And I want to be an up-to-date, informed reader. I want to feel that seductive rush of smug pride when someone mentions a popular book in conversation and I’ve read it cover to cover. So, on a ...

The Secret History fits into a long tradition of novels set on university campuses – including Petrou's latest, Stargazer, about two friends at a remote Canadian university in the 90s, which she ...

Author Donna Tartt’s debut novel, The Secret History, became an instant classic—and an instant success—when it was published in 1992.“Book publishers, moviemakers, and glossy magazines ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Pagan Kennedy about her new book The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story, which explains the origin of the rape kit and the woman behind it.

There are some books that serve as milestones in our lives, evocations of a particular time and place tucked between the timeworn covers. For me, The Secret History is one of those.

Bret Easton Ellis – an early reader of Tartt's manuscript for The Secret History – introduced his friend to his literary agent, who secured a $450,000 advance for the book.