The Goldfinch

The novel, which Pulitzer Prize winner Donna Tartt wrote for more than 10 years, is a vast epic canvas about the power of art and how it—sometimes quite contrary to our wishes—can turn our entire life upside down. 13-year-old Theo Decker miraculously survives an explosion that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, with not a single soul left in the world, he wanders through foster homes and strange families—from New York to Las Vegas—and his only consolation, which, however, nearly leads to his demise, is the masterpiece of a Dutch old master that he stole from the museum.