Philip Marlowe series by Raymond Chandler
雷蒙德·錢德勒的《菲利普·馬洛系列》

These top four Marlowe novels are what launched Raymond Chandler into the big leagues of hardboiled detective fiction: The Big Sleep, The High Window, Farewell My Lovely, and the Lady in the Lake.
這四本暢銷的馬洛小說，讓雷蒙德·錢德勒成為偵探小說的大聯(lián)盟里面出色的一位：《長眠不醒》、《高窗》、《再見，吾愛》、《湖底女人》。

Anyone wanting a mystery with condensed descriptive language won't be disappointed. Stolen golden coins, mousy secretaries, gun molls and casinos – Marlowe encounters them all.
凡是想看謎團又希望語言精簡的定不會失望。被盜的金幣，膽小的秘書，女槍手和賭場——馬洛的小說里一應俱全。

"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F·史葛杰·茨費拉德《了不起的蓋茨比》

Also recommended by Chuck Palahniuk, Bill Gates.
這本書也由恰克·帕拉尼克和比爾蓋茨推薦。

The Great Gatsby, the crowning achievement of the literary career of F. Scott Fitzgerald, is set in the Jazz Age, that is, 1920s. This is the story of Jay Gatsby, very wealthy and powerful billionaire, who is in love with Daisy Buchanan. He likes to throw luxurious parties, gather the Beautiful People in his house.
《了不起的蓋茨比》是F·史葛杰·茨費拉德在文學生涯的至高成就。蓋茨比的故事發(fā)生在爵士樂時代，即20世紀20年代。蓋茨比是個有錢有勢的億萬富翁，深愛著黛西·布坎南，喜歡舉辦奢華舞會，把上流社會的人都聚到家中。

"Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
J.D.塞林格《麥田里的守望者》

Also recommended by Bill Gates, mentioned in Woody Allen Recommends What To Read Next.
這本書也是比爾蓋茨推薦的，在伍迪艾倫《建議下一步要讀什么》里面提到。

Catcher in the Rye is undoubtfully a classical work of the American literature and is very popular in "Top 10 books" lists. The main character being an expelled student named Holden Caulfield, though he is just 16, he encounters many events that tend to preclude adults. Catcher in the Rye is about a youth of 1960-s,but it is still actual today.
《麥田里的守望者》無疑是美國文學史上最經(jīng)典的一部著作，名列“頗受歡迎的十大圖書”。書的主人公是一個叫霍爾頓·考爾菲德的除名學生，雖然他只有16歲，但他遭遇了很多的事情讓他趨向于成熟?！尔溙锢锏氖赝摺肥顷P(guān)于20世紀60年代一個青年的故事，但是現(xiàn)今仍然很契合實際。

“The Brothers Karamasov” by Dostoevsky
陀思妥耶夫斯基《卡拉馬助夫兄弟們》

Also recommended by Vladimir Putin.
也為弗拉基米爾·普京（現(xiàn)任俄羅斯總統(tǒng)）所推薦。

This is of the best allegorical novels to explain the fractured nature of 19th century Russia. Each character is representative of one of the ruling classes.
這是最好的諷喻類小說，闡釋了19世紀俄國支離破碎的本質(zhì)。每個角色都是統(tǒng)治階級的代表之一。

There is the father Fyodor, the landowner who is negligent about his land, but greedy in using its produce for himself. There's Dmitri, who has been passed around from house to house, and has grown up an entitled but debt-ridden soul. There's the skeptic Ivan, who wishes to live more among cold concepts than people. And gentle Alyosha, the mystic and religious peacemaker, and the illegitimate Smerdyakov.
父親費奧多是地主，卻疏于勞作，對農(nóng)產(chǎn)品卻有無限貪欲。還有德米特里，挨家挨戶轉(zhuǎn)悠，長大成人后有名無實，卻心債累累。滿腹狐疑的伊萬，比之活在人群里，更愿意活在冰冷的概念里。溫柔的阿遼沙，是神秘主義者，也是個信奉宗教的和事老；還有非婚生子斯梅迪亞克。

Throughout are themes of love, law, and duty, which makes this one of the best Dostoyesky books to read besides Crime and Punishment.
貫穿整個小說的主題是愛、法律和責任，這就是為何該書是陀思妥耶夫斯基在《罪與罰》之外最好的一本。

“The Castle” by Franz Kafka
法蘭茲·卡夫卡《城堡》

Hailed as one of the best books of Kafka by the Guardian, this novel details the unquenchable human spirit of the unnamed protagonist (K) in his monumental struggle against the mist-enveloped Castle. The overwhelming beauty and reality of snow and darkness are almost tangible things, along with the isolation and need for companionship experienced by K. The superstitious awe and suspicion of the villagers is reminiscent of Silas Marner, while the constant struggle with snow and darkness seem in keeping with Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
被《衛(wèi)報》稱為卡夫卡的最好的書之一，這本小說詳述了無名主人公（K）同云霧繚繞的城堡展開的艱苦卓絕的斗爭，體現(xiàn)了不滅的人文精神。勢不可擋的美、現(xiàn)實的雪與夜，加之K所經(jīng)歷的孤單和渴望同伴幾乎都有形可觸。村民們敬畏、迷信、疑神疑鬼讓人想起塞拉斯·馬南。而與雪、與夜曠日持久的斗爭與索爾仁尼琴的《伊凡·杰尼索維奇的一天》如出一轍。

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