Ahead, check out our round-up of some of the most memorable parties in literature.
The story follows Alice as she meets unreal creatures that inhabit Carroll’s world.
Clarissas party inMrs.
Scribner; Vintage; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Penguin Books; Random House
The book opens with Bridget’s very relatable assessment of the year gone by.
Bilbo Baggin’s Eleventy-first inThe Fellowship of the Ring(J.R.R.
Tolkien)
Tolkien flips the coming-of-age celebration on its head with Bilbo’s all-inclusive and lavish 111th birthday party.
Scribner
The play at the party inVilletteis a metaphor about society and the disingenuous nature of parties.
Kids dove deep into drugs, sex, and rock & roll.
The parents, in Moody’s novel, just as their kids, experience a renaissance.
Penguin
The story is based on the author’s favorite place to visit in Europe: Spain.
The author’s debut novel is a twisted joy-ride through the party scene and all its hazardous second-hand effects.
The opening scene finds the characters at a lavish party in honor of businessman Katsumi Hosokawa.
Random House
Penguin Books
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Random House
Signet Classics
Back Bay Books
Picador
Bloomsbury
Scribner
Vintage
Harper Collins
Scribner
Little, Brown and Company
Penguin Press
