In 1996 Brown quit teaching to become a full-time writer. His first book, Digital Fortress was published in 1998. Brown subsequently wrote Angels & Demons and Deception Point, released in 2000 and 2001 respectively.
Brown's first three novels had little success, with fewer than 10,000 copies in each of their first printings. Until his fourth novel, The Da Vinci Code, became the bestseller, going to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list during its first week of release in 2003. It is now credited with being one of the most popular books of all time, with 81 million copies sold worldwide as of 2009.
Brown's third novel featuring Robert Langdon, The Lost Symbol, was released on September 15, 2009. According to the publisher, on its first day the book sold over one million in hardcover and e-book versions in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada, prompting the printing of 600,000 hardcover copies in addition to the five million first printing.
Brown's fourth novel featuring Robert Langdon, Inferno is a mystery thriller novel released on May 14, 2013, by Doubleday. It immediately became a bestseller.
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