Shut Up & Read discussion

Hi everyone,

I am currently writing my new novel, which deals with a global conspiracy and would like to read some related fiction. So, which do you think are the best works in the genre? Thanks in advance for your help and recommendations!

I loved Ninth Directive by Adam Hall and The Seventh Secret by Irving Wallace. They do not have global conspiracies, so to say, but are amazing in their own fields, the first dealing with international espionage conspiracies and the second with Hitler.

I am yet to read Foucault's Pendulum, but it has been hailed by many as very good.

uhm, Dan Brown's books? lol, only thing that popped in my head.

Baldacci's always worth a read for me.

Duks wrote: "uhm, Dan Brown's books? lol, only thing that popped in my head."

me too! especially his new book Inferno

Lit Bug wrote: "I loved Ninth Directive by Adam Hall and The Seventh Secret by Irving Wallace. They do not have global conspiracies, so to say, but are amazing in their own fields, the first dealing with internati..."

Good suggestions! Have you read Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene?

Leigh wrote: ""

Interesting choices, Leigh! Thanks!

Sahana wrote: "Duks wrote: "uhm, Dan Brown's books? lol, only thing that popped in my head."

me too! especially his new book Inferno"

Sahana, Duks, I've read almost all of Dan Brown's works, except for Inferno... it was released very recently, wasn't it?

Vardan wrote: "Sahana wrote: "Duks wrote: "uhm, Dan Brown's books? lol, only thing that popped in my head."

me too! especially his new book Inferno"

Sahana, Duks, I've read almost all of Dan Brown's works, exce..."

yes :) just last month!

Vardan wrote: "Hi everyone,

I am currently writing my new novel, which deals with a global conspiracy and would like to read some related fiction. So, which do you think are the best works in the genre? Thanks i..."

May I recommend our conspiracy thriller series The Orphan Trilogy (The Ninth Orphan / The Orphan Factory / The Orphan Uprising)? It currently tops Goodreads ‘Best Trilogies/Book Series EVER!’ list...which is worth a look incidentally. > https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

I wish you well with your new novel!

Best, Lance

Sterling wrote: "Vardan wrote: "Hi everyone,

I am currently writing my new novel, which deals with a global conspiracy and would like to read some related fiction. So, which do you think are the best works in the ..."

Thank you, Sterling. I will definitely check it out. This is a genre that I have been looking forward to reading and writing in and the background information in terms of what has been done and how it has been done is always interesting. Not in terms of replication, of course, but in terms of knowing the canon and then... tearing it apart! :)

If you love Dan Brown novels, then you might enjoy my first and latest novel, "The Last Overseer" I took many of today's conspiracy theories and made them a whole lot bigger.

Thanks for the recommendation, Anton!

Try The Voynich Cypher by Russell Blake . He frequently has a few of the prequels to his other novels free if you want to get a taste of his writing style 1st.

My favorite series by him is Jet .

Tasha wrote: "Try The Voynich Cypher by Russell Blake . He frequently has a few of the prequels to his other novels free if you want to get a taste of his writing style 1s..."

Thanks a lot Tasha!

Read the master, anything by Robert Ludlum.