Books like The Song of Achilles
If you liked The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Call Me by Your Name
Because shares tags: romance, lgbtq, literary fiction.
One summer on the Italian Riviera: seventeen-year-old Elio and grad student Oliver circle each other through swims, talks, and missed…
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Tom Lake
Because shares tags: literary fiction, romance.
Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tags: literary fiction, romance.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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The Thorn Birds
Because shares tags: romance, historical fiction.
Meggie loves priest Ralph across decades on Drogheda sheep station.
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction.
Footbound Lily and Snow Flower share laotong bond through 19th century Hunan hardship.
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Redeeming Love
Because shares tags: romance, historical fiction.
Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel trusts no one in 1850s California until farmer Michael Hosea loves her as Hosea loved Gomer.
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My Brilliant Friend
Because shares tags: literary fiction, historical fiction.
Elena and Lila grow up in 1950s Naples bound by rivalry and love.
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Mansfield Park
Because shares tags: romance, literary fiction.
Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.
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Homegoing
Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction.
Half sisters Effia and Esi lines span Ghana to America across centuries.
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Dragonfly in Amber
Because shares tags: historical fiction, romance.
Claire 1968 recalls Jacobite Paris with Jamie to stop Culloden.
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An American Marriage
Because shares tags: literary fiction, romance.
Newlywed Roy is wrongly imprisoned and Celestial loves Andre while waiting.
