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Books like Angels & Demons
The best books like Angels & Demons are The Da Vinci Code, In Cold Blood, and Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown is about science versus religion, secret societies, institutional power. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Da Vinci Code
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Dan Brown · Thriller
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is called to the Louvre in the middle of the night after a curator is found dead, his body arranged in a cryptic pose beside a trail of symbols.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote · Memoir
Truman Capote's account of the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas — and of the investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the killers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock — is the founding document of the true crime genre and one of the most admired works of American nonfiction of the twentieth century.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
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Ben Macintyre · History
In 1943, British intelligence planted a dead man on a Spanish beach carrying fabricated documents designed to convince the Germans that the Allied invasion of southern Europe would target Greece and Sardinia rather than Sicily.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre · History
Ben Macintyre tells the story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer who became the most important British spy of the Cold War.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Shutter Island
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Dennis Lehane · Thriller
It is 1954, and U.S.
Both dig into institutional power.
Read the summary → - Letter to a Christian Nation
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Sam Harris · Philosophy
Letter to a Christian Nation is a short, blunt book written in direct address to American Christians.
Both dig into faith and reason.
Read the summary → - Summa Theologica (Selections)
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Thomas Aquinas · Philosophy
The Summa Theologica — "Summary of Theology" — is Thomas Aquinas's masterwork, composed between approximately 1265 and 1274.
Both dig into faith and reason.
Read the summary → - A Time to Kill
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John Grisham · Thriller
In Clanton, Mississippi, two white men rape and nearly kill ten-year-old Tonya Hailey.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Along Came a Spider
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James Patterson · Thriller
Along Came a Spider introduces Alex Cross, a Black homicide detective and forensic psychologist working in Washington D.C., in the case that made James Patterson a bestseller.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Big Little Lies
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Liane Moriarty · Thriller
Big Little Lies begins with a death at a school trivia night and then spends its entire length working backward to explain how it happened.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Blacklands
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Belinda Bauer · Thriller
Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb lives in the shadow of an unresolved disappearance.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Blindsighted
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Karin Slaughter · Thriller
Blindsighted is Karin Slaughter's debut novel, published in 2001, and the first book in the Grant County series set in fictional Heartsdale, Georgia.
A kindred thriller read.
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Books like Angels & Demons: quick answers
What are the best books like Angels & Demons?
The best books like Angels & Demons by Dan Brown are The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Angels & Demons, such as science versus religion, secret societies, institutional power.
What should I read after Angels & Demons?
A natural next read after Angels & Demons is The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre.
What books are similar to Angels & Demons by Dan Brown?
Angels & Demons centers on science versus religion, secret societies, institutional power. Books with a similar feel include The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane, Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
