Books like The Da Vinci Code
Loved The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown? Here are 10 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About The Da Vinci Code →9 books
- 1The Last Templar
The Last Templar
Raymond KhouryLike The Da Vinci Code, it turns a modern crime into a fast-moving hunt for Templar secrets that could overturn accepted Christian history.
Books like it → - 2The Last Cato
The Last Cato
Matilde AsensiLike The Da Vinci Code, it sends scholarly investigators through European religious mysteries, decoding literary clues while uncovering a secret brotherhood.
- 3The Secret Supper
The Secret Supper
Javier SierraLike The Da Vinci Code, it explores concealed religious messages in Leonardo's art, centering its Renaissance mystery on the symbolism of The Last Supper.
- 4Sanctus
Sanctus
Simon ToyneLike The Da Vinci Code, it pairs short, suspenseful chapters with an international investigation into a secret religious order and a potentially explosive revelation.
- 5The Expected One
The Expected One
Kathleen McGowanShares the central obsession with Mary Magdalene and hidden gospels, following an American writer unraveling ancient religious codes in France.
- 6The Sacred Bones
The Sacred Bones
Michael ByrnesDelivers the same relentless pace and Vatican intrigue as forensic scientists and a Vatican investigator probe a secret tomb beneath the Temple Mount.
- 7The Eight
The Eight
Katherine NevilleA globe-trotting puzzle mystery steeped in esoteric history, hidden patterns, and a race to assemble a legendary, world-altering artifact.
- 8God's Spy
God's Spy
Juan Gómez-JuradoCaptures the tense Vatican setting and race-against-the-clock investigation as an analyst pursues a killer targeting cardinals during a papal conclave.
- 9Map of Bones
Map of Bones
James RollinsBlends Church history, ancient relics, and explosive action as an elite team pursues a rogue religious order that stole the bones of the Magi.
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