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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
★★★★★· Published 2011· 351 pages· read 2021
Achilles and Patroclus, retold as a love story. You know how it ends and it still wrecks you.
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Claire Keegan
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★ 5In Memoriam
Alice Winn
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