If Batman was delivered into a thieves guild instead of being rich after his parents died then he would have been Locke Lamora. There’s never been a conman more hilariously competent in all of fiction.
It’s nonfiction, but it’s filled with Butler regaling you with stories about how he manipulates people to get what he wants. And you know he’s manipulating you through the pages.
Yinzadi on
Harry Potter & the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky. The audiobook by Eneasz Brodsky is very good.
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Artemis Fowl is YA but it also fits
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That’s essentially Dune
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Lies of Locke Lamora. One of my favourite books in the fantasy genre.
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*The Talented Mr. Ripley*.
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The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
If Batman was delivered into a thieves guild instead of being rich after his parents died then he would have been Locke Lamora. There’s never been a conman more hilariously competent in all of fiction.
[Benjamin Butler’s Autobiography](https://lintreader.com/book/butler-butlers-book-autobiography-a-0X6aeVVV)
It’s nonfiction, but it’s filled with Butler regaling you with stories about how he manipulates people to get what he wants. And you know he’s manipulating you through the pages.
Harry Potter & the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky. The audiobook by Eneasz Brodsky is very good.
Artemis Fowl is YA but it also fits
That’s essentially Dune
Lies of Locke Lamora. One of my favourite books in the fantasy genre.