Author Donna Tartt was just 29 years old when she published The Secret History, and it was the first novel she ever wrote. It is a hauntingly beautiful story about six college students who are ...

“The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.” The Secret History haunts you from its very first sentence.

Jenna selected Donna Tartt's debut novel, and veritable modern classic, for the last Read With Jenna pick of 2022. “With a book as layered as ‘The Secret History,’ there’s going to be new revelations ...

Before reading what I would decree my new favorite book of all time, I had heard the name Donna Tartt and, of course, had heard the book title “The Secret History'' discussed in hushed tones of ...

About six years ago, Alissa Bennett, a director at the Gladstone Gallery, fell under the thrall of Donna Tartt’s 1992 novel, The Secret History. The book traces a coterie of students studying ancient ...

The idea of losing control is one that fascinates controlled people such as ourselves more than almost anything,” Donna Tartt ...

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Remember when you first read this? It’s still that good. Beguiled by their charismatic professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college bond and conspire — discovering ...

If you're a novelist who takes a decade or so between books, you can only hope that your readers remember how much they loved you in the past. It's a saturated market out there, and brand loyalty ...