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The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon: the first was his 2000 novel Angels & Demons. The Da Vinci Code follows "symbologist" Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris causes them to become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene having had a child together. ---------- See al

Thriller✝Religious

Government / national · 2004

The Jewel of Medina

Sherry Jones

Sherry Jones's historical novel imagining the life of Aisha, one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives, from her childhood betrothal to her political role after his death. Random House cancelled its American publication in 2008 after receiving a letter warning the book could incite violence; it was published first in Serbia. The UK publisher's home was fire-bombed three days after publication. Eventually published in the US and several other countries, but banned across much of the Muslim world.

Historical fictionRomance✝Religious🙏Blasphemy

Government / national · 2008

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie's fourth novel, first published September 26, 1988 and inspired in part by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters. The title refers to the satanic verses, a group of Quranic verses that refer to three pagan Meccan goddesses: Allāt, Uzza, and Manāt. The part of the story that deals with the "satanic verses" was based on accounts fro

Literary fictionMagical realism✝Religious🙏Blasphemy

Government / national · 1989