Heist books
Books about thieves, con artists and the heists they plan. Leigh Bardugo's Crooked Kingdom follows a crew of misfits through a scheme of revenge in Ketterdam, Terry Pratchett's Making Money puts a reformed swindler in charge of a bank, and Michael J. Sullivan's The Crown Tower brings together the thief and the mercenary who become Riyria. Even Bilbo in The Hobbit is hired as a burglar.
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- 1Mistborn: The Final Empire
8.98.9 / 10 - 2Skin Game
8.88.8 / 10 - 3The Hobbit
8.68.6 / 10 - 4The Lies of Locke Lamora
8.68.6 / 10 - 5Heir of Novron
8.68.6 / 10 - 6Six of Crows
8.68.6 / 10 - 7The Secret of the Unicorn
8.58.5 / 10 - 8The Crown Tower
8.38.3 / 10 - 9The Confusion
8.28.2 / 10 - 10To Clutch a Razor
8.18.1 / 10 - 11Iron Gold
8.18.1 / 10 - 12The Goldfinch
8.18.1 / 10 - 13The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
8.08.0 / 10 - 14Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
8.08.0 / 10 - 15The Amulet of Samarkand
8.08.0 / 10 - 16The Art Thief
8.08.0 / 10 - 17Locklands
8.08.0 / 10 - 18Blacktop Wasteland
7.97.9 / 10 - 19The Stranger in the Woods
7.97.9 / 10 - 20The Redemption of Althalus
7.97.9 / 10 - 21Marlfox
7.97.9 / 10 - 22Catwoman: Soulstealer
7.97.9 / 10 - 23Jimmy the Hand
7.97.9 / 10 - 24Neuromancer
7.97.9 / 10 - 25Dead Lies Dreaming
7.97.9 / 10 - 26A Darker Shade of Magic
7.97.9 / 10 - 27Five Go Adventuring Again
7.97.9 / 10 - 28The Thief Lord
7.97.9 / 10 - 29The Great Train Robbery
7.87.8 / 10 - 30The Spine of the World
7.67.6 / 10