If You Liked The Da Vinci Code...
updated 4/09
The Templar Legacy
by Steve Berry
Former secret agent Cotton Malone and Stephanie Nelle, a U.S. Justice Department prosecutor, must solve the mystery of 14th-century Templar riches and secrets before Raymond de Roquefort and his murderous allies prevail. Also try The Third Secret and The Amber Room.
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code's Robert Langdon is pulled into a complex web of intrigue when he discovers that the secret society known as The Illuminati is leading a deadly vendetta against the Vatican.
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
Trying to decipher an ancient text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, two researchers obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret.
The Genesis Code by John Case
The bizarre deaths of mothers and sons leads Joe Lassiter from Maine to Italy, where he discovers disturbing and deadly information about a secret religious society. Also try The First Horseman.
Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Three editors, inspired by an extraordinary fable about a mystic source of power greater than atomic energy, begin feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into a sophisticated computer, creating an incredible game that begins taking over. Also try The Name of the Rose.
The Day After Tomorrow by Allan Folsom
An American surgeon on the hunt for his father's killer finds himself at the center of an international conspiracy involving the Third Reich and a group of wealthy industrialists. Also try Day of Confession.
Codex by Lev Grossman
An investment banker is sent by his firm to organize a collection of rare books for a mysterious client and realizes that there may be a medieval codex hidden among the volumes.
The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury
When the opening gala of a Vatican exhibit attended by archaeologist Tess Chaykin is stormed by four horsemen dressed as Templar Knights who steal an artifact, she teams up with FBI anti-terrorist specialist Sean Reilly for an investigation.
Ex-Libris by Ross King
Hired to restore a once-magnificent library that had been ravaged during the English Civil War, London bookseller Isaac Inchbold becomes embroiled in the search for a missing manuscript and a conspiracy of spies, smugglers and forgery.
Year Zero by Jeff Long
An anthropologist on the hunt for religious relics uncovers a mysterious powder dating from the time of Christ. The terror begins when the powder unleashes a deadly plague upon the world. In a race to find an antidote, the anthropologist must turn to the ancient world for answers.
The Testament by Eric Van Lustbader
For centuries, a secret splinter sect of the Franciscans, the Gnostic Observatines, has guarded secrets that could transform the world. Now the safety of those secrets depends on one man and a woman he barely knows. Braverman "Bravo" Shaw always knew his father had secrets. But not until Dexter Shaw dies mysteriously does Bravo discover the enormity of his father’s hidden life. Also try The Bourne Legacy.
The Eight by Katherine Neville
In the midst of the French Revolution, a young novice risks everything to secure an encrypted chess set that promises great power to whoever solves its riddle. In the late 20th century, a computer expert and a chess master try to uncover the secrets of the enigmatic game.
Daughter of God by Lewis Perdue
For more than 1,000 years, the Vatican hid proof that a female Messiah named Sophia performed healing miracles. But the secret is out, and the revelation of this long-shrouded conspiracy could shake the very foundation of Western religions to the ground.
The Grail Conspiracy by Lynn Sholes
In this debut novel, when an ancient relic believed to be the Holy Grail surfaces at a dig site in Israel, television news reporter Cotten Stone is drawn into a world of international intrigue and danger. The Grail, believed by some to have been used at the Last Supper and later to collect the blood of Christ during the Crucifixion, is wanted by a secret society that believes the relic holds DNA.
The Confessor by Daniel Silva
A secret Vatican society, the true history of the Holocaust, and a shady character named The Leopard drive this enthralling tale featuring Gabriel Allon, a part-time art restorer and hitman. Also try A Death In Vienna.
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Computer expert Randy Waterhouse spearheads a movement to create a safe haven for data in a world where information equals power, and big business and government seek to control the flow of knowledge. His ambitions collide with a top-secret conspiracy with links to the encryption wars of World War II and his grandfather's work in preventing the Nazis from discovering that the Allies had cracked their supposedly unbreakable Enigma code.
The Serpent's Kiss by Mark T. Sullivan
A biblical scholar teams with a homicide detective to solve a ritual murder involving a deadly snake. The search for the fanatical serial killer takes them from San Diego to Alabama, where they find that the motive for the killing may rest with the biblical story of Cain and Abel.