Il pendolo di Foucault vs The Da Vinci Code: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Templars, Mystery, Fiction
Il pendolo di Foucault
Il pendolo di Foucault è il secondo romanzo dello scrittore italiano Umberto Eco. Pubblicato nel 1988 dalla casa editrice Bompiani (con cui Eco aveva già un pluridecennale rapporto), è ambientato negli anni della vita…
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The Da Vinci Code
“The Priory of Sion —a European secret society founded in 1099—is a real organization.”
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"…
1 film adaptationBanned book
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Da Vinci Code is the quickest read — about 8 hours vs 12 for Il pendolo di Foucault.
- The Da Vinci Code has the widest readership — 2578277 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Il pendolo di Foucault | The Da Vinci Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (76387) | 3.9 (2578277) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.5 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 3.5 (11) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (2247) |
Reception
| Il pendolo di Foucault | The Da Vinci Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 76387 | 2578277 |
| Editions | 81 | 203 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 98473 | 634317 |
| Reading it now | 6165 | 28989 |
| Written reviews | 4760 | 62657 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 37597 |
| Pages | 659 | 470 |