Madeline Miller, author of our December pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Circe,” and Jeff announces the January ...

Madeline Miller's powerful new novel recasts the goddess Circe, best known for turning Odysseus' men into pigs in Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey," as a powerful feminist goddess.

Circe by Madeline Miller, $16, Amazon. Eighth grade Miller was thrilled to be reading this mythology on her own for the first time. "I was making notes in the margins, you know, I was so excited.

Circe, by Madeline Miller ( / Little, Brown) Advertisement. Circe's loneliness causes her to develop a compassion that is rare among the gods, as well as a work ethic, which is perhaps rarer still.

Madeline Miller's new novel, "Circe," the follow-up to her award-winning "Song of Achilles," similarly creatively re-imagines classical mythology. She comes to the Festival of Books April 22.

With its feminist themes and thrilling prose, Madeline Miller’s bestselling Circe became the book of the year. Now, HBO Max is working on a television adaptation.

Circe by Madeline Miller (Bloomsbury, £16.99) ...