Insomnia vs The Da Vinci Code: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Insomnia Insomnia Stephen King · 1994 ★★★★☆ 3.8 764 pages · ≈ 14 h 09 m · Moderate
“No one-least of all Dr. Litchfield-came right out and told Ralp Roberts that his wife was going to die, but there came a time when Ralph understood without needing to be told.”

Insomnia is a 1994 horror/fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. It follows retired widower Ralph Roberts whose increasing insomnia allows him to perceive auras and other hidden things, leading him to join a…

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Cover of The Da Vinci Code The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown · 2003 ★★★★☆ 3.9 470 pages · ≈ 8 h 42 m · Moderate
“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"…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

InsomniaThe Da Vinci Code
Goodreads 3.8 (172089) 3.9 (2578277)
Hardcover 3.6 (343) 3.5 (2)
Google Books 5.0 (1) 3.5 (11)
Apple Books 4.5 (423) 4.5 (2247)

Reception

InsomniaThe Da Vinci Code
Ratings 172089 2578277
Editions 58 203
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 112967 634317
Reading it now 5497 28989
Written reviews 6188 62657
Wikipedia attention 7579 37597
Pages 764 470

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