Song Of Achilles: Homeric Homoerotic

There may be some irony in that this year's winner of the Orange Prize for womens' fiction - the last, apparently - centres on a love story between two men.
They're ancient Greek dudes which makes it okay.
Author Madeline Miller talks to The Guardian about The Song Of Achilles.

"There have long been intimations that Achilles and Patroclus were lovers; a fragment of a play by Aeschylus mentions their "frequent kisses". "I think there have been many people who have taken them as close companions," says Miller, "but looking at the way Achilles mourns, how incredibly deeply and sensually – holding the dead body all night, wanting their ashes put together – that seems to say something beyond [friendship] to me". A gay rights message is inherent in the novel, she says. "I would never presume to speak for gay men, but for me, the love story between these two men was the heart of the story ... and the turning point of The Iliad. I wanted to really honour that."

It's inspired by Homer's Iliad which TE Lawrence wrote a translation of. Not that he was a big ole gay or anything...