Artemis
Andy Weir
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Book trope · 34 books
Heist & Rebellions Trope
Heist & Rebellion narratives combine meticulous planning, diverse expertise, and high-stakes execution to deliver some of fiction's most thrilling, propulsive storytelling.
More about the Heist & Rebellions trope34 Heist & Rebellions books
1 is tagged with Heist & Rebellions individually. The others belong to a series tagged with it, which doesn’t mean every book in it features the trope, so they’re marked “Matched via its series”.
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Book of Night
Holly Black
The Charlatan Duology, book 1
Average Goodreads rating3.6
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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games, book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.7
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The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn (The Original Trilogy), book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.6
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Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows, book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.6
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Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen, book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.3
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Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me, book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.2
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
The Gentleman Bastard Sequence, book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.6
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The Black Prism
Brent Weeks
Lightbringer, book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.5
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Steal the Sky
Megan O'Keefe
The Scorched Continent, book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.1
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Shannon Chakraborty
Amina al-Sirafi Adventures, book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.4
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Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games, book 3
Average Goodreads rating4.6
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Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games, book 2
Average Goodreads rating4.7
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Crooked Kingdom
Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows, book 2
Average Goodreads rating4.7
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The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn (The Original Trilogy), book 2
Average Goodreads rating4.6
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The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn (The Original Trilogy), book 3
Average Goodreads rating4.7
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Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me, book 2
Average Goodreads rating4.4
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Ignite Me
Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me, book 3
Average Goodreads rating4.6
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Glass Sword
Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen, book 2
Average Goodreads rating4.3
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King's Cage
Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen, book 3
Average Goodreads rating4.3
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The Republic of Thieves
Scott Lynch
The Gentleman Bastard Sequence, book 3
Average Goodreads rating4.4
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Red Seas Under Red Skies
Scott Lynch
The Gentleman Bastard Sequence, book 2
Average Goodreads rating4.5
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Restore Me
Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me, book 4
Average Goodreads rating4.5
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War Storm
Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen, book 4
Average Goodreads rating4.3
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Defy Me
Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me, book 5
Average Goodreads rating4.6
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The Broken Eye
Brent Weeks
Lightbringer, book 3
Average Goodreads rating4.6
Matched via its series
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The Blood Mirror
Brent Weeks
Lightbringer, book 4
Average Goodreads rating4.5
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Imagine Me
Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me, book 6
Average Goodreads rating4.5
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The Burning White
Brent Weeks
Lightbringer, book 5
Average Goodreads rating4.6
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Thief of Night
Holly Black
The Charlatan Duology, book 2
Average Goodreads rating4.0
Matched via its series
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Tropes that share the most books with Heist & Rebellions
Series with the Heist & Rebellions trope
10 series- Amina al-Sirafi Adventures Shannon Chakraborty
- Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
- Lightbringer Brent Weeks
- Mistborn (The Original Trilogy) Brandon Sanderson
- Red Queen Victoria Aveyard
- Shatter Me Tahereh Mafi
- Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo
- The Charlatan Duology Holly Black
- The Gentleman Bastard Sequence Scott Lynch
- The Scorched Continent Megan O'Keefe
About the Heist & Rebellions trope
Heist & Rebellion: When Audacious Plans Meet Impossible Odds
Heist & Rebellion narratives combine meticulous planning, diverse expertise, and high-stakes execution to deliver some of fiction's most thrilling, propulsive storytelling. Whether stealing priceless artifacts, robbing corrupt institutions, or dismantling oppressive regimes, these stories celebrate cleverness, teamwork, and the audacity to attempt what everyone else believes impossible.
What Defines Heist & Rebellion Stories?
These narratives center on carefully assembled teams executing complex plans against heavily defended targets - vaults, palaces, governments, or entire systems. The heist framework provides natural story structure: establishing the goal, assembling the crew, planning the operation, executing with inevitable complications, and revealing whether the plan succeeded. Rebellion adds ideological stakes - the target isn't merely valuable but represents injustice, making the mission simultaneously strategic and revolutionary. Both subgenres celebrate underdogs outwitting overwhelming opposition through intelligence rather than brute force.
Core Elements
Common features include diverse specialists whose unique skills complement each other perfectly, elaborate plans revealed in satisfying stages, the inevitable moment when everything goes wrong requiring improvisation, double crosses and hidden agendas within the crew, the tension between personal loyalty and mission success, reveals showing plans were more sophisticated than readers realized, and moral complexity around stealing, sabotage, or violence in service of larger goals. The best heist stories plant clues about hidden plans that reward attentive readers with satisfying "I should have seen that coming" moments.
Why They Thrill
Heist & Rebellion stories celebrate human ingenuity, cooperation, and the satisfaction of watching clever people outmaneuver powerful opponents. They explore themes of loyalty, moral compromise, and whether noble ends justify questionable means.
Heist & Rebellion narratives remind us that sometimes changing the world requires stealing it first - one audacious plan at a time.
Heist & Rebellions Trope FAQs
- What is the Heist & Rebellions trope?
- Heist & Rebellion narratives combine meticulous planning, diverse expertise, and high-stakes execution to deliver some of fiction's most thrilling, propulsive storytelling.
- What are the best Heist & Rebellions books?
- Popular books with the Heist & Rebellions trope include Artemis by Andy Weir.
- What book series have the Heist & Rebellions trope?
- Book series featuring the Heist & Rebellions trope include Mistborn (The Original Trilogy), Six of Crows, The Scorched Continent, Amina al-Sirafi Adventures and Red Queen.