The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
This thriller novel follows symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptographer Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The murder leads them to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci, revealing a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years. The mystery involves a conspiracy within the Catholic Church and threatens to overturn the foundations of Christianity.
The 595th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 2003
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 450-600
- Words
- 138,882
- Original Language
- English
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This book is on the following lists:
- 6th on Top 100 Killer Thrillers (NPR)
- 9th on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 10th on The 100 Best Books of the Decade(2000) (Times)
- 50th on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 57th on Big Read (German) (Germany)
- 64th on Big Read (Hungarian) (Hungaria)
- 69th on Tozai Mystery Best 100 (2012 Revision) (Shūkan Bunshun (Japanese Newspaper))
- 88th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 96th on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
- 910th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- The Booklist Century: 100 Books, 100 Years (BookList)
- Books of the Decade (The Guardian)
- From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- The Great American Read (PBS)