亚马逊网评2014十大畅销书

 　　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，那就可能暗示你也去买一本看看。

　　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:

　　《翅膀的发明》（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。

1 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

2 monk   

n.和尚，僧侣，修道士

参考例句：

• The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
• Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。

3 orphan   

n.孤儿；adj.无父母的

参考例句：

• He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
• The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。

4 knack   

n.诀窍，做事情的灵巧的，便利的方法

参考例句：

• He has a knack of teaching arithmetic.他教算术有诀窍。
• Making omelettes isn't difficult,but there's a knack to it.做煎蛋饼并不难，但有窍门。

5 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

6 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。

7 straightforward   

adj.正直的，坦率的；易懂的，简单的

参考例句：

• A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
• I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。

8 witty   

adj.机智的，风趣的

参考例句：

• Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
• He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。

9 dissects   

v.解剖（动物等）( dissect的第三人称单数 )；仔细分析或研究

参考例句：

• Meltzer dissects the penile skin free of the underlying erectile tissue. Meltzer将阴茎表皮与其下的勃起组织分割。 来自互联网
• This paper dissects the process to analyse arsenic in test method and operative skills. 本文从实验方法、操作技巧等方面剖析了砷测定方法的机理。 来自互联网

10 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

11 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

12 wither   

vt.使凋谢，使衰退，(用眼神气势等)使畏缩；vi.枯萎，衰退，消亡

参考例句：

• She grows as a flower does-she will wither without sun.她象鲜花一样成长--没有太阳就会凋谢。
• In autumn the leaves wither and fall off the trees.秋天，树叶枯萎并从树上落下来。

13 dealer   

n.商人，贩子

参考例句：

• The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
• The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

14 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。