Best Fantasy Heist Novels

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Our favorite series gets a shout-out on BookBub's site, in an article titled, "14 of the Best Fantasy Heist Novels." If you're not familiar with BookBub, it's a free service that sends out notices of free and reduced price ebooks, new author releases, and reading recommendations. You can sign up for a daily email that gives you tips about what to read. I know someone here on sounis introduced me to it, along with Book Gorilla, a similar site.

Anyway, I loooove that it not only mentions The Thief, but also Six of Crows, and the Eli Monpress series, other favorites of mine. Have you read any of the other recommendations? I believe I tried the Locke Lamora book but didn't finish and now I can't remember why. Other favorite heist books? 

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[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed "The Lies of Locke Lamora" and started on the sequels, but I didn't love the series overall enough to own it.

I have a tag on Goodreads for "thieves and other sneakiness":

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5407713-jamie-readsintrees-dacyczyn?shelf=thieves-and-other-sneakiness

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

Some fun titles included there. I'll have to peruse these lists for inspiration, as I've taken it into my head to write my own heist novel (because I'm full of hubris and I love stupid plans, apparently)... or die trying.

[drashizu.livejournal.com]

I just read, and greatly enjoyed, An Illusion of Thieves and A Conjuring of Assassins by Cate Glass (who's actually Carol Berg by another name). The first book is a clever heist pulled off by a team of engaging characters who are also all sorcerers in a fantasy Renaissance Italy, and the second book is sort of a heist but also sort of an espionage thriller kind of thing. Supposedly there will be further installments. The worldbuilding reminded me a little bit of Bujold's Chalion books, although I'd say these were more lighthearted in tone. I recommend them.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

These sound like books I'd really like--I just added them to my Goodreads list. Thanks for the recc.