從有著幾百年歷史的小說到描寫存在主義歷史的作品，BBC的簡·西亞巴塔麗選出了本年度不容錯過的最佳書籍：

10. Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing
10、雅?吉亞斯：《回家》

Gyasi creates an unforgettable cast of characters as she follows seven generations of a family through the dislocations and continuing repercussions of slavery.
吉亞斯在書中創造了一眾令人難忘的人物角色，介紹了在持續不斷的奴隸制度的影響下，一個家庭的七代人顛沛流離的生活。

9. Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café
9、莎拉?貝克韋爾：《在存在主義的咖啡館里》

Bakewell’s idiosyncratic begins At the Existentialist Café. She tracks the growth of Existentialism, and shows how its emphasis on authenticity and freedom are relevant today.
《在存在主義的咖啡館里》這部作品體現了貝克韋爾個人特有的風格。她在書中記錄著存在主義的發展軌跡，并說明了存在主義所強調的真實性和自由與當今的相關性。

8. Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
8、路德?富蘭克林和雪莉?杰克遜：《焦慮不安的生活》

Shirley Jackson was best known for literary suspense. Jackson’s unique contribution, writes Franklin, was “her primary focus” on the lives of her generation of women who were raised in the mid 20th Century.
雪莉?杰克遜以懸念類作品而著稱。富蘭克林寫道，杰克遜的獨特貢獻在于，“她主要關注”成長于20世紀中期她那個時代的女性們的生活。

7. Liz Moore, The Unseen World
7、利茲?摩爾：《未被發現的世界》

Moore captures the powerful ties between father and daughter as she unspools a string of compelling scientific and personal mysteries.
摩爾抓住了父親和女兒之間強有力的紐帶，并在書中講述一系列有關科學和個人的扣人心弦的秘密。

6. Ben H Winters, Underground Airlines
6、本?H?溫特斯：《隱秘的航空公司》

Winters’ timely new work of speculative fiction is set in an alternative US: Lincoln never became president, the Civil War never happened, and there are still slaves in the certain states. Winters, an Edgar award winner, has crafted a fast-moving thriller with a contemporary ethical framework.
溫特斯適時推出的新作品《隱秘的航空公司》，這部推理小說是以一個另類的美國為背景的：在那里林肯沒有成為總統，美國沒有發生內戰，在一些州奴隸依然存在。埃德加獎獲得者溫特斯創作了一部情節緊湊的恐怖小說，并在小說中引入了當代的倫理框架。

5. Teju Cole, Known and Strange Things
5、泰茹?科爾：《已知的奇怪事物》

Cole shows a breathtaking range in his splendid new collection of 55 essays. His cultural criticism is filled with surprising connections and intelligent provocations.
科爾在他新創作的55篇優秀散文中展示了一系列令人吃驚的事物。他的文化批判充滿著出人意料的聯想以及明智的挑逗。

4. Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone
4、亞當?哈斯利特：《如果我不見了》

Imagine Me Gone is a powerful story of loss and love. We’ve come to know intimately the joys and struggles of each member of a troubled family by its heart-wrenching conclusion.
《如果我不見了》是一個關于失去和愛的頗具感染力的故事。看到令人心痛的結局，我們深入體會到一個多災多難的家庭中的每個成員的歡樂和掙扎。

3. Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
3、安?帕切特：《共和國》

Patchett, winner of the 2001 Orange Prize, opens her brilliantly structured new novel. Betrayals and forgiveness are at the centre of this complex and memorable family drama.
2001年“橘子獎”獲得者帕切特公開了她創作的結構巧妙的新小說。背叛和寬恕是這部錯綜復雜又令人難忘的家庭劇的核心。

2. CE Morgan, The Sport of Kings
2、CE?摩根：《賽馬》

Morgan’s ambitious and epic tale of a racehorse bred to win the Triple Crown of elite US thoroughbred contests spans several centuries.
摩根在這部宏大的史詩般作品中講述了一匹賽馬的故事，這匹賽馬要在舉辦了幾個世紀的美國純種賽馬精英賽上衛冕三連冠。

1. Dana Spiotta, Innocents and Others
1、丹娜?斯皮奧塔：《無辜者和其他人》

Spiotta raises questions about truth, reality and how the digital world is affecting us all in her new novel. An innovative and provocative stunner.
斯皮奧塔在她的新小說中提出了有關真理和現實的問題，并講述了數字世界是如何影響我們的生活。這是一部新穎又刺激的佳作。

英文來源：BBC
中文來源：滬江英語
編輯：Julie