Assassin books
Stories with killers for hire, trained in shadows and often caught between orders and conscience. Robin Hobb's Fool's Errand returns to FitzChivalry, a royal assassin trying to live quietly, Sarah J. Maas's Empire of Storms continues the story of Aelin, raised as an assassin, and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is shadowed by the man Jack. Expect intrigue, hard choices and constant danger.
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- 1Words of Radiance
9.49.4 / 10 - 2Fool's Errand
8.68.6 / 10 - 3Fool's Assassin
8.58.5 / 10 - 4The Graveyard Book
8.48.4 / 10 - 5Of War and Ruin
8.38.3 / 10 - 6The Crown Tower
8.38.3 / 10 - 7Scythe
8.38.3 / 10 - 8Red Sister
8.28.2 / 10 - 9Neverwhere
8.28.2 / 10 - 10Mistress of the Empire
8.28.2 / 10 - 11No Country for Old Men
8.28.2 / 10 - 12Nevernight
8.18.1 / 10 - 13Halt's Peril (Ranger's Apprentice Book 9)
8.18.1 / 10 - 14Brigands & Breadknives
8.18.1 / 10 - 15The Way of Shadows
8.18.1 / 10 - 16The Poison Daughter
8.18.1 / 10 - 17The Day of the Jackal
8.08.0 / 10 - 18The Assassin and the Desert
8.08.0 / 10 - 19The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy
8.08.0 / 10 - 20Night Angel Nemesis
8.08.0 / 10 - 21Silverthorn
8.08.0 / 10 - 22Scorpia
7.97.9 / 10 - 23Scion
7.97.9 / 10 - 24Gardens of the Moon
7.97.9 / 10 - 25Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
7.97.9 / 10 - 26Your Knife, My Heart
7.97.9 / 10 - 27The Silent Blade
7.97.9 / 10 - 28The Redeemer
7.97.9 / 10 - 29Throne of Glass
7.87.8 / 10 - 30Pyramids
7.67.6 / 10