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Ecclesiastical Fiction

These are books dealing with religious guilt & traume, spiritual psychosis, rebellion against the institution of the church, the suppression of knowledge and the the abuse of power & authority.
Proceed with caution if you want to read some of these books.
The setting for most of these is within monasteries, covenants or the vatican itself, but also a few other aspects.
I am not religious I just find these themes compelling and it is my way of dealing with having finished The Name of the Rose.
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Conclave (Robert Harris)
Conclave
1
Robert Harris
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
2
Umberto Eco
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
3
Matthew Lewis
The Nun (Denis Diderot)
The Nun
4
Denis Diderot
Pope Joan (Donna Woolfolk Cross)
Pope Joan
5
Donna Woolfolk Cross
Die Truhen Des Arcimboldo (Hanjo Lehmann)
Die Truhen Des Arcimboldo
6
Hanjo Lehmann
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
7
Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
8
Dan Brown
The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
The Lost Symbol
9
Dan Brown
Inferno (Dan Brown)
Inferno
10
Dan Brown
Origin (Dan Brown)
Origin
11
Dan Brown
The Monastery (Walter Scott)
The Monastery
12
Walter Scott
The Monastery Murders (E. M. Powell)
The Monastery Murders
13
E. M. Powell
Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson)
Quicksilver
14
Neal Stephenson
King of the Vagabonds (Neal Stephenson)
King of the Vagabonds
15
Neal Stephenson
Odalisque (Neal Stephenson)
Odalisque
16
Neal Stephenson
Labyrinth (Kate Mosse)
Labyrinth
17
Kate Mosse
Diary of a Country Priest (Georges Bernanos)
Diary of a Country Priest
18
Georges Bernanos
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
19
Graham Greene
The Spire (William Golding)
The Spire
20
William Golding
Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (Michael D. O'Brien)
Father Elijah: An Apocalypse
21
Michael D. O'Brien
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
22
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Murder Before Evensong (Richard Coles)
Murder Before Evensong
23
Richard Coles
Father Brown: Selected Tales (G K Chesterton)
Father Brown: Selected Tales
24
G K Chesterton
The Sixth Lamentation (William Brodrick)
The Sixth Lamentation
25
William Brodrick
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Ellis Peters)
A Morbid Taste for Bones
26
Ellis Peters
The Gospel of Eve (Rachel Mann)
The Gospel of Eve
27
Rachel Mann
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
28
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Song at the Scaffold (Gertrud Von Le Fort)
The Song at the Scaffold
29
Gertrud Von Le Fort
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
30
Willa Cather
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
31
Alexandre Dumas
Twenty Years After (Alexandre Dumas)
Twenty Years After
32
Alexandre Dumas
The Vicomte De Bragelonne (Alexandre Dumas)
The Vicomte De Bragelonne
33
Alexandre Dumas
The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
The Man in the Iron Mask
34
Alexandre Dumas
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
35
Umberto Eco
The Club Dumas (Arturo Perez-Reverte)
The Club Dumas
36
Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
37
Ken Follett
World Without End (Ken Follett)
World Without End
38
Ken Follett
The Rule of Four (Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason)
The Rule of Four
39
Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
The Illuminator (Brenda Rickman Vantrease)
The Illuminator
40
Brenda Rickman Vantrease
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