Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014 Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph - a sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate.
Donna Tartt Book order (chronological)
Donna Tartt is an American author celebrated for her distinct literary voice and compelling narratives. Her novels, though published infrequently, garner widespread critical acclaim for their depth and masterful prose. Tartt skillfully explores complex human relationships and moral ambiguities, drawing readers into meticulously crafted worlds with a unique stylistic flair.







True Grit
- 235 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Pursuing a murderer who has escaped into Indian Territory, U.S. Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn teams up with a bounty-hunting Texas Ranger and Mattie Ross, a cantankerous young lady who is bent on revenge.
Het Land van de Papaver
- 43 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Oorspronkelijk gepubliceerd in Harper's Magazine vol. 285 (1992), No. 1706 (01 07), pag. 60 (7). "To celebrate the 60th birthday of the dutch publisher De Bezige Bij. Donna Tartt have wrote this little story among other authors from the dutch publisher." 'Ik droomde van Nimmerland, van Disneyland, van Oz en van andere landen die helemaal geen naam hadden, met sprekende beren en zwaanprinsen. Soms ving ik, in de slaperige gloed van de gaskachel, een glimp op van het kampvuur van Huck en Tom, daar op hun zandbank in de Mississippi. En soms veranderde 's nachts het gerammel van een langsrijdende vrachtwagen in de logge tred van een dinosaurus die, met zijn kop boven de telefoondraden, kwam aansjokken door de maanovergoten verlaten straten.'
Le Livre de Poche: Meurtres et passions
16 nouvelles inédites par les maîtres du suspens américain
- 346 pages
- 13 hours of reading
16 nouvelles inédites par les maîtres du suspense américain.
The Little Friend
- 576 pages
- 21 hours of reading
Harriet Cleve Dusfrenes grows up haunted by the murder of her brother. His killer was never identified, and the family never recovered from the tragedy. Harriet lives largely in the world of her imagination, alone even in company. Then one day she decides to find his murderer and exact her revenge
The Penguin Book of New American Voices
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
This is an anthology of fiction, by those who began publishing in the 1990s. The authors include Terry McMillan, Mark Leyner, Jeffrey Eugenides, Paul Watkins, William Vollman, Darcey Steinke and Dorothy Alison.
The Secret History
- 556 pages
- 20 hours of reading
A transfer student from a small town in California, Richard Papen is determined to affect the ways of his Hampden College peers, and he begins his intense studies under the tutelage of eccentric Julian Morrow.
