This is a book that Alina reads in the Shadow and Bone trilogy The Shadow and Bone Books in Order The Shadow and Bone Trilogy 1.'One of the reasons, not all of them, that I got the privilege of working with Daegan Fryklind as co-showrunner in season 2 is that I was busy with the writers' room for Six of Crows. The Lives of Saints is a companion book that’s illustrated and meant to broaden your understanding of the Grishaverse. If you begin with the prequel, I think you’ll only be confused and might be tempted to give up on the series prematurely. The Demon in the Wood is a prequel to Shadow and Bone, and while it can be read before, being a prequel, I believe it’s best to save it for after you finish. It’s not a well-known book, and the cover looks nothing like the series. I’ll bet you didn’t even know there was a prequel for Shadow and Bone. Why did you put the prequel after Book 3? This will allow you to understand more about the world before trying to dive into these short stories.

That being said, I would recommend at least holding off on reading it until you finish at least either Shadow and Bone or Six of Crows. In our list of the Shadow and Bone books in order, I’ve placed Language of Thorns where it belongs in publication order.īut really, you can read Language of Thorns whenever as it’s a series of short stories that don’t relate to any existing characters in the other books.

I think it’s best to start at the beginning, where thousands and thousands of readers did when the books first published, and that’s with Shadow and Bone.Įither way, you’ll want to read both before the new Shadow and Bone TV show because Kaz Brekker and other characters from Six of Crows will be in it. Many members of the YA Fantasy Addicts Facebook group report that they couldn’t get into Shadow and Bone, while also saying that Six of Crows was absolutely fantastic. Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows are two unique stories with a completely different set of characters. The short answer is that it doesn’t matter for the Shadow and Bone series order. Should I start with Shadow and Bone or Six of Crows?

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