Reddit mentions: The best assassination thriller books

Most of these are just (free) audiobooks at this point in time, but are excellent Sci Fi stories IMO.

Nathan Lowell

The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper: A Trader's Tale details the story of a young man who is orphaned and kicked off his home planet, into the arms of the trader ship Lois McKendrick. I'd say it's a wonderful start for someone who normally doesn't read Sci Fi, because it focuses so much on his life. You'll be hard-pressed to believe that there aren't people who spend months at a time hauling goods between the stars.

• Quarter Share (print)
  
• Half Share
  
• Full Share
  
• Double Share
  
• Captain's Share
  
  Christiana Ellis
  
  Space Casey is the comedy of this whole bunch. More along the lines of a radio program, it's set in space, with the wily young Casey, her stolen ship Al, and their pet, uh.. thing. A very enjoyable story, and a good laugh!
  
  
• Space Casey
  
  Jon Armstrong
  
  Grey is set in about the strangest world you can imagine, where fashion, celebrity culture, and gore are commonplace. The pull of society on Michael Rivers sends him on an impossible quest to win the hand of his beloved Nora and find out the secret of his birth.
  
  
• Grey (print)
  
  Bill DeSmedt
  
  Here we're getting into the heavier stuff, and trust me when I say you're going to learn a lot. Singularity surrounds the mystery of the Tunguska event of 1908, and the implications aren't pretty. One of the few time travel stories I find plausible.
  
  
• Singularity (print)
  
• Doctor Jack's Soapbox Seminars (not a sci fi story, but a series of lectures on the science behind Singularity)
  
  J.C. Hutchins
  
  7th Son is getting more into the horror/thriller genre, but I'd say it's no less Sci Fi. Cloning, mind copying, secret DARPA projects, conspiracies, the list goes on and on.
  
  
• 7th Son: Descent (print)
  
• 7th Son: Deceit
  
• 7th Son: Destruction
  
  
  
  Edit: found some print copies

I agree with this completely, down to the Sandman Slim rec.

The closest to Dresden I've found is Benedict Jacka's Alex Verus books. Like the Druid series, they're very derivative of Butcher in terms of setup, but they're way better executed than Hearne's books.

I also really liked Harry Connolly's first book, Child of Fire, although the other books in the series don't quite hold up.

Both of the above-mentioned books come with Jim Butcher's cover endorsement, fwiw.

If you're looking for something really dark I'd suggest Harry Connolly's Twenty Palaces series. The first one is Child of Fire. I really enjoyed it and Jim Butcher has also recommend it. Keep in mind there are only 3 books and 1 prequel that Harry self published due to his publisher dropping him.

If you're looking for something stupid and funny I recommend John Dies at the End and it's sequel This Books is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It. I have to admit I'm a bit biased on those though, I won a free signed copy of TBiFoS by participating in an alternate reality game around the time of its release.

I am a big, big fan of the Twenty Palaces series by Harry Connolly. Pretty highly gritty IMO, but if that's what you like you should be fine. If you like Dresden Files, you may note that the first published book has a pull quote from Jim Butcher right up there on the front.

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Child of Fire by Harry J. Connolly

Great book in the Urban Fantasy genre!

Try Harry Connolly's "Twenty Palaces" series. I'd suggest starting with Child of Fire and Game of Cages. Neat magic system and world building. Fair warning, the series is incomplete, but I think the existing books work well as is.

• Warmaiden of Arna by JT Archer
  
• Blood Hound by James Osiris Baldwin
  
• The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso (still good but not self published)
  
• Beyond the End by Matthew Mitchell

Liz Crimson. I wasn't sure about posting a link in the original text.

Here it is on Amazon I bought a copy.

I beg to differ, as does Richard Stark

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QW58W0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

My soon-to-be released book has a bad ass female MC and a just-as-cool apprentice.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hell-Hound-Chronicles-Urban-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B07VSFVTF1/

The Twenty Palaces series got me through those extra months between Changes and Ghost Story; and seeing as how I found out about the series from Jim's website that ought to say something.

http://www.amazon.com/Child-Fire-Twenty-Palaces-Novel/dp/0345508890/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1318576688&sr=8-4

Rated R by Mike Leon is awesome. You would like his Kill Kill Kill series too.