The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerRead about another entry on the list.
Madeline Miller gifts readers a queer twist to the Greek classic, The Iliad, paying homage to the story through the eyes of Patroclus and his companionship-turned-romance with the legendary Greek figure Achilles. This novel explores war, masculinity, the fluidity of sexuality, and the lengths those in love have always gone in order to stay together, against all odds.
The Song of Achilles is among Bethanne Patrick's twenty-five best historical fiction books of all time, Mark Skinner's nineteen top Greek myth retellings, Alexia Casale's top eight titles sparked by the authors' work life, Allison Epstein's eight queer historical fiction books set around the world, Phong Nguyen's seven titles that live halfway between history & myth, The Center for Fiction's 200 books that shaped two centuries of literature, Sara Stewart's six best books and Nicole Hill's fourteen characters who should have lived.
My Book, The Movie: The Song of Achilles.
--Marshal Zeringue
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