Author
Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt writes literary fiction and thriller. We've read and reviewed 2 of Donna Tartt's books, including The Secret History and The Goldfinch, each scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt's The Secret History opens with a death and then makes you wait to understand it. It's a literary thriller about a clique of classics students at a New England college whose hunger for beauty hardens into something monstrous. Come for the intelligence and dread; stay for sentences that ache.
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt's Pulitzer-winning novel follows a boy who survives the museum bombing that kills his mother and spends the rest of his life orbiting a small stolen painting, a sprawling coming-of-age story for readers who want grief rendered at the length it actually takes.