Bibliography
Recommend a title for bookclub
Click on a title to buy it, read other users' comments or to post your own comment:
A Good Place To Start
| Title | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Angels & Demons | 3 | |
| Deception Point | 2 | |
| The Da Vinci Code | 1 |
A Bad Place To Start
| Title | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Deception Point | 4 | |
| The Da Vinci Code | 2 |
Genres
Categorization is odious. There is tremendous overlap among genres. These pigeonholes are offered only as a convenience.
Dan Brown (1964 - )
added by echolaine
Comments
Please consider recommending where to begin reading this author, or where not to. A few words about your experiences reading this author and why you make the recommendations you do will be helpful to other users. If you are the author or have studied this author extensively, please say so.
I began reading Dan Brown's books because my children read them and said not to be influenced by the media hyp. I read Da Vinci Code first then Angels and Demons. I was hooked. I had to get the other two novels. In my opinion, I think Deception Point should have been the next movie! I cannot wait for his next book. He is an excellent story teller. Once he has set the stage for the reader, it is as if he has reached out, grabbed you and pulled you in to the pages.
I truely recommend Deception Point as the first read. I did not read the books in the order written and I dont think one needs to. Just pick a book and start! you won't regret it and you will have your own opinon of the best book he wrote.
emac52 May 3rd, 2007 09:08 AM PST
I actually read 'Deception Point' first, and I loved it. I thought that Dan Brown was going to be one of those authors to keep an eye on. The next one I read was 'Digital Fortress', which wasn't too bad either.
But for some reason, I couldn't stomach either 'Angels' or 'Da Vinci' - both are still languishing on my bookshelf as I've been unable to get beyond the first 3 or 4 chapters in either of them.
However, I do intend to tackle them at some point in the future, just so that I can see if the hype was true for myself!
indygo88 July 6th, 2008 08:46 AM PST
It really goes to show how different readers have different opinions. I personally very much enjoyed both The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons (and it seems most people either love them or don't), but then was very disappointed in Deception Point, which I felt was very much a typical, run-of-the-mill type thriller and just didn't hold my interest like the other two.
Biography
Please consider entering an additional brief biography here. You can Google this author by clicking here.
Dan Brown is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Da Vinci Code -- one of the best selling novels of all time. In early 2004, all four of Dan Brown's novels held spots on the New York Times bestseller list during the same week.
Recently named one of the World's 100 Most Influential People by TIME Magazine, Dan Brown has made appearances on CNN, The Today Show, National Public Radio, Voice of America, as well as in the pages of Newsweek, Forbes, People, GQ, The New Yorker, and others. His novels have been translated and published in more than 40 languages around the world.
Dan is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to writing. In 1996, his interest in code-breaking and covert government agencies led him to write his first novel, Digital Fortress, which quickly became a #1 national bestselling eBook. Set within the clandestine National Security Agency, the novel explores the fine line between civilian privacy and national security. Brown?s follow-up techno-thriller, Deception Point, centered on similar issues of morality in politics, national security, and classified technology.
The son of a Presidential Award winning math professor and of a professional sacred musician, Dan grew up surrounded by the paradoxical philosophies of science and religion. These complementary perspectives served as inspiration for his acclaimed novel Angels & Demons--a science vs. religion thriller set within a Swiss physics lab and Vatican City. Recently, he has begun work on a series of symbology thrillers featuring his popular protagonist Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of iconography and religious art. The upcoming series will include books set in Paris, London, and Washington D.C.
Dan's wife Blythe--an art historian and painter--collaborates on his research and accompanies him on his frequent research trips, their latest to Paris, where they spent time in the Louvre for his thriller, The Da Vinci Code.
from www.danbrown.com
tinaw157 January 8th, 2007 07:45 PM PST