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

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"…

The Stand Stephen King · 1978 ★★★★☆ 4.4 833 pages · ≈ 15 h 26 m · Moderate

“Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.”

One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that - in the ensuing weeks - wipes out most of the world's…