From the Bookshelf of Around the World in 80 Books…

The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)

Daniel Silva

Start date: January 15, 2022

Finish date: February 15, 2022

Discussion: Group Reads Discussions

Why we're reading this: January 2022 World Tour selection for Vatican City (setting)
[close] January 2022 World Tour selection for Vatican City (setting)

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 405 topics — 3,825 comments total

Group Reads Discussions

This topic has been closed to new comments.

* Links to Group Read Discussions
By Diane , Armchair Tour Guide · 3 posts · 1369 views

last updated Jan 18, 2013 07:12PM

I've Been Waiting
By Carole · 1 post · 12 views

last updated Sep 16, 2025 07:57PM

showing 7 of 7 topics view all »

Other topics mentioning this book

Nominate the January Books of the Month
By Diane , Armchair Tour Guide · 7 posts · 55 views

last updated Dec 15, 2021 08:48PM

Diane's Potential 2022 Book Travels
By Diane , Armchair Tour Guide · 8 posts · 49 views

last updated Jan 03, 2022 04:42PM

Christine | Frequent Flyer World Reader 2022
By Christine · 3 posts · 8 views

last updated Jan 31, 2022 07:15PM

* What Book Did You Just Finish?
By Diane , Armchair Tour Guide · 1895 posts · 3318 views

last updated Dec 27, 2024 03:02PM

Closed: Izesicle's 5th World Tour | 2022 | Circumnavigator
By Ann · 155 posts · 271 views

last updated Dec 22, 2022 05:22PM

JenniferAustin - Frequent Flyer 2023 ❄️
By JenniferAusti… · 54 posts · 96 views

last updated Nov 18, 2023 08:44PM

Diane's World Travels by Book
By Diane , Armchair Tour Guide · 42 posts · 2219 views

last updated Jan 01, 2024 11:39AM

What Members Thought

Jul 19, 2021 Kay Green rated it really liked it

I have dropped a few of Silva's later books after reading the first 15 or so. The topics just did not interest me. but this one was back to the Vatican - the other 2 he wrote which took place there were some of my favorites. I found the whole book really interesting and I loved getting Donati and Gabriel Allon back together. The mystique of the Vatican is a great environment for a thriller, and since I have been disillusioned with the Church after their sex scandals, I found the idea of corrupti ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Mar 03, 2022 Ann rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2022-atw-80

As a lapsed Catholic and Jesuit educated, I definitely found many food for thought here - left and right wing groups within the Church, how literally should the Bible be taken, the role Catholic leaders played during WW2. It was also interesting to see a mention of the Manila cardinal. I appreciated the author's note detailing which parts were real and which were fiction. ...more

Like · see review