Novel

First novel by the American author Donna Tartt, published by Alfred A. Knopf in September 1992. Set in New England, the campus novel tells the story of a closely knit group of six classics students at Hampden College, a small, elite liberal arts college located in Vermont based upon Bennington College, where Tartt was a student between 1982 and 1986.
The Secret History is an inverted detective story narrated by one of the six students, Richard Papen, who reflects years later upon the situation that led to the murder of their friend Edmund “Bunny” Corcoran wherein the events leading up to the murder are revealed sequentially

1940 novel by Australian writer Christina Stead

1993 novel by Carol Shields.

Literary fiction novel by Vita Sackville-West