While both are great for learning more about the world and its history, it's recommended to have read some Grishaverse books before trying The Lives of Saints.

The Lives of Saints is also an illustrated tome, this one telling tales of Grishaverse saints. The Language of Thorns is an illustrated collection of fairytales that the Grishaverse characters may have heard as children. There are also supplemental stand-alone books that tell the history and folktales of the Grishaverse. Supplemental: The Language of Thorns and The Lives of Saints They all have to work together to save Ravka's future. In Rule of Wolves, Nikolai, Zoya, and Nina are dealing with personal demons when a Fjerdan army invades Ravka. Nina also makes an appearance, disguised as a spy in Fjerda and helping to save a Grisha there. In King of Scars, Nikolai, with the help of Zoya, attempts to fight enemies off his weakened borders and fight the darkness growing inside him. The King of Scars duology: King of Scars and Rule of Wolvesįollowing the events of Crooked Kingdom, this duology follows Prince Nikolai, now king of Ravka, as he struggles to rebuild Ravka and deal with the effects of the Darkling's powers on both him and the country. Some Grishaverse fans even recommend to try Six of Crows first (opens in new tab), as the book has more diversity and deals more with the world outside of Ravka.

Heisserer loved them so much that he fought to include the Crows in the show, leading to their prequel storyline. While the Six of Crows takes place after the events of Shadow and Bone, the duology is just as popular as a stand-alone series. The Shadow and Bone trilogy: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising

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If you can't wait to dive in and learn more about this fantasy world, here's the order of the books and what to expect from each.

The show also weaves in details and references from multiple Grishaverse books, including allusions to upcoming storylines.

Bardugo and showrunner Eric Heisserer wrote a new plot for the Six of Crows cast that wove them into the events of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, which took place two years before the Six of Crows duology's timeline. While the primary storyline of Netflix's Shadow and Bone follows the trilogy of the same name, the show also has a subplot with the characters from the Six of Crows duology. The Grishaverse is comprised of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Crows duology, and three supplemental books.

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