The Secret History
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · April 13, 2004
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in psychological thrillers
- Themes
- psychological thriller, morality, college life
- Pacing
- Steady
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ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch.
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One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. “A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —The New York Times
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in psychological thrillers
- Fans of literary fiction with dark themes
Where it sits
| Literary Fiction | 55% |
|---|---|
| Psychological Fiction | 55% |
| Suspense | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Psychological Fiction
- Suspense
- Coming-of-Age
- Authors
- Donna Tartt
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- April 13, 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- psychological thriller · morality · college life
- Reading lane
- Psychological Fiction
Around this book
- Q&A with Donna TarttAn interview from The Queen’s Reading Room. Tartt reflects on writing The Secret History against expectations and on the long creative process behind her novels.
- Donna Tartt on The Secret HistoryAn interview from AnOther. Tartt discusses the novel’s origins, its New England setting, and why she chose a male narrator.
- Donna Tartt answers 11 questions about The Secret HistoryAn interview from TODAY.com. Tartt answers readers’ questions about the novel’s lasting impact and how it has connected with readers over three decades.