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I just finished the da vinci... is there a better book out there?? if youre an anti-da vinci person pls dont answer....it just makes you a busy body... no offence.

2006-07-04 20:35:51 · 14 answers · asked by unknownguy033 2 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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There are better books.Here's a list of my favourates.

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront. It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters-vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.Forget the movie.The book is the real article."The Bourne identity" is the story of a man without a past, rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by some fishermen. He is very ill, and his body has suffered the impact of many bullets. The man is taken by the fishermen to a doctor in a nearby island, who helps him to recover physically and mentally. Our protagonist doesn't remember who he is, but with the help of the doctor he finds some clues he doesn't like too much. He only knows for certain some things, for instance that his face has been altered by plastic surgery, that he knows a lot about firearms and that he carried on him a microfilm that contains the code to an account of four million dollars.

In the Swiss bank where the account is he also finds a name: Jason Bourne. But... is he Jason Bourne?. He cannot remember, and if it were for quite a few people, he won't. From the moment he leaves the island onwards, our man without a past will be followed, and attacked. He doesn't understand why, but he reacts in order to stay alive. Add to this already interesting mixture a woman he takes as a hostage, Marie, a number of assasins (including the most famous assassin in the world, Carlos), and the possibility that he is, as a matter of fact, also an assassin, and you will understand why this book is so good. The main character will be hunted all throughout the book not only by the "bad guys", but also by the "good" ones (mainly agents from the USA Government). You won't be able to stop reading this book, and you will find yourself asking aloud to nobody in particular "who on earth is this man?" and "what started this whole mess"?.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad past.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

2006-07-04 22:41:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10 2

Da Vinci Code, is the biggest pile of bollox ever written, George Orwell 1984 could possible be one of the best,

2006-07-04 21:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by tammy 2 · 0 0

I love Science Fiction. It is fiction based on scientific facts and theories, similar to how the Da Vinci Code was written, using religious sources.

Try the Science Fiction Book Club: http://www.sfbc.com/doc/club_url/club_url.jhtml;jsessionid=MZGW4O215PBM0CWKAQPCFFI?_requestid=35787

2006-07-04 20:40:43 · answer #3 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0 0

Pretty much anything from Anne Rice, the Vampire Chron. books are 100 times better than the movies. Take my word for it! Start with Interview with The Vamipre

2006-07-04 20:37:51 · answer #4 · answered by I can see you... 6 · 0 0

well i havent read the da vinci code( i plan to) i really enjoyed harry potter, but i cant say its the best fiction. try catcher in the rye, now thats a classic.

2006-07-04 20:39:25 · answer #5 · answered by samurix7 2 · 0 0

Anything by Chuck Palahniuk. The guy who did Fight Club. The book is far more graphic than the movie. Enjoy

2006-07-04 20:40:15 · answer #6 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0 0

One HUndred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez... that is my favorite book of all time.. you oughtta try reading it.. if you understand it the first time you read it, then that makes you a genious.

2006-07-04 20:39:20 · answer #7 · answered by Chris M 2 · 0 0

yes there is a book by windmills of the Gods by Sydney Sheldon great read

2006-07-04 20:37:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Brave New World!

2006-07-04 20:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Bible. translated into all languages possible, a classic, bestseller and has endless books written about it. provacative. always relevant. contains sex, violence and deep insights. philosophical, legal and narrative.
you can beat it. only join by reading and commentary.

2006-07-04 23:42:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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