I’m so glad that you found *The Secret History*! It’s a favorite of mine, too. I first read it ages ago when I was still in high school, and I listened to the audiobook version (read by Donna Tartt herself) several years ago. It’s an impressive work—especially for a first novel. I also enjoyed her second novel, *The Little Friend*, very much and would recommend it, as well. Of course, much of it is a bit contrived and unrealistic—but she captures the experience of childhood very well, and her young protagonist is a delightful character. (You might know that opinion on her third and still most recent novel, *The Goldfinch*, is very mixed—though people whom I trust most tell me that it’s rather disappointing and that you won’t be missing much if you skip it.)
I’m so glad that you found *The Secret History*! It’s a favorite of mine, too. I first read it ages ago when I was still in high school, and I listened to the audiobook version (read by Donna Tartt herself) several years ago. It’s an impressive work—especially for a first novel. I also enjoyed her second novel, *The Little Friend*, very much and would recommend it, as well. Of course, much of it is a bit contrived and unrealistic—but she captures the experience of childhood very well, and her young protagonist is a delightful character. (You might know that opinion on her third and still most recent novel, *The Goldfinch*, is very mixed—though people whom I trust most tell me that it’s rather disappointing and that you won’t be missing much if you skip it.)
Just today, after having admitted to playfully hacking Tolkein's canon via Babylon 5, I stumbled across a 2012 documentary
https://caesarsmessiahdoc.com/
based on a 2005 book, described here
https://postflaviana.org/introduction-flavian-origins-theory-christianity/
inspired by the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in the late 1940s and not released to the public until 1991.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls