I read Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" and loved it. Which Eco book should I read next?

Answer 1

I finished "The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana" not long ago and enjoyed it. It's about a book dealer who has a stroke and loses memory of his family and past. He can however, recall the books he's read. The plot follows him back to his childhood home where he tries to reassemble his memory going through old papers, magazines, records, books and comics.

Technically, Eco has only written four novels, the rest are essay collections dealing with linguistics, semiotics and other subjects.
You might like "How to Travel With a Salmon and Other Essays."

Answer 2

I'd suggest "Foucalt's Pendulum." And if I may also suggest, if you like Eco's work, you might also like reading Katherine Neville's "The Eight" and Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons." Reviewers have taken to saying that Neville, Eco, and Brown make a trio of good reading. If you like one of those authors, you will probably like the other two. Some other books you might like are "The Dante Club" and "The Poe Shadow" by Matthew Pearl and "The Rule of Four" by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Also check out Arturo Perez-Reverte's "The Flanders Panel" and "The Club Dumas." Like "The Name of the Rose" all of these books basically follow the same theme of a race to solve a puzzle by following scattered clues and they are all very well written.

Answer 3

solid e book !!! What the action picture did no longer instruct became the combat between the wealthy and the adverse Christians interior the previous catholic church. Umberto Eco's novel — case in point — defined the philosophy of a sparkling adverse and easy church. became Lord Jesus wealthy, did he placed on silk or merely cotton!? The action picture — which i admire too — did no longer instruct this time-honored conflict interior the church. The e book did. And whilst they(a million) flow away the monastery, they are nevertheless adverse, yet smart... The call Of The Rose became possibly the call of that lady... became it fairly — or became it a logo for William's basic coronary heart — a logo of a sparkling age or an entire exchange interior the previous classic church, a logo of desire, to offer area for a sparkling millennium ? ! ----- (a million) William of Baskerville and his chum Adso von Melk

Answer 4

Foucault's Pendulum.

Answer 5

You might want to try 'the Island of the Day Before'

Answer 6

Baudolino!

Answer 7

'Misreadings'. It's not a novel, it's a piece of literary/cultural criticism. Nice and short, and nice and interesting. Best combination.

Answer 8

His "Baudolino" is also delightful.