Alex Preston's entertaining second novel, , has echoes of Donna Tartt's American cult classic The Secret History, in which just such a group takes a Bacchanalia in the woods a step too far. The group in Preston's novel is a quartet who met at...

Happily, Lethem’s essays are zippy and freewheeling. He actually seems to have enjoyed writing them — especially the magical and revelatory one about his days at Bennington College with fledgling literary stars such as Donna Tartt. So the advice...

Bushnell assured fellow guests, “I am doing really well,” before dashing out for a meeting with writers turning her novel “The Carrie Diaries” into a CW series. Other guests included Amanda Hearst, Nicole Miller, Jean Shafiroff, Douglas Hannant, Robert...

Here are five of Ann's favorites that you can find at Parnassus Books. To order, visit parnassusbooks.net or call 615/953-2243. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt The Story: This Mississippi-based mystery takes readers on the hot trail of main character,...

I have confessed my fondness for “school” novels — you can find references to a number of my favorites in my review of Tobias Wolff’s Old School. The “college” novel with older but still young characters holds equal appeal — Donna Tartt’s The Secret...