Why people recommend it
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is a mystery thriller novel that follows a symbologist and a cryptologist as they unravel a religious conspiracy involving secret societies and hidden bloodlines. On Timcast IRL, George San Antos recommended the book series to a participant interested in themes of angels and demons. On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the hosts discussed the Priory of Sion theory and noted how Dan Brown mainstreamed historical conspiracy concepts in his thriller, expressing appreciation for both the novel and its film adaptation. On The Book Review, Alexandra Alter discussed the publication's legacy as a massive 2003 bestseller alongside public reactions to Random House releasing a new young adult edition. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans brought up the book to discuss how certain modern novels are structured specifically to mirror screenplay formats for easy cinematic adaptation. On The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, Simon Sinek mentioned reading the novel and praised its pacing, attributing its engaging nature to the use of very short chapters that encouraged continuous reading. Across these podcasts, commentators reflected on the book's massive commercial impact, its controversial blending of history and fiction, and its distinct narrative style.
Who recommended it
- Alexandra Alter Discussed
- Bill Burr Discussed
- George Santos Recommended
- Robert Evans Discussed
- Simon Sinek Discussed
- Jordan Peterson Discussed
- Bryan Callen Discussed
- Joe Rogan Discussed
Alexandra Alter — 3 mentions
Discussed
“this week Random House announced an upcoming publication It's actually an old one it's Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code which was a huge bestseller when it came came out in 2003”
Discussed
“I mean the first wave of responses to the announcement that they were releasing a teen version of The Da Vinci Code was for example I'll quotee a piece in the guardian by Sam jordison”
Discussed
“it's Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code which was a huge bestseller when it came came out in 2003”
Bill Burr — 2 mentions
Discussed
“i'm reading this one called uh bartnik gave it to me the uh called the code and it breaks down for anybody ever never understood why there was fighting which i never quite understood either”
Critiqued
“you look at the Li look at the that really average looking woman that that guy painted from The Da Vinci Code Evidently she was she was smirking because she realized that uh I can't remember she realized something you know I've never like stood the Mona Lisa I just I found her arrogant”
George Santos — 1 mention
Recommended
“Dan Brown. You didn't never read the Dan Brown the Dainci Code series? No. I've heard of it though. Oh, you should. I mean, if you're into angels and demons, you're missing out on a great series.”
Robert Evans — 1 mention
Discussed
“have you read the D Vinci Code Robert no the book The D Vinci Code is practically written in screenplay format”
Simon Sinek — 1 mention
Discussed
“I finished I finished The Da Vinci Code. It's so good. And it's You know why? Cuz it's written with really, really, really short chapters. So you read like three pages.”
Jordan Peterson — 1 mention
Discussed
“you know there was a book published a while back tom hanks was in the movie he was a harvard professor who went around solving symbolic mysteries do you remember what was it called the da vinci code”
Bryan Callen — 1 mention
Discussed
“in his book The Da Vinci Code actually talks about it”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
Critiqued
“I got weirded out with him when he started doing those movies about like the [ __ ] secret biblical [ __ ] DaVinci Code. Yeah. I was like did you read these scripts. Yeah. That was bad. These are terrible movies. You goddamn Tom Hanks was a bad book. How's it house. A bad book and I become a”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
Discussed
“And you know, this is very Dan Brown! Dan Brown leans very heavily on this in one of his books, at least in The Da Vinci Code! And the idea is that this bloodline was, uh, secreted away!”
Discussed
“It went mainstream when Dan Brown leveraged this concept for the basis of the Da Vinci Code, which is, um... I still think a solid, solid film, and I enjoyed the book. Uh, I would say I have not read the book, but the film I was happier than a lot of the critics about it.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Everything you know
- Grimm's fairy tales
- Notes on a Scandal
- The Turn of the Screw
- Valiant ambition
Other mentions (18: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code famously spent 136 weeks on top of the New York Times bestseller list.”
Passing
“The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons. Did you know Jima this is the sixth book in the Robert Langden series?”
Passing
“in his not novel Da Vinci C Dan Brown cites the 14th century execution”
Passing
“and part of why he fascinates us now part of why he's on a PBS special part of why there was The Da Vinci Code”
Passing
“I know Angels and Demons it was like what was that the pre before Da Vinci Code or something”
Passing
“The Da Vinci Code was a big deal yeah with Tom Hanks”
Passing
“like that guy from Angels and Demons or The Da Vinci Code you know like a Tom Hanks type guy who's like I have tracked the kite's temple I know all the revelations”
Passing
“I mean I'm talking about some dude who's like the like that guy from Angels and Demons or The Da Vinci Code”
Passing
“And I said, 'Well, that's why it's the Da Vinci code and not the Da Vinci world.'”
Passing
“I got to the I was able to read that da Vinci Code in Arabic”
Passing
“so tom hanks doing divi code i didn't really want to do davinci code but tom hanks so like the whole narrator thing”
Passing
“do you remember what was it called the da vinci code”
Passing
“and that's but that's the reason why it's the da vinci code and at the da vinci life because he never was able to get it across to the to the to the level to affect us for generations to come”
Passing
“I'm reading this book about you know the code and NHL hockey”
Passing
“This was of course Dan Brown's novel. That was a real book, actually.”
Passing
“you go into a museum you look at the Li look at the that really average looking woman that that guy painted from The Da Vinci Code evidently she was”
Passing
“that sounds I'm reading The Da Vinci Code at the moment in amongst all of the nonfiction I'm going through and this sounds like the the mineralogists version of The DaVinci Code”
Passing
“I think this is at least being brown in his book The Da Vinci Code actually talks about it”