#26: The DaVinci Code

In 2003, America decided they'd like to give this whole "reading" thing a try. Since they were all laughed out from the hilarious shenanigans of the families on Everybody Loves Raymond and King of Queens, they wanted something a bit darker. They yearned for mystery, suspense, a large number of easily digestible short chapters that could be read while taking a shit, and a heaping serving of Jesus.

Enter Dan Brown.

The marginally successful author of Deception Point and Angels and Demons struck gold with his fourth novel, The DaVinci Code. Based on the 1982 theoretical non-fiction account of Jesus' progeny, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, The DaVinci Code was translated into 44 languages and sold over 80 million copies worldwide. Stephen King once referred to it as "the intellectual equivalent of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese."


"I love readin'!"
"Really? Me too! My favorite author would have to be either Roth or Mailer, but I'll always have a soft spot for the works of Tom Wolfe; Bonfire of the Vanities was my first love. How about you?"
"Me, I like that Brown fella what wrote them books about Jesus' family and the English babysitter what had written the ones about the wizards n' such."
"(sigh)"