy it before it destroys his kingdom.
Hell Bent
🌶️🌶️ · 496p
Alex Stern is going to Hell. Literally. To rescue someone she lost. The second Alex Stern book goes deeper into the magic system and the consequences of what happened at Lethe. Bardugo's prose cuts like glass.
The Familiar
🌶️🌶️🌶️ · 386p
Golden Age Spain. Luzia is a scullion who hides her small magic. When she's discovered, she's thrust into a deadly tournament at the royal court. Bardugo does historical fantasy and it's gorgeous.