Thieves and Assassins in Fantasy

Sometimes we just want our our heroes morally grey.

Updated April 9, 2026
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Thieves and Assassins in Fantasy

Sometimes we just want our our heroes morally grey.

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Six of crows
Bardugo, Leigh
Paper Book
See the Grishaverse come to life on screen in the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone! Meet Kaz Brekker and his crew: Jesper, Inej, Wylan, and the star-crossed Nina and Matthias, on the heist of a lifetime in Six of Crows, from #1 New York Times-bestselling...
A Broken Blade The Halfling Saga
Blair, Melissa.
Paper Book
The BookTok sensation from debut author Melissa Blair--now with exclusive bonus content!   "Gripping and fierce. This is much-needed fantasy with its fangs honed sharp by the power of resistance. Melissa Blair has built a tremendous world."--Chloe Gong, #1 New...
The blacktongue thief
Buehlman, Christopher
Paper Book
Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized battle ravens, and assassins who kill with deadly tattoos, Christopher Buehlman's The Blacktongue Thief begins a 'dazzling' (Robin Hobb) fantasy adventure unlike any other.Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his...
Foul lady fortune
Gong, Chloe
Paper Book
Assassin. Immortal. Spy.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights comes the first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders...
Assassin's apprentice
Hobb, Robin
Paper Book
Fitz starts life as a royal bastard on the streets, but soon he will hold the power over life and death in his hands as the Assassin's apprentice.
Among thieves
Kuhn, M. J.
Paper Book
'Fantasy fans won't want to miss this' Publishers Weekly A high-stakes heist novel set in a gritty world of magic and malice. WHO NEEDS FRIENDS WHEN YOU HAVE AXES? Ryia 'the Butcher' Cautella has earned her reputation as the...
Red sister
Lawrence, Mark
Paper Book
The international bestselling author of the Broken Empire and the Red Queen's War trilogies begins a stunning epic fantasy series about a secretive order of holy warriors...   At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, young girls are raised to be killers. In some few children the old...
The lies of Locke Lamora
Lynch, Scott
Paper Book
'One of my top ten books ever. Maybe top five. If you haven't read it, you should' Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind 'Fresh, original and engrossing' George R.R. Martin, the phenomenon behind A Game of Thrones<...
Throne of glass
Maas, Sarah J.
Paper Book
The book that started the phenomenon. Sarah J. Maas's global #1 bestselling THRONE OF GLASS series has taken the world by storm.Meet Celaena Sardothien.Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness.In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence....
The final empire
Sanderson, Brandon
Paper Book
Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga. Once, a hero arose to save the world. He failed. Ever since, the world has been a...
A Darker Shade Of Magic
Schwab, Victoria
Ebook
Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers--magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There's Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There's Red London, where life and magic...
The thief
Turner, Megan Whalen
Paper Book
I can steal anything. ''Vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again' Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows
The way of shadows
Weeks, Brent
Paper Book
The razor-sharp first novel in the New York Times bestselling Night Angel series from master of modern fantasy Brent Weeks - an astonishing and epic tale of magic, violence and revenge. The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets. For Durzo Blint...
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