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Gazella, actually I was thinking of Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. I haven't read his Century trilogy yet.
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Thank you for starting this thread. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a "Dan Brown" style book -- one that isn't actually by Dan Brown. I've noticed a lot of indie books in that style.When I first got my Kindle, I bought a couple of them, added a bunch to my wishlist, downloaded a lot of samples. I even created a category/shelf called "Codeian Thrillers" on my Kindle. But...
But I'm been afraid to read any of them because the reviews are all over the board, with authors accused of bad writing and even worse research. (Although sometimes it's the reviewers who get the facts wrong. One author got a bad review because he had characters speaking Persian instead of Arabic. ) Also, a lot of the thrillers promise to be "controversial," but the controversy often turns out to be "Why didn't the author hire an editor?" So has anyone else had luck, good or bad, with indie "Codeian" and architectural thrillers? Please help me clean out my wishlist -- it's getting clogged! |
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It'd be nice to know the books you have on your wish list and your "Codeian Thrillers" collection as you call it. Plus that way, we'll know which books in your collection/wish list are worth reading
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The Radix by Brett King The Devil Colony by James Rollins The Roswell Conspiracy: Tyler Lock 3 by Boyd Morrison (Hi Boyd!) Pandora's Temple by Jon Land The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover The Lost Constitution by William Martin The Templar Concordat by Terrence O'Brien Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Second Messiah by Glenn Meade Samples of A sample of God's Lions: The Secret Chape by John Lyman 30 Pieces of Silver: An Extremely Controversial Historical Thriller by Carolyn McCray The Nostradamus Prophecies by Mario Reading Plague of Coins (The Judas Chronicles #1) by Aiden James My wishlist is huge. Again, some of these might be pure adventure and not so much archaeological. Spoiler:
Edited to Add: And did I really write "architectural thrillers"?! Now that's a genre I'd like to see... Last edited by Critteranne; 03-09-2013 at 12:08 PM. |
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On your wishlist I have read the books by Raymond Khoury, Andy McDermott and Scott Mariani and would recommend them! They are all recognized authors. I especially like the Mariani books.
Another author I like is Kate Mosse. Start with Labyrinth. She writes strong female characters. |
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If you're interested in a very light version of that general theme, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is great fun.
Edited to add that I love these types of books too and I see new ones to check out suggested by people. Yay! |
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Some more books in this genre that I have read are the Daniel Knox series by Will Adams, The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber and People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
I really enjoyed the Ken Follett books mentioned, both the Pillars of the Earth series and the newer Century series. Although I wouldn't personally classify them as "Dan Brown" enigma-type thrillers. I still highly recommend them however! Last edited by Bookworm_Girl; 03-09-2013 at 05:28 PM. |
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On Amazon, I'm fascinated by the way so many of the indie authors have many more reviews than, say, Chris Kuznesk are Allan Folsom or some of the other similar writers appearing in hardback and paperback. Are people more likely to post a review if they bought the Kindle version? Or are those indie authors selling that many copies because of the cheaper kindle prices? Some of the indie authors on my "Codeian" wishlist have higher overall ratings, too, but I don't always trust those numbers. I've come across too many one-star reviews that say something useless like "The book never arrived in the mail." |
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Try Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. Clues, symbols? We got plenty of stinkin' clues. One Amazon reviewer says the book reads like a hyperstylized game of literary three card monte. If Dan Brown were an intellect, then he might one day write "The Lot 49 Code".
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Books similar to Dan Brown's
I haven't read any of the listed books. But Umberto Eco and Steve Berry's books have been recommended by several members here so they're worth reading.
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