If you often see the same books being read on your morning commute1, it may be your cue to grab a copy yourself.
如果你每天早上通勤路上总是读同样的书,那这篇文章就能为你提供不一样的选择。
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.
亚马逊发布了其2014年最畅销Top10书单,而且你也已经在火车上看见过有人在读了吧。
It's not too late to read — or reread — the bestsellers of the year.
现在开始读这些年度畅销书还不算晚哦(或者重温也是)。
1."The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk2 Kid:
发明的翅膀》(作者:苏·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.
故事的开端是19世纪早期的南部,这本奥普拉读书俱乐部推荐之书讲述的是奴隶Handful和她青梅竹马的主人Sarah之间错综复杂的关系。他们之间令人费解的友谊,面对政治和社会的种种基准,在时间的洗礼中见证了美丽又艰难的蜕变。
2."Gray Mountain" by John Grisham:
灰山》(作者:约翰.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.
经济大萧条使得萨曼莎·酷弗失去了她华尔街律师事务所的饭碗,她在弗吉尼亚州的一家法律援助诊所另寻了份工作,直到她能够满怀希望的再次投身大律所。但是她的新工作,第一次将她推到法庭中央,并让她陷于一场十分可怕的危险之中。
3."All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr:
我们看不见的光》(作者:安东尼·杜尔)
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 orphan3 with a knack4 for building and fixing radios. As their paths cross, this haunting story will question how life and art are influenced by war.
这本获得美国国家图书奖的书籍,讲述的是二战时期法国盲人女孩玛丽·劳尔和她的父亲一同生活,还有拥有搭建和维修无线电本领的德国孤儿维尔纳的故事。他们的人生道路交叉之时,这本发人深省的小说将会提出疑问:生活和艺术会怎样影响战争?
4."Twenty Seconds Ago (Jack5 Reacher, #19)" by Lee Child:
20秒前:侦探杰克系列19》(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 installment6, Reacher finds himself face to face with an old enemy and old memories.
在退出陆军很多年后,侦探杰克在有人试图暗杀法国总统后再次回归CIA和美国国务院。在查德最新的《侦探杰克》系列中,杰克同老敌人和旧回忆再次面面相觑。
5."Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty:
大小谎言》(作者:莉安·莫里蒂亚)
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 straightforward7, except by the end of the book one of them will be dead. Each mother carries a secret in this witty8 book that dissects9 the lives of three suburban10 families.
畅销书《丈夫的秘密》作者再次回归,这本书将目光投射到三个澳大利亚的母亲身上,他们都分在了同一个学龄前儿童班。听上去并不复杂吧,但是故事结尾的时候,他们中的一位死去了。在这本诙谐幽默的书中,每个母亲都带有一个秘密,并详细剖析了三个郊区家庭的生活。
6."The Target (Will Robie series)" by David Baldacci:
目标(威尔·罗比系列)》(作者:戴维·鲍尔达奇)
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.
威尔·罗比和他的搭档杰西卡·瑞尔被总统召集接下一桩国际犯罪任务。鲍尔达奇这本让人兴奋不已引人入胜的小说继续让读者连连上瘾,罗比和瑞尔对目标紧追不舍的同时,他们本身也成为了别人的靶心。
7."The Fixed11 Trilogy" by Laurelin Paige:
既定三部曲》(作者:罗瑞林·佩琪)
Fans of "Fifty Shades of Gray" will love "The Fixed Trilogy," which follows Alayna Wither12, 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》的粉丝都会喜欢上这本《既定三部曲》,讲述的是夜总会的后起之秀阿莱娜·威瑟,和深深迷上了她的上司哈德森·皮尔斯,还有阿莱娜似乎影子一样紧紧跟随两人麻烦重重的过去。
8."The Heroes of Olympus Book Five: The Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan:
奥林匹斯的英雄之五:奥林匹斯之血》(作者:雷克·莱尔顿)
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.
莱尔顿这套系列的第五本书将读者带到南座船二代船员和地球母亲盖亚之间的战争。故事很有意思,内容丰富有趣,船员和时间赛跑去阻止盖亚和她的巨人们摧毁世界。
9."Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum)" by Janet Evanovich:
绝密21(斯蒂芬妮·普卢姆)》(作者:珍妮特·伊万诺维奇)
Stephanie Plum has to bring in a criminal used car dealer13 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·普卢姆必须带回一名错过开庭时间的二手车汽车商。但是他消失了,他的二把手是斯蒂芬妮唯一的线索,而更有甚,如今他年老的上司想要他的命。这些都发生在斯蒂芬妮·普卢姆惊险刺激的一天。
10."Killing14 Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General" by Bill O'Reilly:
杀死巴顿:二战最无畏的将军之死谜团》(作者:比尔·奥雷利)
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.
书单里总有一两本不是小说的书籍嘛,《杀死巴顿》讲述了小乔治·史密斯·巴顿上将迷一般的死因,给出了什么,是谁可能真的杀了他的理论。
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