The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 9 books · 2012 to 2023

Leigh Bardugo

FantasyHorrorYoung adultUrban fantasyDark fantasyYA fantasy

Leigh Bardugo created the Grishaverse, a Russian-flavoured world of Grisha magic, where Alina Starkov discovers a rare power and the crook Kaz Brekker plans an impossible heist. Her adult Alex Stern novels are set among Yale's secret societies.

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Leigh Bardugo books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Shadow and Bone

3 books · Set in the GrishaverseYA fantasy
  1. 1Shadow and Bone2012With Alina StarkovBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Siege and Storm2013With Alina StarkovBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Ruin and Rising2014With Alina StarkovBuy on Amazon

Six of Crows

2 books · Set in the GrishaverseYA fantasy
  1. 1Six of Crows2015With Kaz Brekker and Inej GhafaBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Crooked Kingdom2016With Kaz Brekker and Inej GhafaBuy on Amazon

King of Scars

2 books · Set in the GrishaverseYA fantasy
  1. 1King of Scars2019With Nikolai Lantsov and Zoya NazyalenskyBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Rule of Wolves2021With Nikolai Lantsov and Zoya NazyalenskyBuy on Amazon

Alex Stern

2 books · Set in New HavenUrban fantasyDark fantasy
  1. 1Ninth House2019With Galaxy "Alex" SternBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Hell Bent2023With Galaxy "Alex" SternBuy on Amazon

Characters

14 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Ravka

Ketterdam

Lethe House