NMLP P-040227 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · Bloomsbury (London) · 2011
UK precedes: Bloomsbury London, September 2011, is the true first; Ecco US, March 2012, is the first American edition and is separately collected — both editions are collected and should be named. Be alert to a widely-propagated error: Wikipedia's infobox credits "Ecco Press (HarperCollins)" with a 20 September 2011 US publication, conflating the Bloomsbury UK date with the Ecco imprint. That is not supported by the trade record — the Ecco hardcover is 2012. The novel's 2012 Orange Prize win is itself consistent with UK-first publication in September 2011, within the prize's eligibility window.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-040227 for "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-040227, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).