August, 2004
Booklists · Inside The Da Vinci Code
Everyone is talking about The Da Vinci Code. But when you’ve finished, what do you read next? Here are some suggestions to get you started. Many of the authors listed have other titles that may interest you as well.
The religious thriller/puzzler aspect is perhaps the factor many readers find most fascinating. Here are some other novels with similar appeal.
Did the art history theme fascinate you? Here are some novels featuring an art or literary history angle you might also enjoy.
Spine-tingling suspense and the tangled web of conspiracy make for pulse-pounding fiction. If that’s what you liked about The Da Vinci Code, you might also appreciate these novels.
Secret societies, hidden history, deep-seated conspiracies, and just a touch of the occult flavor these novels.
Figuring it all out: how some literary critics and scholars have “decoded” the novel.
The Gospel Code: Novel Claims about Jesus, Mary Magdalene and da Vinci
813.54 B877Zw 2004
Breaking The da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone’s Asking
813.6 B877dZb 2004
Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code
813.6 B877dZe 2004
Cracking da Vinci’s Code
813.6 B877dZg 2004
The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code
813.6 B877dZn 2005
Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries behind the da Vinci Code
813.6 B877dZs 2004
De-coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Code
813.6 B877dZwe 2004
The life and art of Leonardo da Vinci
Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci
709.2 L581Za 2004
Leonardo: Discovering the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
709.2 L581Zb 1991
Leonardo
709.2 L581Zke 2004
Leonardo's Notebooks
709.2 fL581ZL 2005
Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind
709.2 L581Zni 2004
Inventing Leonardo
709.2 L581Zt 1993
Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
709.45 qL581 v.01
Becoming Mona Lisa: The Making of a Global Icon
759.5 L581mZs 2001
Leonardo: The Last Supper
759.5 qL581LZbLE 2001
Leonardo da Vinci: Origins of a Genius
759.5 qL581Zbr 1998
Leonardo’s Incessant Last Supper
Leo Steinberg
Leonardo Da Vinci
759.5 qL581Zsa 1995
Leonardo da Vinci
759.5 qV77ca 1967
Explore the Sacred Feminine
In All Her Names: Exploration of the Feminine in Divinity
202.114 I35 1991
Goddesses and the Divine Feminine: A Western Religious History
202.114 R291 2005
The Magdalene Legacy: The Jesus and Mary Bloodline Conspiracy
226.092 M393Zg 2005
Mary Magdalene and Many Others
226.092208 M393Zr 1994
Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism
299.93 I31
The Knights Templar and the Freemasons
The Arcana of Freemasonry
366.1 C563 2005
Freemasonry: A Journey through Ritual and Symbol
366.1 qM169 1991
The Freemasons: A History of the World’s Most Powerful Secret Society
366.109 F855Zr 2001
The Secret History of Freemasonry: Its Origins and Connection to the Knights Templar
366.109 N294fE 2005
Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order
366.10973 B938 1996
Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades
909.07 R662 1991
The religious facts behind the fiction
Is the New Testament History?
225.9 B261
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
229.8 P133 2003
A Search for the Historical Jesus
232.908 H355 1994
Holy Blood, Holy Grail
944 B152
Need more suggestions? Contact your local library, and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.