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The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller. This wonderful and beautifully written novel is the story of The Iliad from the perspective of Patroclus, the lover and soulmate of Achilles. I've read it before and didn't really intend to reread it, because the story is so sad, but it was my husband's book club book this month, so I read it again after he'd read it for the first time. I'd give it 4.9 stars out of 5, because I need to reserve 5 stars for the author's Circe, which I think is even better. I especially appreciate that they don't even head toward Troy until the book is halfway over; their time together elsewhere is so much nicer to read about. I read The Iliad when I was 15ish, and with this book it finally makes sense, showing us how awful Agamemnon was and what could have been going through Achilles's head.