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Books like The Da Vinci Code

12 books with a reading profile close to The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

Angels and Demons

by Dan Brown

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon travels to CERN in Switzerland to investigate the murder of a physicist branded with the word Illuminati.
2

JUDGE STONE

by Viola Davis and James Patterson

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Judge Mary Stone presides over a rural courtroom in Union Springs, Alabama, where she manages a legal case tangled in local history and conflicting ethical loyalties.
3

THE WIDOW

by John Grisham

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Simon Latch practices law in a quiet Virginia town until he is formally charged with a homicide he did not commit.
4

Gone for Good

by Harlan Coben

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Will Klein’s life shattered eleven years ago when his brother, Ken, was accused of murdering a neighbor and fled.
5

THE CROSSROADS

by C.J. Box

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

In this twenty-sixth installment of the Wyoming-based series, game warden Joe Pickett survives a targeted sniper attack that leaves him with a severe head wound and a fractured memory.
6

REVENGE PREY

by John Sandford

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Lucas Davenport and Letty Savage-White face a high-stakes protection detail in the thirty-sixth installment of the Prey series.
7

CROSS & SAMPSON

by James Patterson and Brian Sitts

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson confront a series of violent crimes that force them out of their usual Washington, D.C.
8

The Surgeon

by Tess Gerritsen

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

In Boston, a serial killer nicknamed The Surgeon targets women, performing invasive surgical procedures on them without anesthesia before killing them.
9

Roses Are Red

by James Patterson

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Detective Alex Cross faces a series of coordinated bank robberies executed with lethal precision across Washington, D.C.
10

The Last Widow

by Karin Slaughter

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton are pulled into a domestic terror plot following the abduction of a CDC scientist and a series of coordinated bombings in Atlanta.
11

The Quickie

by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Detective Lauren Stillwell spots her husband, Paul, entering a luxury hotel with another woman.
12

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

In New Orleans, law student Darby Shaw writes a speculative legal theory linking the simultaneous assassinations of two Supreme Court justices to a billionaire oil tycoon with business interests before the court.

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