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Poison Study (Study, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 177,514 ratings
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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4.45 avg rating — 1,181,035 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 — 93,813 ratings
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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 52,044 ratings
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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 108,089 ratings
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Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
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3.92 avg rating — 95,860 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 — 194,172 ratings
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Banished (Street Rats of Aramoor, #1)
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4.40 avg rating — 3,326 ratings
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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 418,476 ratings
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 2,544,230 ratings
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Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
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4.22 avg rating — 203,073 ratings
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Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,869,070 ratings
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Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
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4.29 avg rating — 252,324 ratings
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Signy Kráka: Part One
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4.08 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
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4.45 avg rating — 1,657,766 ratings
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Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
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4.62 avg rating — 1,493,401 ratings
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Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
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4.63 avg rating — 1,308,383 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