If you often see the same books being read on your morning commute, it may be your cue to grab a copy yourself.
如果你每天早上通勤路上總是看見人們在讀一些同樣的書,那那說明你也該自己買一本來看看了。
Amazon just released its list of the 10 best-selling books of 2014, and chances are you've already seen people reading them on the train.
亞馬遜發布了其2014年最暢銷Top 10書單,或許你已經在火車上看見過有人讀這些書了。
It's not too late to read —or reread —the bestsellers of the year.
現在開始讀(或者重溫)過去這一年的暢銷書還不算晚。
1."The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kid:
《翅膀的發明》(作者:蘇·蒙克·基德)
Set in the south in the early 1800s, this Oprah Book Club book follows the complicated relationship between Handful, a slave, and Sarah, her owner, as they grow up together from childhood. Their confusing friendship, in the face of politics and societal norms, becomes a beautiful and difficult thing to watch as it changes over time.
這本書的背景設在19世紀早期的美國南方。奧普拉讀書俱樂部也推薦了這本書。書中講述的是奴隸Handful和她青梅竹馬的主人Sarah之間錯綜復雜的關系。他們之間令人費解的友誼,面對政治和社會的種種基準,在時間的洗禮中見證了美麗又艱難的蛻變。
2."Gray Mountain" by John Grisham:
《灰山》(作者:約翰.格里森姆)
When the recession causes Samantha Kofer to lose her Wall Street law firm job, she takes a job at a legal aid clinic in Virginia until she can hopefully get back to big law. But while her new job, for the first time, puts her front and center in the court room, it also puts her in terrible danger.
經濟大蕭條使得薩曼莎·酷弗失去了她在華爾街律師事務所的工作,她在弗吉尼亞州的一家法律援助所找了份工作,直到她能夠滿懷希望的再次投身大律所。但是她的新工作,第一次將她推到法庭中央,并讓她陷于一場十分可怕的危險之中。
3."All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr:
《我們看不見的光》(作者:安東尼·杜爾)
This National Book Award Finalist follows both Marie-Laure, a blind French girl living with her father during World War II, and Werner, a German orphan with a knack for building and fixing radios. As their paths cross, this haunting story will question how life and art are influenced by war.
這本獲得美國國家圖書獎的書籍,講述的是二戰時期法國盲人女孩瑪麗·勞爾和她的父親一同生活,還有擁有搭建和維修無線電本領的德國孤兒維爾納的故事。他們的人生道路交叉之時,這個難以忘懷的故事將會探尋生活和藝術會怎樣受戰爭影響。
4."Twenty Seconds Ago (Jack Reacher, #19)" by Lee Child:
《20秒前:偵探杰克第19本》(作者:李·查德)
After years of being out of the Army, Jack Reacher is pulled back into service at the CIA and State Department after someone tried to shoot the president of France. In Child's latest Jack Reacher installment, Reacher finds himself face to face with an old enemy and old memories.
從陸軍退役多年后,偵探杰克在有人試圖暗殺法國總統后再次回歸CIA和美國國務院。在查德最新的《偵探杰克》系列中,杰克同老敵人和舊回憶再次面對面。
5."Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty:
《大小謊言》(作者:莉安·莫里蒂亞)
From the author of the bestselling "The Husband's Secret," this book focuses on three Australian moms, all with pre-schoolers in the same class. Sounds straightforward, except by the end of the book one of them will be dead. Each mother carries a secret in this witty book that dissects the lives of three suburban families.
暢銷書《丈夫的秘密》作者再次回歸,這本書將目光投射到三個澳大利亞的母親身上,他們的孩子同在一個班里。聽上去并不復雜吧,但是故事結尾的時候,他們中的一位死去了。在這本詼諧幽默的書中,每個母親都帶有一個秘密,本書詳細剖析了三個郊區家庭的生活。
6."The Target (Will Robie series)" by David Baldacci:
《目標(威爾·羅比系列)》(作者:戴維·鮑爾達奇)
Will Robie and his partner Jessica Reel are called in by the President to take down an international criminal. Baldacci's thrilling page-turner keeps the reader hooked as Robie and Reel hunt down their target, yet become targets themselves.
威爾·羅比和他的搭檔杰西卡·瑞爾被總統召見要他們拿下一個國際罪犯。鮑爾達奇這本讓人興奮不已引人入勝的小說繼續讓讀者連連上癮,羅比和瑞爾對目標緊追不舍的同時,他們自己也跳進了別人的靶心。
7."The Fixed Trilogy" by Laurelin Paige:
《既定三部曲》(作者:羅瑞林·佩琪)
Fans of "Fifty Shades of Gray" will love "The Fixed Trilogy," which follows Alayna Wither, a rising star at the nightclub she works at, and Hudson Pierce, her boss who can't keep his eyes off her, and who Alayna can't seem to stay away from despite both their troubled pasts.
《五十度灰》的粉絲都會喜歡上這本《既定三部曲》,講述的是夜總會的后起之秀阿萊娜·威瑟,哈德森·皮爾斯,還有深深迷戀哈德森又讓阿萊娜無法擺脫的上司。
8."The Heroes of Olympus Book Five: The Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan:
《奧林匹斯的英雄之五:奧林匹斯之血》(作者:雷克·萊爾頓)
The fifth book in Riordan's hit series launches the reader right in the middle of the Argo II crew's battle with the earth mother, Gaia. The story is funny and action-packed as the crew races against time to stop Gaia and her giants before the world is destroyed.
萊爾頓這套系列的第五本書將讀者帶到阿爾戈號二代成員和地球母親蓋亞之間的戰爭。故事很有意思,內容豐富有趣,大家搶時間去阻止蓋亞和她的巨人們摧毀世界。
9."Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum)" by Janet Evanovich:
《絕密21(斯蒂芬妮·普盧姆)》(作者:珍妮特·伊萬諾維奇)
Stephanie Plum has to bring in a criminal used car dealer who missed his court date. But he's gone missing, and his No. 2 man is Stephanie's only clue and, to top it all off, now his old boss wants him dead. All in a day's work for Stephanie Plum.
斯蒂芬妮·普盧姆必須帶回一名錯過開庭時間的二手車汽車商。但是他消失了,他的二把手是斯蒂芬妮唯一的線索,而更有甚,如今他的老上司想要他死。這些都發生在斯蒂芬妮·普盧姆驚險刺激的一天。
10."Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General" by Bill O'Reilly:
《殺死巴頓:二戰最無畏的將軍之死謎團》(作者:比爾·奧雷利)
Just one of two nonfiction books to make the list, "Killing Patton" takes a look into the mysterious death of General George Patton, Jr., and theories about what, or who, may have really killed him.
書單里總有一兩本不是小說的書籍嘛,《殺死巴頓》講述了小喬治·史密斯·巴頓上將迷一般的死因,給出了什么,是誰可能真的殺了他的理論。
(來源:滬江英語,編輯 Helen)