[tps_header] Who knew that TikTok would cause a whole load of backlist release books to go viral? Here we break down our top 10 favourite books that went viral on TikTok. [/tps_header]
[tps_title]Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles [/tps_title]
The Song of Achilles is Madeline Miller’s 2012 retelling of the Iliad and the story of Achilles and Patroclus. Patroclus is an awkward young prince who has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he meets Achilles and their tentative connection gives way to a steadfast friendship. As they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into love, despite Achilles’ mother, the goddess Thetis’s displeasure. Achilles joins the cause of the men laying siege to Troy. It’s a profoundly moving and original retelling of the epic Trojan war and is dizzying in its narrative and love story.
Pick up a copy of the novel here.
