Six of Crows
Kaz Brekker leads six outcasts on an impossible Grishaverse heist in Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows audiobook duology, performed by a rotating multi-narrator ensemble.
Books in This Series
Six of Crows
A fantasy heist with a full cast of seven narrators that delivers complex characters and clever twists, despite some early pacing issues and occasional voice inconsistencies between chapters. The emotional performancesāespecially for Inej and Ninaāmake this the ideal format for experiencing the story.
Crooked Kingdom
Crooked Kingdom improves on Six of Crows with higher stakes and deeper emotional payoffs, and the eight-narrator audiobook production is exceptional. Complex plotting demands focused listening, but the ensemble cast and satisfying conclusion make it worth every minute of its 18-hour runtime.
š§ Six of Crows Audiobook Listening Guide
Listen to Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse crime duology strictly in order: Six of Crows (#1) assembles criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker's six-person crew to break into the impenetrable Ice Court fortress, and Crooked Kingdom (#2) picks up immediately after in a retaliatory chess match across Ketterdam. Both audiobooks use a rotating multi-narrator ensembleāone actor per crew member's point-of-view chapterāthat plays like a clean, high-stakes radio drama without distracting sound effects. In Book #1, Lauren Fortgang brings quiet emotional weight to Inej and Elizabeth Evans anchors Nina alongside Jay Snyder, Fred Berman, Brandon Rubin, Roger Clark, and Tristan Morris.
First-time listeners should expect two practical trade-offs in Book #1: the opening hours move deliberately while establishing Ketterdam's underworld, and secondary characters like Kaz sound slightly different when voiced inside another narrator's chapter. In Book #2, the booth expands to eight performers (adding Peter Ganim and Kevin T. Collins), with our review singling out Fred Berman's gravelly, calculating delivery for Kaz's nested consābest heard on headphones with undivided focus so you never lose track of the crew's shifting double-crosses.
Editorial note: Performance and edition takeaways linked above are drawn from AudiobookSoul's AI-assisted review collection.
Ready to listen free?