Books like The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
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Genre
- Historical fiction
- Retelling
- Romance
- Mythology
- War stories
What it is about
- Achilles and Patroclus
- Trojan War
- Greeks
Where it happens
- Phthia
- Troy
- Turkey
- Troy (Extinct city)
- Greece
Ages
- Adult
Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction
About this book
Its subjects in Wikidata: Achilles and Patroclus. It is set in Phthia.
Where this comes from: Wikidata
Books like this one
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Why: Both are historical fiction books about war.
What both books share
- historical fiction
The Song of Achilles: "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655)
Catch-22: "Literature and fiction, historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre) - war
The Song of Achilles: "Fiction, war & military" (OL subject); "War stories." (LoC 655)
Catch-22: "War stories" (OL subject); "Fiction, war & military" (OL subject); "War stories" (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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Why: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
The Song of Achilles: "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655)
The Nightingale: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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Why: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
The Song of Achilles: "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655)
Water for Elephants: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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What they share, at a glance
The Song of Achilles next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Historical fiction | War |
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| Catch-22 | shared | shared |
| The Nightingale | shared | not shared |
| Water for Elephants | shared | not shared |
| Lord John and the Private Matter | shared | not shared |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | shared | not shared |
| The Help | shared | not shared |
| All the Light We Cannot See | shared | not shared |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | shared | not shared |
| Atmosphere | shared | not shared |
| Outlander | shared | not shared |
| The White Queen | shared | not shared |
| The Twisted Sword | shared | not shared |
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