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The Secret History by Donna Tartt from Zero to Well-Read

All the Books!

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Arts, Fiction, Books, Society & Culture

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Hello All the Books! listeners! We're off this week due to illness, but we didn't want to leave you empty-handed, so we're sharing an episode from our newest podcast, Zero to Well-Read, that covers one of Liberty's favorite books: The Secret History. Jeff and Rebecca revisit Donna Tartt's cult classic, the OG of dark academia, The Secret History. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to help you get the most out of your reading life. This season of Zero to Well-Read is sponsored by Thriftbooks. Email us: [email protected] Zero to Well-Read is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Think about cheese.

0:02.0

Make your thoughts cheesier.

0:04.2

Now add 100% chicken breast fillet, Chipoplae sauce and amadea cheese melt.

0:08.4

And it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.

0:12.4

Did we mention it's cheesy?

0:13.9

Cheese.

0:15.8

Availments with the 4th of Jan, 226 from 11 a.m.

0:18.1

Plus and participation may vary.

0:19.2

Subjects availability.

0:20.9

Hello, listeners. This is Danica Ellis, and I am letting you know that we are off this week due to illness, but we didn't want to leave you empty-handed. So instead, we have an episode of our new book Riot podcast for you, zero to well-read.

0:41.1

If you haven't heard about it yet, it is part English class, part that cocktail party

0:48.8

you are always worried was going to happen where they quiz you on books.

0:52.5

We're going to prepare you for that.

0:54.0

We've got all the talking points, all the background on classics of all kinds. So we're talking

1:00.3

Shakespeare, we're talking Twilight, and today, one of Liberty's favorite books, The Secret History

1:07.5

by Donna Tart. This is the original Dark Academia novel, the unparalleled book. We get

1:15.8

so many requests for read-alikes for The Secret History, and I don't know that it can be done.

1:21.0

So whether you've read it and loved it, or you just want to know what the fuss is all about,

1:30.3

check out this episode of zero to Well Read and be sure to subscribe for more episodes. We've got a bit of a backlist already so you can

1:37.0

check those out as well. And that's the Zero to Well Read podcast. And we will be back next week

1:44.1

with all the books.

1:49.8

Welcome to zero to well read, a podcast about everything you need to know about the books

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