A reader looking for more twisty thrillers starring Robert Langdon will love these picks, including "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown. See the full list to find your next favorite page-turner!
by Dan Brown
Since you want the best of Langdon, this is the essential next read. It's actually the first book in the series and many fans argue it's even faster and more thrilling than The Da Vinci Code. You get the Vatican, the Illuminati, and a frantic race against an antimatter bomb — it's pure, uncut Dan Brown with the stakes at their highest.
by Dan Brown
Since you want the best of Langdon, this is the essential next read. It's actually the first book in the series and many fans argue it's even faster and more thrilling than The Da Vinci Code. You get the Vatican, the Illuminati, and a frantic race against an antimatter bomb — it's pure, uncut Dan Brown with the stakes at their highest.
by Dan Brown
This novel delivers the classic Langdon formula but centers it entirely in Washington, D.C., diving deep into the secrets of the Freemasons. If you loved the way The Da Vinci Code wove puzzles through real-world art and architecture, you'll love seeing Langdon apply his skills to the monuments and secret passages of the US capital.
by Dan Brown
This novel delivers the classic Langdon formula but centers it entirely in Washington, D.C., diving deep into the secrets of the Freemasons. If you loved the way The Da Vinci Code wove puzzles through real-world art and architecture, you'll love seeing Langdon apply his skills to the monuments and secret passages of the US capital.
by Dan Brown
This installment gives the Langdon chase a fresh twist: he starts the book with amnesia. You get to solve the mystery right alongside him as he deciphers clues hidden in Dante's epic poem to stop a global plague. It's a frantic tour through Florence and Venice that feels both familiar and refreshingly tense.
by Dan Brown
This installment gives the Langdon chase a fresh twist: he starts the book with amnesia. You get to solve the mystery right alongside him as he deciphers clues hidden in Dante's epic poem to stop a global plague. It's a frantic tour through Florence and Venice that feels both familiar and refreshingly tense.
by Umberto Eco
You've read the blockbuster; now read the book that's basically its philosophical, wickedly smart grandfather. Three editors invent a conspiracy theory involving the Knights Templar for fun, only to discover that dark forces believe their fiction is real. It has all the history and secret societies you love, but it's a more complex, literary puzzle box that will make you rethink the whole genre.
by Umberto Eco
You've read the blockbuster; now read the book that's basically its philosophical, wickedly smart grandfather. Three editors invent a conspiracy theory involving the Knights Templar for fun, only to discover that dark forces believe their fiction is real. It has all the history and secret societies you love, but it's a more complex, literary puzzle box that will make you rethink the whole genre.
by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
Imagine The Da Vinci Code, but confined to the grounds of Princeton University. This book follows four students racing to solve the secrets of a mysterious, real-life Renaissance text. It captures the same thrill of the academic hunt and code-breaking, but in a more grounded, character-focused story that's less about a global conspiracy and more about personal obsession.
by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
Imagine The Da Vinci Code, but confined to the grounds of Princeton University. This book follows four students racing to solve the secrets of a mysterious, real-life Renaissance text. It captures the same thrill of the academic hunt and code-breaking, but in a more grounded, character-focused story that's less about a global conspiracy and more about personal obsession.
by James Rollins
If you want the historical puzzles of Dan Brown but with the action dialed up to blockbuster levels, meet the Sigma Force series. This book kicks off with a massacre at a cathedral and launches a team of scientist-adventurers on a quest for the bones of the Magi. It's faster, more action-packed, and a perfect example of where the genre went after Brown.
by James Rollins
If you want the historical puzzles of Dan Brown but with the action dialed up to blockbuster levels, meet the Sigma Force series. This book kicks off with a massacre at a cathedral and launches a team of scientist-adventurers on a quest for the bones of the Magi. It's faster, more action-packed, and a perfect example of where the genre went after Brown.
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