What to read this weekend: The Dorians and Red Roots
This weekend's reading recommendations include The Dorians by Nick Cutter and Red Roots by Lorenzo De Felici. The Dorians explores themes of youth and morality through a high-tech treatment that offers a second chance at life. Red Roots presents a bizarre narrative that intertwines the lives of a teacher and a killer, promising an unpredictable storyline.
- ▪The Dorians is inspired by Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.
- ▪The novel features five people on their deathbeds offered a chance to regain their youth.
- ▪Red Roots introduces two seemingly unrelated characters whose stories converge in unexpected ways.
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Entertainment What to read this weekend: The Dorians and Red Roots Here’s what we read and liked this week. By Cheyenne MacDonald May 30, 2026 2:00 pm EST Need something new for your reading list? This week, we recommend checking out The Dorians, a novel by Nick Cutter, and Lorenzo De Felici's comic series, Red Roots. The Dorians Gallery Books It should become clear pretty quickly that the title here is a nod to one of this book's major influences, Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Five people on their deathbeds are interrupted by a mysterious person offering a second chance at life: an experimental treatment that could give them back their youth.
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