Dan Brown Books - Chronological Reading Order

Digital Fortress

Publication Date: 1998

When the NSA’s code-breaking machine can’t break a particular code, cryptographer Susan Fletcher is enlisted to help. She discovers the code is so dangerous that its release would destroy the United States Intelligence community.

Standalone Novel

Angels & Demons

Publication Date: 2000

Symbologist Robert Langdon investigates the murder of a physicist and uncovers a plot by the Illuminati to attack the Vatican with a time bomb.

Robert Langdon Series #1

Deception Point

Publication Date: 2001

An intelligence analyst, Rachel Sexton, investigates a strange object found in the Arctic Ice by NASA, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy.

Standalone Novel

The Da Vinci Code

Publication Date: 2003

Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu investigate the murder of the Louvre's curator, leading them to a secret society guarding a historical secret.

Robert Langdon Series #2

The Lost Symbol

Publication Date: 2009

Robert Langdon is called to the US Capitol to investigate a strange object, leading him into the world of the Masonic temple to save his kidnapped mentor.

Robert Langdon Series #3

Inferno

Publication Date: 2013

Waking up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, Robert Langdon teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks to flee an assassin and decipher codes left by a scientist obsessed with the end of the world.

Robert Langdon Series #4

Origin

Publication Date: 2017

Robert Langdon attends an event where his former student, Edmond Kirsch, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough, but chaos ensues, leading Langdon and Ambra Vidal to uncover a conspiracy.

Robert Langdon Series #5

The Secret of Secrets

Publication Date: 2025 (Upcoming)

Robert Langdon's world spirals out of control when Katherine Solomon disappears in Prague, forcing him to decipher ancient mysteries to save her.

Robert Langdon Series #6