#(9) the song of achilles

[poemsofadisheveledlady]

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Arcane Season 2 [SPOILER]

The Song of Achilles | Arcane S2E9 The Dirt Under Your Nails

[plusultraetc]

"If you're going, I will too."

[thomas-jeffferson]

i see your “what has hector ever done to me?”. i raise you “perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”

[hiroyildiz]

I recently finished 'Song of Achilles' and these are some of my favourite quotes:

1-"And perhaps it is the greater, after all, to be left on earth, when another is gone. Do you think?"

-Chiron

2-"I will tell you a secret." "I am going to be the first. Swear it." "Because you're the reason. Swear it."

-Achilles

3-"If you have to go, you know I will go with you."

-Achilles

4-...He started to speak but I was too quick for him. One of my hands went to clasp his knees, the other reached upward, to seize his chin with my hand. The pose of supplication. It was a gesture I had seen many times, but had never made myself. I was under his protection now; he was bound to treat me fairly, by the law of the gods.

"Tell me where he is."

-Patroclus

5- I think: this is what I will miss. I think: I will kill myself rather than miss it. I think: how long do we have?

6- ...As for the goddess' answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone.

7- ...I could not bear it. There was only one thing I could think of. I turned to Achilles and seized the front of his tunic. I kissed him.

When I let go again she was staring at us. Staring and staring.

I gestured to her bonds, and back to the knife. 'All right?'

She hesitated a moment. Then slowly offered her hands.

8- ...It was easy to stay with them long and late, until I heard the creaking of the chariot, and the distant banging of bronze, and returned to greet my Achilles.

9-"So which of the suitors would you have picked?"

I shoved him and he laughed.

-Achilles

10- In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood, like a hundred golden urns pouring out the sun.

[judasofsuburbia]

the song of achilles by madeline miller is book of all time i don’t care i don’t care I DON’T CARE!!!!!!!

[fandom]

Books

In which the demigods and a conniving triangle knock the necromancers and their cavaliers from their celestial heights!

This list is brought to you by Tor Publishing Group (@torpublishinggroup), which you’re probably familiar with, given that this is tumblr dot com.

Percy Jackson +1 by Rick Riordan

The Book Of Bill by Alex Hirsch

Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

The Locked Tomb series -3 by Tamsyn Muir

The All for the Game series +3 by Nora Sakavic

The Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin

A Court of Thorns and Roses series +2 by Sarah J. Maas

Dracula -4 by Bram Stoker

The Trials of Apollo series +9 by Rick Riordan

The Odyssey +10 by Homer

Wings of Fire series +5 by Tui T. Sutherland

Six of Crows duology -9 by Leigh Bardugo

Discworld -5 by Terry Pratchett

The Silmarillion -4 by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Pride and Prejudice -5 by Jane Austen

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

The Raven Cycle series -5 by Maggie Stiefvater

Frankenstein -7 by Mary Shelley

The Iliad -1 by Homer

Stormlight Archive +2 by Brandon Sanderson

1984 +4 by George Orwell

The Folk of the Air series -2 by Holly Black

Romeo and Juliet +20 by William Shakespeare

The Simon Snow series -6 by Rainbow Rowell

The Secret History -9 by Donna Tartt

Captive Prince series +13 by C. S. Pacat

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Good Omens +20 by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

The Picture of Dorian Gray +18 by Oscar Wilde

The Sun and the Star -17 by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

The Far Side +11 by Gary Larson

The Animorphs series -13 by K. A. Applegate

Throne of Glass series -4 by Sarah J. Maas

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series -3 by Rick Riordan

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde +8 by Robert Louis Stevenson

Mistborn -1 by Brandon Sanderson

Diary of a Wimpy Kid -16 by Jeff Kinney

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The Song Of Achilles -13 by Madeline Miller

Crescent City series by Sarah J. Maas

The Twilight Saga -3 by Stephenie Meyer

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare

The Bell Jar -12 by Sylvia Plath

The Wicked Powers series by Cassandra Clare

The Dark Artifices series by Cassandra Clare

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

So many books, so little time. Come find your online Community for all things books and reading. Right this way.

[bored-bookish-ace]

Babysitting sucks. Mostly when the kid is asleep and you have to deal with two dogs bigger than you while you wait for the parents to come home. And the person I’m babysitting for was my babysitter as a kid.

I’m so bored and rereading TSoA isn’t helping.

[annecoulmanross]

So it's been a while. But I couldn't let James Fitzjames Finding Day pass without some celebration—thank you Doug Stenton, Stephen Fratpietro, and Robert W. Park for giving us this wonderful and terrible knowledge. I've made an emotional playlist of all of us currently experiencing whatever emotion this is:

Selected lyrics for each song included below the cut!

Strange Ships | PHILDEL

Strange ships won’t let me sail out Passed by the ice and stone now

2. I, Carrion (Icarian) | Hozier

If the wind turns, if I hit a squall Allow the ground to find its brutal way to me

3. Howling | Wild Rivers

Howling out here for the morning light I can’t sing no more

4. The Yawning Grave | Lord Huron

I tried to warn you when you were a child I told you not to get lost in the wild I sent omens and all kinds of signs I taught you melodies, poems, and rhymes

5. Sax Rohmer #1 | The Mountain Goats

Ships loose from their grins, capsize and then they’re gone Sailors with no captains watch a while and then move on

6. Long Wave | Dessa

Starve the guard dog And see what hunger does It’s easy when we’re well fed To talk of love

7. Achilles Come Down | Gang of Youths

Throw yourself into the unknown, With pace and a fury defiant Clothe yourself in beauty untold, And see life as a means to a triumph

8. Eat You Alive | The Oh Hellos

I’ve seen the true face of the things you call life The song of the siren that holds your desire Death, she is cunning and clever as hell And she’ll eat you alive

9. My Ego Dies At The End | Jensen McRae

Leave my body and my ego early Kill it kind with a surgeon’s mercy Claim I put it out of its misery

10. Who We Are | Hozier

Darling, we sacrificed We gave our time to something undefined This phantom life sharpens like an image But it sharpens like a knife

11. Devourer | Aidoneus

Beams of light, show me how to feel Light the gloam, find my Achilles heel I will welcome my mortality—let me go

12. Sound the Bells | Dessa

Go lift your sails up For one last swell Go lift yourselves up To sound the bells

13. Your Bones | Of Monsters and Men

Said goodbye to you my friend As the fire spread All that’s left are your bones That will soon sink like stones

14. Wildflower and Barley | Hozier, Allison Russell

This year, I swear it will be buried in actions This year, I swear it will be buried in words Some close to the surface, some close to the casket I feel as useful as dirt, put my body to work

15. These Bones | Azrai, Momo O’brien

It’s a savage sea we’re made to roam Every tide can turn to haunt us But the ocean reaches past these ghosts And I will always sail for more

16. By Way Of Sorrow | Cry Cry Cry

You have come by way of sorrow You have come by way of tears You’ll reach your destiny Meant to find you all these years

17. Gracestone | PHILDEL

When I open my final door I’m gonna sail much wilder seas than your ships were built for I’m turning into dust across that cove You know, I have known enough to not feel owed

18. Glowing | The Oh Hellos

You’ll rise, like land, pulled up at the sound of some strange commandment A moon alight, reflecting fully And I guess it would feel like rebirth, out of some kind of dying To see yourself so glowing

[ourfoxgod]

39 books to read if you liked ARCANE

CAITVI SHIPPERS –

1. a study in scarlet women by sherry thomas 2. the lady's guide to petticoats and piracy by mackenzi lee 3. plain bad heroines by emily m. danforth 4. the unbroken by c.l. clark 5. iron widow by xiran jay zhao 6. crier's war by nina varela 7. the drowning empire trilogy by andrea stweart 8. the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon 9. the midnight lie by marie rutkoski 10. the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

JAYVIK SHIPPERS –

1. vicious by v.e. schwab 2. if we were villains by m.l. rio 3. the secret history by donna tartt 4. the song of achilles by madeline miller 5. the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde 6. a marvelous light by freya marske 7. the magpie lord by kj charles 8. fever syndrome by angela slatter 9. the gloaming by rory power 10. boys, beasts & men by sam j. miller

TIMEBOMB SHIPPERS –

1. six of crows by leigh bardugo 2. war girls by tochi onyebuchi 3. this savage song by victoria schwab 4. the knife of never letting go by patrick ness

JINX & VI'S RELATIONSHIP –

1. we hunt the flame by hafsah faizal 2. girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan 3. the ones we're meant to find by joan he 4. burn our bodies down by rory power 5. sawkill girls by claire legrand

GENERAL ARCANE VIBES –

1. the aeronaut's windlass by jim butcher 2. foundryside by robert jackson bennett 3. gunmetal gods by zamil akhtar 4. cyberpunk: neuromancer by william gibson 5. frostheart by jamie littler 6. the broken earth trilogy by n.k. jemisin 7. black sun by rebecca roanhorse 8. rebel seoul by axie oh 9. we ride the storm by devin madson 10. the drowned cities by paolo bacigalupi

[sheepcomposition]

𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵.

(𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚?)

1. your unspoken words are such a burden / 2. Anne Carson's Euripedes / 3. together again / 4. Amy Lowell's The Fruit Garden Path / 5. Together From Afar / 6. Jean Anoulith's Antigone / 7. November 16th / 8. Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles / 9. The Sun Behind His Silhouette / 10. S. Bear Bergman's Butch is a Noun / 11. I know what I'm like (stay with me) / 12. I Guess The Old You is a Ghost

[ismaeldrawsthings]

I read The Iliad at the same time I was reading The Song Of Achilles but I finished tsoa before finishing The Iliad and there was a lot of stuff in tsoa I didn't think I would see in The Iliad and got surprised when I did. The biggest example being the parallels between Meleager and Achilles bc I was like "nah that'll be too obvious" but it did. It is there. In book 9

Like if Achilles is supposed to be Meleager in that situation, WHO ELSE WOULD BE CLEOPATRA, MELEAGER'S WIFE, OTHER THAN PATROCLUS?????

[puppymolars]

“I COULD RECOGNISE HIM BY TOUCH ALONE, BY SMELL.”

“I WOULD KNOW HIM BLIND BY THE WAY HIS BREATHS CAME.”

“AND HIS FEET STRUCK THE EARTH.”

“I WOULD KNOW HIM IN DEATH.”

“AT THE END OF THE WORLD.”

“HE IS HALF MY SOUL, AS THE POETS SAY.”

Madeline Miller, 2011, The Song of Achilles

Clips used from Arcane s2 ep 9

[streets-in-paradise]

Troy (2004) Masterlist

Requests for this movie are permanently open.

Pending requests - 6

Oneshots

Battle Scars  - (Platonical) Hector x Sister Reader 

Our Strenght Lies in Family -  (Platonical) Paris x Sister Reader x Hector 

Imaginary Feats - Patroclus x Trojan Princess Reader 

Silent Pray  -   Part 1 - Part 2 - Chryseis and Odysseus centered movieverse retelling of the Illiad’s startpoint / oneshot spreaded in two parts. 

The Daughter of the Priest -  Part 1 -  Continuation for “ Silent Pray.” 

Fool - ( Pre War) Paris x Healer Reader 

Songs of Sailors -  Platonical (Family) relationships of the trojan royals and allusions to different romantic pairings. 

Pairings Mentioned: Helen x Paris (most mentioned), (Implied) Patroclus x Trojan Princess Reader, (Implied) Achilles x Briseis, Hector x Andromache. 

Faith or Facts - Hector x Greek Seer!Reader (Female) 

The Insolence of Beauty - Post quarrel, Agamemnon centered. 

For Honor and Love - Helen x Paris (requested) 

Into a New Life - Paris x Spartan Servant!Reader (requested) 

For a Love Like This - Paris x (fem) Warrior!Reader (requested)

Undying Legends - Achilles x Princess!Reader (requested)

Accomplices - Patroclus x GN Reader (requested)

The Last Challenger - Ajax x Fem Reader (requested) 

Borrowed Bride - Achilles x (fem) Trojan!Reader 

A Thousand Times - Paris x Fem Reader (requested)

Anonymous Hero - Hector x Fem Warrior!Reader (requested)

Personal Guard - Eudorus (Fem) Shy Reader (requested)

Third Fate - Achilles x Fiancee!Reader (requested)

Things that will grant me your love - Paris x (Fem) Reader (requested)

The Curse of Poseidon - Paris x Helen Merman AU (requested)

Concealed Fighter - Hector x Wife!Reader / Achilles x Captive!Reader 

The Veiled One - Ajax x (Fem)Reader (requested)

Our Fight - Hector x (Fem)Reader (requested)

Artists of Deception - Odysseus x Wife!Reader (requested)

Eternal Courtship - Achilles x (Fem)Captive!Reader (requested)

Matured Desire - Achilles x (Fem) Reader smut (requested)

By Duty and Chance - Hector x (Fem) Reader (requested)

His Weakness - Achilles x (Fem)Reader 

A Man of Honor - Odysseus x Trojan Princess!Reader (requested) 

From the Deepness of the Sea - Hector x Siren!Reader (requested)

The Wave’s Caress - Achilles x (Fem)Reader (requested)

In These Arms - Achilles x (Fem) Reader

Headcanons

Achilles’ Type (requested)

-Achilles + Patroclus’ turnoffs/dislikes (requested)

- Achilles reacting to a Belle-like town’s freak (requested)

Preferences

- Reactions to your singing

- How they comfort you when the war is bringing you down 

-Their Types (Fem partner version)

Achilles x Mycenaean Princess!Reader Series

Part 1 - The Bride’s Misery 

Part 2 - Fame and Tales

Part 3 - The Veil Trick

Part 4 - To Make a Difference

Part 5 - Family Matters. 

Part 6 - A Curse, a Plot and a Rushed Farewell 

Part 7 - Invisible Influence

Part 8 - The Rejected Side

Part 9 - Consecration. 

Part 10 - Royal Treatment

Part 11 - Aligned Improvements. 

Part 12 - The Weight of Words. 

Part 13 - Occulted Relic

Part 14 - Goodbye Encounters 

Part 15 - Separations, welcomes and the story of an avoidable disaster 

Part 16 - Service to Good Judgement. 

Part 17 - Galatea and a Maenad fighting in the second front

Part 18 - The Enygm of the Horse Emblem

Part 19 - No Space for Loneliness. 

Part 20 - The Games.

Part 21 - The Man of Aphrodite 

Part 22 - Diverted Course

Part 23 - Golden Chains

Part 24 - Loving in the Shadows

Part 25 - The Trial of Achilles

Drabbles

Calm After the Storm - Odysseus x Reader 

Divine Beauty - Paris x Reader 

A Breath of Life - Patroclus x Gender Neutral Reader (Requested)

The Right Way - Achilles x (Fem)Reader (Requested)

[vinylfoxbooks]

June 9 - Lip Gloss | @jegulus-microfic | wc: 862 Part 2 Part 1 and Part 3

The bell above the door announces James’ presence before James himself can. Regulus looks up and smiles gently at him, grabbing his bag, “Dora. I’m leaving now.”

Pandora hums and nods, “Alright. Have a good time, Reggie.” Regulus nods and starts making his way towards where James is waiting for him by the door. 

James takes his arm and guides him out of the store, “Hi Regulus, how was work?”

“Slow.” Regulus hums, “We only had a couple people come in. I got yelled at by a jealous husband.”

“Oh?”

Regulus rolls his eyes, thanking James with a head nod when he opens his car door for him. He waits until James gets in the car as well and starts driving before he starts talking, “So I’ve got this girl that comes in. She’s a regular customer, probably my age, that constantly comes in for romance books. They’re usually spicy but I genuinely couldn’t care less about that. Well, today she came in with her husband and I was checking her out, talking to her about the book that she had picked out. He got pissy at me and started yelling at me for trying to ‘flirt with his girl.’”

“Ew.” James shakes his head, taking a turn, “I hate when people do that.”

“Yeah, well, it’s whatever. He just kept yelling and yelling at me and getting after me for selling his wife the book and all of the other books that she’s been reading. Again, I couldn’t care less about that.” He shakes his head, “I eventually had to tell him that I had a date with you. A guy.”

James huffs a laugh, “Did that actually work.”

“He didn’t apologize about it.” Regulus shakes his head, “The thing is, the book? Song of Achilles.”

“That’s a good one.” James hums, “And nothing to throw a fit over. Especially since it’s gay.”

“My point exactly.” Regulus shakes his head, “Pissed me off.” Then he takes a moment to look over James. He’s wearing a nice gray t-shirt underneath a long red coat and some regular jeans. He’s also wearing…

Fuck.

James Potter is wearing fucking lip gloss. His lips have a slight sheen to them and it makes Regulus’ heart stop. Already plump lips with this pretty, slightly red, shiny stain on his lips. Regulus takes a deep breath, “You look nice.”

James turns to him and smiles softly, “Thank you. You look wonderful as well.”

Eventually, the two of them make it to the movie theater and head inside, getting their tickets and popcorn then heading into the theater. They talk quietly between themselves during the ads before the movie itself starts.

And now, Regulus was impartial on going to see this movie. James really wanted to see it and Regulus always enjoys the environment of a movie theater so he agreed to go with James as a date but he…

He can’t focus on the movie itself when James is sitting there with his slightly red lip gloss, shining beautifully in the ever-changing lights of the movie. 

Fuck, it’s driving Regulus crazy.

Soon enough, after about an hour and a half of Regulus mostly watching James then snapping his head to look at the movie whenever James leans over to whisper something about it or crack a joke in Regulus’ ear -- he doesn’t understand most of the jokes and just nods along when James makes a comparison because he hasn’t been paying much attention to the movie -- the movie ends and they’re standing up and James’ stretches his arms above his head which raises his shirt a bit. They walk out of the theater together, hand in hand, and hop into James’ car. 

“Harry’s with his mom tonight,” James informs him, “Would you like to go to my house and I can cook you some dinner?”

Regulus hums after a couple minutes, “Sure.” James glances at him before he starts the car and smiles, making the breath catch in Regulus’ chest because of that damn lip gloss. 

The drive to James’ place is filled with James singing quietly to the music that he’s got playing on the radio, his oh so slightly red lips glinting in different lights as he sings. When they show up at the house, they head inside and James goes into the kitchen to put together a quick meal. 

When he comes back out with two plates of some sort of pasta, he hands one to Regulus -- who has settled himself on the couch -- and sits down next to him.

They talk while they eat and Regulus is completely transfixed by James’ lips, which the older man seems to take note of. He tilts his head a bit and smiles at him, “See something you like?”

“What lip gloss are you wearing?”

“It’s a lip tint Lily gave me.” James smiles back, “I figured that I would try it out. It seems, to me, that you like it.”

“I do.” Regulus nods.

The older’s smile widens, “You want to try it? It’s cherry flavoured.”

“What is it with you and cherry flavoured things?” James shrugs and leans forward to pull Regulus into a kiss.

[lions-and-men-musical]

Full Song List From L&M (Dec14)

note: crossed out titles means the song is more likely to be cut OR that it needs to be reworked; *asterisks* means it is a placeholder title.

EPISODE 1: Sing, Muse

Rage - Cassandra

Greatness - Thetis, Achilles

The Sparta Penthouse - Menelaus, Helen, Agamemnon

Dancing With Devils - Paris, Hera, Aphrodite, Athena

EPISODE 2: *Pelion & The Penthouse*

Someday - Achilles, Patroclus

Lie (Someday Pt2) - Menelaus, Helen

(Try To) Hold Me Down - Chiron, Achilles, Patroklos

Kiss & Tell - Helen, Paris, Aphrodite

EPISODE 3: The Ringing Wargong

Born For This - Major Achaean Soldiers; Agamemnon, Artemis

*Skyros Party!* - Deidamia, Achilles

Fight For Me - Ares, Athena, Aphrodite

The Weapon (Preprise) - Achilles, Deidamia, Patroklos

I Run This City - Helen, Paris (this song specifically needs a large rework but I still want to keep it in)

EPISODE 4: Man-Made Machines

Choose Your Fighter - Odysseus, Diomedes, G.Ajax, Nestor, Agamemnon, Menelaus

Just Drive - L.Ajax, Automedon, Teucer

The Shining Helm - Andromache, Paris, Aeneas, Troilus, Cassandra, Sarpedon

The Weapon - Achilles, Hector

EPISODE 5: In The Blood

Carry On - Odysseus, Achilles, Hector, Soldiers

Son of Tydeus - Diomedes, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite

You Bleed Like Me - Achilles, Patroklos

EPISODE 6: Battles & Brawls

Behemoth vs Brawler - Hector, G.Ajax

Terrible - Hector, Paris, Helen (I will NOT cut this but I might to move it to before “Son of Tydeus” to follow the actual timeline in the Iliad)

I Want The Best - Briseis, Achilles, Patroklos

The Council of Gods - Olympians (another song I’d have to move to fit the Iliad timeline. I think I’d rather cut it than move it but I could also just keep it)

EPISODE 7: Your Purpose

Knock-Knock - Cressida, Troilus

*The “Chryseis” Dilemma* - Agamemnon, Achilles

Purpose - Agamemnon, Hera

Eyes On Us - Apollo, Cassandra, Cressida

EPISODE 8: *Hold The Line*

Hold The Line - Major Achaean Soldiers

The Midnight Raid - Diomedes, Odysseus, Athena

*I’m Begging You* - Achilles, Nestor, Odysseus, Patroklos

Someone Worth Fighting For - Achilles, Patroklos, Hector, Andromache

EPISODE 9: Rage

Nothing Left To Lose - Achilles

Home - Briseis, Chiron, Thetis, Deidamia, Agamemnon, Nestor, Achilles

Let Me Bleed - Achilles, Briseis

No Oaths - Achilles, Hector

EPISODE 10: And So They Buried Us

Two Urns, One Half Empty - Achaean Soldiers, Trojans, Patroklos, Achilles

You Don’t Know - Paris, Achilles

Costs Too Great - L.Ajax, Agamemnon, Menelaus, Briseis

Retrieving the Palladium (Pokerface) - Helen, Odysseus, Diomedes

Choose Your Fighter (Reprise) - Deidamia, Neoptolemus

The Trojan Horse - so so so many people

Dirge - All

if anyone is curious about a specific song, please send an ask! I’m happy to talk about any

[fandom]

Books

Huge congrats to The Iliad. It's only taken 3,000 years. This list is brought to you by Tor Publishing Group, which you're probably familiar with, given what tops the list this year.

The Locked Tomb series +3 by Tamsyn Muir

The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series -1 by Rick Riordan

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

The Six of Crows duology +3 by Leigh Bardugo

Dracula -3 by Bram Stoker

The Warrior Cats series -1 by Erin Hunter

A Song of Ice and Fire -1 by George R. R. Martin

The All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic

The Discworld series +7 by Terry Pratchett

A Court of Thorns and Roses series +3 by Sarah J. Maas

The Silmarillion -1 by J. R. R. Tolkien

Pride And Prejudice -3 by Jane Austen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Raven Cycle series +3 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Wings Of Fire +9 by Tui T. Sutherland

The Secret History -7 by Donna Tartt

The Trials of Apollo series -4 by Rick Riordan

The Iliad +10 by Homer

The Odyssey +24 by Homer

The Folk in the Air series -8 by Holly Black

The Animorphs series +5 by K. A. Applegate

The Stormlight Archive +8 by Brandon Sanderson

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Moby Dick +24 by Herman Melville

1984 +6 by George Orwell

Fables by Bill Willingham

The Diaries of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka

The Song of Achilles -10 by Madeline Miller

The Last Hours series by Cassandra Clare

The Simon Snow series -10 by Rainbow Rowell

The Throne of Glass series +13 by Sarah J. Maas

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard +6 by Rick Riordan

The Bell Jar -15 by Sylvia Plath

The Dreamer trilogy +6 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Shadowhunter Chronicles -15 by Cassandra Clare

The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Captive Prince -1 by C. S. Pacat

The Twilight Saga -7 by Stephanie Meyer

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

The Deltora Quest series by Jennifer Rowe

Romeo and Juliet -8 by William Shakespeare

The Far Side by Gary Larson

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde +2 by Robert Lewis Stevenson

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

The Picture of Dorian Gray -31 by Oscar Wilde

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.