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十一黄金周，旅游人太多，宅在家里又无所事事，是玩电脑？看电视？还是干脆就睡觉？NO！读读好书吧，假期绝对是一个充电的好时机。这里给大家推荐了五十本绝对值得一读的好书，还等什么呢？
1. King Lear
1. 李尔王
It’s Shakespeare! And it was so ahead of its time that it’s amazing.
莎士比亚大师作品！它超越了它诞生的时代，因此更显得让人赞叹。
2. Hamlet
2. 哈姆雷特
Also by Shakespeare. Some of Shakespeare's most amazing writing is in this play.
同样是莎士比亚的作品，他最卓著的几句话都出自这部戏剧。
3. The Great Gatsby
3. 了不起的盖茨比
By F. Scott Fitzgerald. Just an absolutely poetic writer. There's a lot of power and beauty in this short book.
作者弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德，一位充满诗意的作家。在这部短篇小说里有很多对权欲的描写。
4. Tender Is the Night
4. 夜色温柔
By F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby is better known, but Tender is written so beautifully that you have to read it if you haven’t. It’s poetry in prose.
同样是弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德的作品，只不过《了不起的盖茨比》更加出名。但《夜色温柔》的文笔如此如此优美，以至于你不得不去看，它是一首散文诗。
5. A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
5. 青年艺术家的画像
By James Joyce. A great introduction to this unmatched of modern writers, Portrait is notable for the development of its language as the narrator’s skill with language improves.
詹姆斯·乔伊斯的作品，是这位无与伦比的现代作家的半自传体小说。这部小说因为作者日益提升的创作技巧和语言特色而著名。
6. Ulysses
6. 尤利西斯
By James Joyce. An absolute masterpiece. Joyce puts the entire scale of human drama and English literature within the span of 24 hours, plotted within one square mile, told through the lives of ordinary people. Also see Joyce’s outstanding book of short stories, Dubliners.
作者詹姆斯·乔伊斯，这完全是一部杰作。故事发生在短短一天时间里，将整个都柏林地区生活状态和英国文学融入对普通人生活的刻画中。
7. Cat’s Cradle
7. 猫的摇篮
By Kurt Vonnegut. I just can't get enough of Vonnegut, and I was devastated that he died several years ago. Until then, he held the title of my absolute favorite living writer. And Cat’s Cradle is my favorite of all his books. I think Vonnegut is in my granfalloon.
作者库尔特·冯内古特，我对他的作品简直爱不释手，不过令人震惊的是他几年前去世了。在那之前，他一直是我所推崇的在世作家，而《猫的摇篮》是他所有作品中我最爱的一部，我想我们志趣相同。
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
8. 第五号屠宰场
By Kurt Vonnegut. Anything by Vonnegut is excellent reading, but this is one of his best, and is considered a classic. A more humorous and raging commentary against war has rarely been written. Also see Bluebeard, Slapstick, Welcome to the Monkey House, Breakfast of Champions, among others, if you like the two listed here.
同样是库尔特·冯内古特的作品，冯内古特的任何作品都是精品，而这是他生涯的代表作之一，被称为经典名作。没有比这部小说更幽默和激烈抨击战争的。如果有兴趣，还可以看看他的其他作品，如《蓝胡子》《打闹剧》《欢迎到猴子屋》《冠军早餐》等。
9. Neuromancer
9. 神经漫游者
By William Gibson. Perhaps my favorite sci-fi writer of all time, Gibson is gritty, dreamy, and ultra-cool all at the same time. Neuromancer was his first, and is the start of the Span trilogy.
威廉·吉布森也许是我最喜爱的科幻小说作家了，吉布森不仅勇敢、充满梦想，而且酷毙了。《神经漫游者》是他的第一部小说，同时也是蔓生都会三部曲第一部。
10. All Tomorrow’s Parties
10. 明日聚会
By William Gibson. This tale of the near future features a Zen-like assassin, among other cool characters. ATP is the third in the Bridge trilogy.
作者威廉·吉布森，这部基于近未来的科幻作品主角是一个身处其他超酷的角色之间的充满禅意的刺客。《明日聚会》是吉布森桥三部曲第三部。
11. Pattern Recognition
11. 模式识别
By William Gibson. With this book, Gibson starts a new series, set in the present day. In fact, it’s so much like his futuristic sci-fi that it’s eerie. Gibson has a unique way of looking at our world.
作者同样是威廉吉布森，在这个故事里，吉布森开始了对当代社会的一系列描述。实际上因为很像未来科幻小说，所以显得有些很诡异，吉布森看现实世界的角度很独特。
12. Slow Man
12. 迟钝的人
By J.M. Coetzee. One of the greatest living writers of the English language, you could pick up any of his titles (Disgrace would be my other recommendation) and get an excellent book. Slow Man plays with the boundaries of fiction.
作者J.M.库切，是当代最伟大的英语作家之一，他的作品都很优秀（《耻》也很值得推荐）。《迟钝的人》是一部虚幻作品。
13. The Big Sleep
13. 长眠不醒
By Raymond Chandler. The best of the detective novelists, Chandler took the genre to new heights that generations of writers have tried to reach. He’s the best, and his writing is just as relevant today as it was when it was written.
作者雷蒙·钱德勒，优秀的推理小说家。钱德勒的这一作品将推理小说达到一个新高度。他是推理小说家的巨擘，即使在今天，他作品的光芒仍未褪色。
14. Motherless Brooklyn
14. 布鲁克林孤儿
By Jonathan Lethem. If you like Chandler and similar tough detective novels, you’ll love Lethem’s brilliant take on the genre. An excellent story featuring a protagonist with Tourette Syndrome, a killer giant and a Zen crime syndicate.
作者乔纳森·勒瑟姆。如果你喜欢钱德勒的硬汉侦探作品，那么你一定会喜欢勒瑟姆的同类型作品。这是围绕一个患有妥瑞症的伟大杀手和禅宗犯罪集团的优秀故事。
15. Gun, with Occasional Music
15. 枪，偶尔有音乐
By Jonathan Lethem. Another excellent detective novel, this one combines the genre with sci-fi. Features talking kangaroos working for the mob and other cool stuff.
作者乔纳森·勒瑟姆。这是他的另一部优秀侦探小说，它融合了科幻小说元素，最神奇的是里面有为暴徒工作的会说话的袋鼠和其他怪异事物。
16. Never Let Me Go
16. 别让我走
By Kazuo Ishiguro. It’s hard to describe Ishiguro’s writing, except that he really plays with whether the narrator of a story is objective or not. He plays with traditional plot devices and uses the reader’s curiosity of the unfolding story drive the book forward. Never Let Me Go might technically be sci-fi, as it seems to be set in the future, but really there’s not much sci-fi about it.
作者石黑一雄，很难描述石黑一雄的写作，除了判断他故事里的叙述者是不是第三人称。他擅长用传统的情节工具和读者的好奇心来推动故事前进。《别让我走》可能在技巧上有些科幻，因为故事场景设定在未来，但实际上整个故事并没有科幻色彩。
17. When We Were Orphans
17. 我辈孤雏
By Kazuo Ishiguro. Ostensibly a detective novel, it leaves you wondering about a lot of things, including what others really think of the narrator.
作者石黑一雄，表面上这是一部侦探小说，它给你留下很多疑惑的东西，包括别人对故事叙述者的看法。
18. Kafka on the Shore
18. 海边的卡夫卡
By Haruki Murakami. This guy is such an imaginative writer. Very different from most of the fiction you’ll read, anything can happen in a Murakami book.
作者村上春树，他是一位充满想象力的作家。这部小说跟你平常看的小说完全不同，在春树的小说里，什么都能发生。
19. Bel Canto
19. 美声唱法
By Ann Patchett. One of the most beautiful books, a must-read if you haven’t yet. Hostages and hostage takers trapped by seige, and some surprising things unfold.
作者安·帕契特，最优美的小说之一，如果你还没看过就赶紧找一本来看看吧。人质和劫持者被围困，然后意想不到的事情发生了。
20. Run
20. 奔跑
By Ann Patchett. This is a moving story full of magic. Also see Patchett’s excellent The Magician’s Assistant.
作者安·帕契特，这是一个充满魔幻色彩的感人故事。安的另外一部优秀作品是《魔术师的助理》。
21. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series
21. 银河系漫游指南系列
By Douglas Adams. The best comedy books ever, you’ll laugh out loud at every book. Adams is simply brilliant. 作者道格拉斯·亚当斯。这是有史以来最好的喜剧小说，每本书都能让你捧腹大笑，亚当斯简直是天才。
22. The Discworld Series
22. 碟形世界系列
By Terry Pratchett. Starts with The Color of Magic, but there are well over 30 in the series now. You can just jump in and read any of them, and they’re all pretty much incredible. Second-funniest writer, after Adams.
作者特里·普拉切特，该系列以《魔法颜色》为开端，至今已出版30多部。你可以随意选择一部阅读，它们都是令人难以置信的佳作。特里·普拉切特是继亚当斯之后的又一幽默作家。
23. The Stand
23. 末日逼近
By Stephen King. Anything by Stephen King will be a good read, but if you’re going to just read one book by him, read this one. A master storyteller.
作者斯蒂芬·金，他的任何作品都是佳作，但你如果只打算读一本，那就读着一本吧。斯蒂芬·金是讲故事的大师。
24. Harry Potter series
24. 哈利·波特系列
By J.K. Rowling. A classic series, from book one. Sure, it’s supposedly a kid’s series, but so is LOTR (next entry, below) and host of other wonderful works. Harry Potter made reading come alive for my children, and maybe you cried numerous times while reading these books with them.
作者J.K.罗琳，从第一本开始就是经典系列。的确，它被视作儿童文学作品，但《指环王》等其他文学作品也是。哈利·波特让孩子们再次爱上阅读，而且也许你看这些书的时候哭过好几次。
25. The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series
25. 霍比特人及指环王系列
By J.R.R. Tolkein. Absolute classics. The Hobbit by itself is a great little book, but the LOTR series adds epic drama to the world of the Hobbits.
作者J.R.R.托尔金，这些绝对是经典之作。《霍比特人》本身就是一部伟大著作，而由此延续的指环王系列则是史诗般的巨作。
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