Staff Pick
The Secret History by Donna Tartt was the beginning of my obsession with school stories. It is so creepy and odd, and so much like a train wreck from which I couldn't look away. To immerse myself in this book was like living in rarified air, so rich, so deep with history, so exclusive, so unlike my own life. I couldn't get enough. So many, many, many school stories later, this one is still the best. Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
"Powerful...Enthrallling...A ferociously well-paced entertainment."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Richard Papen arrived at Hampden College in New England and was quickly seduced by an elite group of five students, all Greek scholars, all worldly, self-assured, and, at first glance, all highly unapproachable. As Richard is drawn into their inner circle, he learns a terrifying secret that binds them to one another...a secret about an incident in the woods in the dead of night where an ancient rite was brought to brutal life...and led to a gruesome death. And that was just the beginning....
"A smart, craftsman-like, viscerally compelling novel."
TIME
Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK