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Poison Study (Study, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 175,612 ratings
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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4.46 avg rating — 1,142,286 ratings
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Reluctant Assassin (Maisie G #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Cruel Beauty
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3.64 avg rating — 93,495 ratings
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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 51,683 ratings
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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 107,840 ratings
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Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
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3.92 avg rating — 94,095 ratings
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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 193,317 ratings
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Banished (Street Rats of Aramoor, #1)
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4.41 avg rating — 3,227 ratings
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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 395,589 ratings
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 2,351,600 ratings
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Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
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4.22 avg rating — 192,786 ratings
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Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,720,689 ratings
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Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
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4.29 avg rating — 239,513 ratings
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Signy Kráka: Part One
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4.08 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
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4.45 avg rating — 1,526,146 ratings
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Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
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4.62 avg rating — 1,372,168 ratings
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Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
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4.63 avg rating — 1,201,562 ratings
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Meaning likely not books from series like Alex Rider, Jason Steed, Bodyguard, Cherub etc. will be appearing on this list?
Not necessarily direct assassination stories, but they have some very good intrigue and murder plots are The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn and The Way of the Warrior