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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Matthew Prock. Here is the story most people know: In 1991, a then-28-year-old and ...

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 ...

Fall is finally here, which means it’s officially the season for warm drinks, chunky sweaters, and books that feel like comfort food. Whether you’re into witches, small-town romances, or dark academia ...

I suppose I'm more introspective during the colder months of the year and gravitate towards literary fiction. I'll be found with dark academia novels, emotional masterpieces, and classics for the ...

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 click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Moody settings, mysterious schools — these irresistible novels have it all Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, ...

The genre — characterized by Gothic intrigue and a liberal arts aesthetic — grew out of Donna Tartt’s cult favorite campus novel, “The Secret History.” Here’s where to start. By Jenny Hamilton Jenny ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Here’s what a blurb is: you asking (read begging) a writer with a lofty ...