Conspiracy/Da Vinci Code style books?

Sleeve · 17 Oct 2012 at 16:57

Couldn't think of any other way to describe what I meant!

Are there any other books of this sort of genre to read?

Whether they are fiction incorporating fact, or non fiction entirely?

kmufc77 · 17 Oct 2012 at 17:05

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Holy-Blood-And-Grail/dp/0099682419

Dan Brown copied / stole many ideas from this book for The Da Vinci Code.

Have you read any of Dan Brown's older books? as they are very good.

shorttricky · 17 Oct 2012 at 17:16

Michael Cordy, Michael Crichton and Philip Kerr are all worth a look.

I really enjoyed Codex (Lev Grossman) and Rule of Four (Ian Caldwell), but based on Amazon reviews I may be the only one

Or just search for Dan Brown, then browse the Amazon recommendations.

nands · 17 Oct 2012 at 18:49

Sam Bourne is pretty good.

Kosmiche · 17 Oct 2012 at 20:36

I enjoyed The Gods of Atlantis by David Gibbins, ignore the poor reviews on amazon if you like this sort of thing.

Sleeve · 17 Oct 2012 at 22:22

Thanks for the recommendations.

I have read angels and demons and the da Vinci code by Dan Brown. May take a look at some others if worth it.

Are there any decent non fiction books of this nature? Along the lines of the bible code and illuminati/Freemason kind of subject matter.

Wish there was a genre name lol.

seabiscuit · 18 Oct 2012 at 09:01

A bit (ok, really quite a lot) mental and sci-fi-ish, but the Illuminatus Trillogy by Michael Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.

Sleeve · 18 Oct 2012 at 09:43

seabiscuit said:
A bit (ok, really quite a lot) mental and sci-fi-ish, but the Illuminatus Trillogy by Michael Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.

Thats what I'm talking about! Will have a look into that.

a1ex2001 · 18 Oct 2012 at 10:15

Sleeve88 said:
Thanks for the recommendations.

I have read angels and demons and the da Vinci code by Dan Brown. May take a look at some others if worth it.

Are there any decent non fiction books of this nature? Along the lines of the bible code and illuminati/Freemason kind of subject matter.

Wish there was a genre name lol.

I would avoid reading too much Dan Brown his books are very very samey and if you read them all in a short space of time you'll inevitably start to pick them apart as he reueses so much stuff. He's not a bad writer I'd just make sure you spread them out I didn't and regret it as it spoiled some of them for me.

pingwing · 18 Oct 2012 at 10:38

a1ex2001 said:
I would avoid reading too much Dan Brown his books are very very samey and if you read them all in a short space of time you'll inevitably start to pick them apart as he reueses so much stuff.

Oh god yes, after finishing the Da Vinci Code over the summer (being several years behind everyone else) I read Angles and Daemons straight away, you could guess the whole plot without trying, it is just a refinement of a process of writing...

Vonhelmet · 18 Oct 2012 at 13:49

pingwing said:
Oh god yes, after finishing the Da Vinci Code over the summer (being several years behind everyone else) I read Angles and Daemons straight away, you could guess the whole plot without trying, it is just a refinement of a process of writing...

I preferred Angels and Demons to the Da Vinci Code... Maybe because he didn't feel the need to go on a diatribe about Christianity every 6 lines.