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Poison Study (Study, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 176,877 ratings
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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4.46 avg rating — 1,167,867 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 — 93,691 ratings
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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 51,910 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 — 95,255 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 — 193,840 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 — 409,717 ratings
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 2,473,128 ratings
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Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
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4.22 avg rating — 199,014 ratings
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Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,810,621 ratings
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Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
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4.29 avg rating — 247,195 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 — 1,606,104 ratings
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Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
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4.62 avg rating — 1,445,832 ratings
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Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
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4.63 avg rating — 1,267,777 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