Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 17:52     Subject: Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
Anonymous wrote:Don't get mad, but for just the "story" aspect it's Dan Brown.


I think I saw an interview once where he said Dan Brown was his bastard offspring.

There are some good suggestions here but question is whether you like the conspiracy theories, the intricate historical fiction, the post-modern style, etc.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 21:54     Subject: Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
Anonymous wrote:Don't get mad, but for just the "story" aspect it's Dan Brown.


I think this is correct.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 16:19     Subject: Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
Don't get mad, but for just the "story" aspect it's Dan Brown.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 00:05     Subject: Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
I love Eco, but he's not exactly a read-alike. Maybe try Donna Tartt?
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2023 23:57     Subject: Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
Anonymous wrote:Anyone have any book recommendations if you like Umberto Ecos works? Just finished Foucault’s Pendulum.

Thornton Wilder's prose may fit the bill.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2023 17:28     Subject: Re:Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
Anonymous wrote:I read all of Umberto's Eco's novels back in the 90s/2000s but he's a hard one to find similar books for.


I agree. I wouldn't liken Calvino to Eco either. They were both Italian, but the connection ends there.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 13:55     Subject: Re:Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
I read all of Umberto's Eco's novels back in the 90s/2000s but he's a hard one to find similar books for.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 08:10     Subject: Re:Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
I like Eco a lot!

Found more than subtle shades of him in Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. More accessible read too.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 12:47     Subject: Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
Borges, Calvino, Pynchon
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 12:34     Subject: Recommendations if you like Umberto Eco’s works
Anyone have any book recommendations if you like Umberto Ecos works? Just finished Foucault’s Pendulum.