華盛頓郵報力薦必讀的10本書

1. The Book of Harlan
1.《哈蘭之書》
BY BERNICE L. MCFADDEN

A miraculous story about a pair of jazz musicians who travel from Harlem to Paris just before the Nazi occupation.
這則不可思議的故事講述的是納粹佔領前，兩個爵士音樂家從哈林區前往巴黎途中的事兒。

nes of Liberty
2.《自由的引擎》
BY DAVID COLE

When courts fail to protect our rights, citizen advocacy groups step in, as this book shows, and produce sometimes stunning constitutional changes.
若法庭保護不了我們的權益，如同這本書所說，公民辯護團體會介入，有時候會引發驚人的憲法變更。

Gene: An Intimate History
3.《基因：一段親密歷史》
BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE

A thorough and thought-provoking biography of the gene: its science, the scientists who study it and the controversies that have spun from our understanding of it.
一部徹底深入的基因傳記，引人深思，有關基因科學，基因研究科學家以及基於我們對基因的瞭解所引發的爭議。

4. The Girls
4.《女孩們》
BY EMMA CLINE

A woman looks back on her involvement with a Charles Manson-like cult.
一名女子回首她與一名查爾斯•曼森一般的狂人分子的牽牽絆絆。

Gunning of America
5.《美國之槍》
BY PAMELA HAAG

A fascinating exploration of the major businesses and families that have manufactured firearms in this country over the past 150 years.
這本書精彩地剖析了該國過去150年裏軍火製造的主流公司與家族。

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6.《編織印度》
BY CLARA PARKES

Parkes, who launched an online magazine, Knitter’s Review, here she shares her travels through the world of knitting, from Iceland to Paris and Portland.
帕克斯發起了線上雜誌《編織者評論》，分享她從冰島到巴黎和波特蘭編織世界的旅程。

Girl
7.《實驗室女孩》
BY HOPE JAHREN

The story of a girl who becomes a scientist, the book is also the story of a career and the endless struggles over funding, recognition.
這是個想成爲科學家的女孩，這本書講述了事業、其反反覆覆爲籌集款項、爲獲得認可而苦苦掙扎。

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8.《拉羅斯》
BY LOUISE ERDRICH

When a man accidentally kills his neighbor’s 5-year-old son, he tries to make amends by turning over his own boy to the grieving parents.
一名男子不小心殺害了他鄰居的5歲小孩，他試圖去彌補，把自己的兒子交付給那對悲傷的父母。

Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
9.《不是你的就不是你的》
BY HELEN OYEYEMI

A series of loosely connected, magically tinged tales about personal and social justice. Built around the idea of keys, locks and magic doors, the stories cover a wide territory — from mythology and fairy tales to smartphones and YouTube stars.
這是一系列具神奇色彩、有關個人與社會正義的故事傳說，一個個故事彼此間略微聯繫着。以鑰匙、門鎖和魔術門爲中心，故事涵蓋範圍廣，從神話、童話故事到智能手機和YouTube紅人。

Breath Becomes Air
10.《當呼吸變空氣》
BY PAUL KALANITHI

Written by a young neurosurgeon as he faced a terminal cancer diagnosis, this memoir is inherently sad. Still, this tale of family, medicine and literature is well worth the emotional investment.
這是一名面臨晚期癌症確診書的神經外科醫生所寫的，這本回憶錄帶着悲傷。不過，這個有關家庭、醫藥和文學的故事很值得我們付諸感情。