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Poison Study (Study, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 176,865 ratings
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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4.46 avg rating — 1,167,695 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 — 93,684 ratings
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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 51,906 ratings
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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 108,009 ratings
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Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
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3.93 avg rating — 95,247 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 — 193,835 ratings
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Banished (Street Rats of Aramoor, #1)
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4.41 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 409,605 ratings
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 2,471,951 ratings
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Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
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4.22 avg rating — 198,951 ratings
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Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,809,701 ratings
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Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
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4.29 avg rating — 247,114 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 — 1,605,304 ratings
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Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
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4.62 avg rating — 1,445,170 ratings
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Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
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4.63 avg rating — 1,267,160 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