{"id":6480,"date":"2025-11-17T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6480"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:01:51","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-278-the-secret-of-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-278-the-secret-of-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 278 &#8211; The Secret of Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading\u00a0<em>The Secret of Secrets<\/em> by Dan Brown.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-278-the-secret-of-secrets\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/birthright.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/birthright-134x220.jpg\" alt=\"Birthright by Nora Roberts\" width=\"134\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/birthright-134x220.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/birthright-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/birthright.jpg 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chaos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chaos-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chaos-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chaos-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chaos-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chaos.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/daughter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/daughter-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/daughter-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/daughter-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/daughter.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780515137118\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Birthright<\/em> by Nora Roberts<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316477543\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties<\/em> by Tom O&#8217;Neill<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316459181\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Daughter of Smoke and Bone<\/em> by Laini Taylor<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/experimental.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/experimental-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Experimental Film by Gemma Files\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/experimental-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/experimental-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/experimental-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/experimental.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/frame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/frame-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/frame-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/frame-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/frame-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/frame.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psi-140x220.jpg\" alt=\"Psi Spies The True Story of America's Psychic Warfare Program by Jim Marrs\" width=\"140\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psi-140x220.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psi-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psi.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781504063883\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Experimental Film<\/em> by Gemma Files<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593597736\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Frame-Up<\/em> by Gwenda Bond<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781564149602\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Psi Spies: The True Story of America&#8217;s Psychic Warfare Program<\/em> by Jim Marrs<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psychic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psychic-134x220.jpg\" alt=\"Psychic Warrior: The True Story of America's Foremost Psychic Spy and the Cover-Up of the CIA's Top-Secret Stargate Program by David Morehouse\" width=\"134\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psychic-134x220.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psychic-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psychic-624x1024.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psychic-936x1536.jpg 936w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/psychic.jpg 1219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/three.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/three-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Three Fates by Nora Roberts\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/three-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/three-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/three-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/three.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thursdaymurder.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thursdaymurder-147x220.webp\" alt=\"Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thursdaymurder-147x220.webp 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thursdaymurder-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thursdaymurder-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thursdaymurder.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781429937818\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Psychic Warrior: The True Story of America&#8217;s Foremost Psychic Spy and the Cover-Up of the CIA&#8217;s Top-Secret Stargate Program<\/em> by David Morehouse<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593641767\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Three Fates<\/em> by Nora Roberts<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781984880987\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Thursday Murder Club<\/em> by Richard Osman<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leveragedvd.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leveragedvd-150x210.webp\" alt=\"Leverage\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leveragedvd-150x210.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leveragedvd-214x300.webp 214w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leveragedvd-732x1024.webp 732w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leveragedvd-1097x1536.webp 1097w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leveragedvd.webp 1143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nationaltreasure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nationaltreasure-150x217.jpg\" alt=\"National Treasure\" width=\"150\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nationaltreasure-150x217.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nationaltreasure-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nationaltreasure.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nationaltreasure2.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nationaltreasure2-150x208.webp\" alt=\"National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets\" width=\"150\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nationaltreasure2-150x208.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nationaltreasure2.webp 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4oAeBBp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leverage (TV show)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4oAeBBp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Treasure (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4hU72CZ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading\u00a0The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2641,490,2642,309,2417,402,405,2640,2643],"class_list":["post-6480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-david-morehouse","tag-gwenda-bond","tag-jim-marrs","tag-laini-taylor","tag-leverage","tag-national-treasure","tag-nora-roberts","tag-richard-osman","tag-tom-oneill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6480"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6497,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6480\/revisions\/6497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}