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  Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) Read-alikes

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September 2003
Compiled by Kathie Newsted, of Huntley Area Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)

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Dan Brown , Angels and Demons, Deception Point

John Case , The Genesis Code (mythological, religious aspect)

Deborah Crombie mysteries, especially A Finer End (similar content) and her Kissed a Sad Goodbye (historyhistory mixed with mystery)

Clive Cussler (action element)

Nelson DeMille (action element)

Umberto Eco , especially The Name of the Rose (murder in medieval abbey) and Foucaltās Pendulaum (Templar history)

Michael Frayn , Headlong (good art mystery)

Thomas Gifford , The Assassin (well-written thriller about an ancient and deadly secret society, its roots deep in Church history, which takes murderous action...)

Robert Hellenga , The Sixteen Pleasures (no mystery, but quest within the art/museum/library/convent world of Florence)

Michael Jecks (mystery series featuring Sir Baldwin, a Knight Templar)

Julie Wallin Kaewert , Untitled: A Bookloverās Mystery (lighter tone...aspect of different slant on a significant historical event that affects prominent people). This book is part of Booklover's Mystery series.

Sue Monk Kidd , The Secret Life of Bees (the feminine divine aspect)

Glenn Kleier , The Last Day (feminine divine, Catholic Church)

Robert Ludlum , The Icarus Agenda (adventure aspect)

Katherine Neville , The Eight (historical quest, Freemasons, solving chess riddles)

Iain Pears (well-researched art history mysteries and thrillers)

Lewis Perdue , Daughter of God: A Novel of Art and Faith When God Was a Woman (actually suing Dan Brown for plagiarism!)

Daniel Quinn , Story of B, and many of his other books

Jonathan Rabb , The Book of Q, and The Overseer (religious conspiracy aspect)

Daniel Silva , The Confessor (secret society within Catholic Church)

Barbara Wood , The Prophetess (feminine divine, suppression by Catholic Church

 
 
      
   
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