Thursday, August 15, 2024

Nineteen top Greek myth retellings

At the Waterstones blog Mark Skinner tagged nineteen of the best Greek myth retellings, including:
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

A riveting tale of love, ambition and immortal fame, this award-winning debut from the author of Circe retells the story of the Trojan War and its greatest hero from the point of view of his closest friend Patroclus.
Read about the other entries on the list.

The Song of Achilles is among 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