All the books on the Grishaverse fantasy series and why they’re worth it

Anyone who has seen the 2 seasons of Shadow and Bone – Legenden der Grisha on Netflix and is longing for the 3rd season of Shadow and Bone should definitely take a look at the novel templates. The 7 Fantasy Books by Leigh Bardugo, on which it is based, still have a few surprises in store. We show you here:

Shadow and Bone: What books are there and in what order should you read them?

total exist 7 novels in the so-called Grishaverse (Universe of Grisha) by US author Leigh Bardugo: a trilogy and two dilogies. Also exist 3 additional works. Numerous cross-references, character defectors and the timing of the actions increase the reading pleasure when you read the Shadow and Bone books in the chronology of their appearance read In Season 1, the Netflix series filmed the first volume with early characters from the 4th book. Season 2 relies heavily on Books 2 and 3, but also used individual elements from Parts 4, 5, 6 and 7.

All Shadow and Bone: The Grishaverse books in German

Here you can find them list of novels in German, below in English. It’s best to start with Alina’s story in Golden Flames and then continue reading in the order given. If you’re a Netflix fan of Kaz, Jesper and Inej and don’t want to wait three books to meet the crows again, you can jump right into Song of the Crows if necessary. However, books 6 and 7 definitely need the prior knowledge of the other books.

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy: Legends of Grisha (Alina’s story)

Six of Crows: The Crow Dilogy (the raids of the crows)

The King of Scars dilogy (Nicolais story)

An 8th book is also planned, which will conclude the story of the crows. The supplementary literature to Shadow and Bone also includes:

The Grishaverse in the Original: The Shadow and Bone Order in English

Two of Leigh Bardugo’s short stories are not included in The Language of Thorns. Please read this only after Shadow and Bone Book 1 or after watching Season 1 of the Netflix series:

After the Grishaverse, if you can’t get enough of Leigh Bardugo’s stories, you should check out hers as well second dark fantasy series about ghost seer Alex Stern read, which so far comprises two volumes: The Ninth House * (Ninth House *) and Hell Bent * (Hell Bent *). This is being released by Amazon as a series
Ninth House filmed.

Why getting into the literary Grishaverse is worth it after Netflix’s Shadow and Bone

Even infrequent readers should not be put off by the long list of Shadow and Bone books, because the fantasy novels are not long. Golden Flames, for example, has only 350 pages and facilitates a quick introduction to the world created by Leigh Bardugo. Four reasons particularly recommend reading even after watching the Netflix series Shadow and Bone:

First: Who, while watching the Netflix series, despite the explanatory dictionary of Shadow and Bone terms from the Complexity of the Grishaverse was fascinated but overwhelmed, the novels introduce Entherzer, Durasts, Kraftmehrer, Drüskelle and Co. more slowly and deeply. A deep understanding of the world is guaranteed (also thanks to the Shadow and Bone map and Grisha overview).

Secondly: Leigh Bardugo’s writing style has a knack for it catchy characters to create, all of which are flawed, but only get more depth and loveliness as a result. For example, you can get to know the crows even better and, parallel to Shadow and Bone season 2, you can understand even better why Kaz always wears gloves.

Third: The wait for Shadow and Bone season 3 and the crow spin-off series on Netflix will be quite a while. The Curb impatience However, readers can easily do so by learning about the further course of the story on paper (or with Kindle and eBook readers) and cheering for it. Because yes: there is still big things to come, much of which was already hinted at at the end of Season 2 for those familiar with the template.

Fourth: For book fans, it’s fascinating how the Netflix series makes some big, some subtle changes, while respecting the template and making small adjustments to improve the story in the visual medium: one exciting study for serial narration sort of. Once you’ve read the novels, the Season 1 rewatch will be twice as fun afterwards.

Shadow and Bone: Netflix’s Fantasy Series Podcast

What makes good fantasy? Raised as a big event by Netflix, Shadow and Bone takes us into a complex new world filled with shadows, monsters and war, but also magic and romance. Esther and Hendrik take a close look at the series in a stream tumult dispute between a fan and a critic.

Here you can find out how convincing the 8 episodes of Shadow and Bone are, what the gang of thieves the crows do right (and what wrong) and why everyone should celebrate the goat Milo.

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Have you read Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone books from the Grishaverse yet? Or do you plan to do it after the Netflix series?