185 books
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Con Men Books
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The Liar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as con-men)
avg rating 4.09 — 54,551 ratings — published 2015
Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as con-men)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,380 ratings — published 2008
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as con-men)
avg rating 4.30 — 351,728 ratings — published 2006
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as con-men)
avg rating 4.04 — 63,176 ratings — published 1980
The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as con-men)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,276 ratings — published 1940
Pros & Cons of Obsession (Pros & Cons, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as con-men)
avg rating 4.24 — 415 ratings — published 2021
Pros & Cons of Betrayal (Pros & Cons #4)
by (shelved 2 times as con-men)
avg rating 4.12 — 478 ratings — published 2020
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as con-men)
avg rating 3.86 — 564,600 ratings — published 2001
Pros & Cons of Vengeance (Pros & Cons #1)
by (shelved 2 times as con-men)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,193 ratings — published 2018
Matchstick Men: A Novel About Grifters with Issues (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as con-men)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,000 ratings — published 2002
Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as con-men)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,340 ratings — published 2015
The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as con-men)
avg rating 3.34 — 611 ratings — published 2012
The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as con-men)
avg rating 3.92 — 16,898 ratings — published 1961
Fakers: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders
by (shelved 2 times as con-men)
avg rating 2.69 — 95 ratings — published 2009
Murder Takes a Vacation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.51 — 17,721 ratings — published 2025
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.53 — 18,745 ratings — published 2026
The Glass Hotel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.69 — 199,721 ratings — published 2020
Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.76 — 51 ratings — published
Her Last Breath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.16 — 23,579 ratings — published 2026
The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.07 — 73,539 ratings — published 2024
The Witches of Vardø (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.90 — 7,420 ratings — published 2023
Don't Let Him In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.75 — 238,466 ratings — published 2025
Beautiful Ugly (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.61 — 416,064 ratings — published 2025
For Heaven's Eyes Only (Secret Histories, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,572 ratings — published 2011
Blackout: A Techno-Thriller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.01 — 18,436 ratings — published 2012
In the House of the Lord: The High-Stakes Bachelor Party (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.42 — 55 ratings — published
The Secret Wife (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.07 — 756 ratings — published 2020
The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,798 ratings — published 2020
Swordheart (Swordheart, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.06 — 50,048 ratings — published 2018
I Will Ruin You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.94 — 10,761 ratings — published 2024
Asylum (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds #2)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.17 — 630 ratings — published 2024
Imperial Raider (Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire Book 6)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.53 — 408 ratings — published
The Icarus Needle (The Icarus Saga, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.17 — 328 ratings — published 2024
The Other Tenant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.55 — 1,030 ratings — published
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,714,428 ratings — published 2024
A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan, #11)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,427 ratings — published 2024
The Playdate (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.82 — 746 ratings — published
Every Move You Make (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.80 — 10,127 ratings — published 2024
Perry Homer Ruins Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.74 — 34 ratings — published
Pros & Cons of Desire (Pros & Cons, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.14 — 576 ratings — published
Pros & Cons of Deception (Pros & Cons, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.16 — 827 ratings — published 2019
The Last Time She Died (Blake & Byron Thrillers, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,319 ratings — published 2021
Bombproof (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.86 — 4,105 ratings — published 2008
His Other Lover (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.59 — 2,337 ratings — published 2008
Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.21 — 12,156 ratings — published 2024
The Dead of Winter (Lydia Barnwell Mysteries Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.12 — 26 ratings — published
The Dead Husband (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 3.84 — 610 ratings — published 2024
Her Last Goodbye (Detective Gina Harte, #15)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.27 — 748 ratings — published
Father's Day (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.12 — 693 ratings — published 2024
Life or Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as con-men)
avg rating 4.10 — 13,478 ratings — published 2014
“Successful con men are treated with considerable respect in the South. A good slice of the settler population of that region were men who'd been given a choice between being shipped off to the New World in leg-irons and spending the rest of their lives in English prisons.”
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“The code of the con is to know just enough about everything so you can lie about anything.
(attrib: E. Tancarville)”
― Citations: A Brief Anthology
(attrib: E. Tancarville)”
― Citations: A Brief Anthology









