11. Pattern Recognition
11. 模式識(shí)別

By William Gibson. With this book, Gibson starts a new series, set in the present day. In fact, it’s so much like his futuristic sci-fi that it’s eerie. Gibson has a unique way of looking at our world.
作者同樣是威廉吉布森，在這個(gè)故事里，吉布森開(kāi)始了對(duì)當(dāng)代社會(huì)的一系列描述。實(shí)際上因?yàn)楹芟裎磥?lái)科幻小說(shuō)，所以顯得有些很詭異，吉布森看現(xiàn)實(shí)世界的角度很獨(dú)特。

12. Slow Man
12. 遲鈍的人

By J.M. Coetzee. One of the greatest living writers of the English language, you could pick up any of his titles (Disgrace would be my other recommendation) and get an excellent book. Slow Man plays with the boundaries of fiction.
作者J.M.庫(kù)切，是當(dāng)代最偉大的英語(yǔ)作家之一，他的作品都很優(yōu)秀（《恥》也很值得推薦）?！哆t鈍的人》是一部虛幻作品。

13. The Big Sleep
13. 長(zhǎng)眠不醒

By Raymond Chandler. The best of the detective novelists, Chandler took the genre to new heights that generations of writers have tried to reach. He’s the best, and his writing is just as relevant today as it was when it was written.
作者雷蒙·錢(qián)德勒，優(yōu)秀的推理小說(shuō)家。錢(qián)德勒的這一作品將推理小說(shuō)達(dá)到一個(gè)新高度。他是推理小說(shuō)家的巨擘，即使在今天，他作品的光芒仍未褪色。

14. Motherless Brooklyn
14. 布魯克林孤兒

By Jonathan Lethem. If you like Chandler and similar tough detective novels, you’ll love Lethem’s brilliant take on the genre. An excellent story featuring a protagonist with Tourette Syndrome, a killer giant and a Zen crime syndicate.
作者喬納森·勒瑟姆。如果你喜歡錢(qián)德勒的硬漢偵探作品，那么你一定會(huì)喜歡勒瑟姆的同類型作品。這是圍繞一個(gè)患有妥瑞癥的偉大殺手和禪宗犯罪集團(tuán)的優(yōu)秀故事。

15. Gun, with Occasional Music
15. 槍，偶爾有音樂(lè)

By Jonathan Lethem. Another excellent detective novel, this one combines the genre with sci-fi. Features talking kangaroos working for the mob and other cool stuff.
作者喬納森·勒瑟姆。這是他的另一部?jī)?yōu)秀偵探小說(shuō)，它融合了科幻小說(shuō)元素，最神奇的是里面有為暴徒工作的會(huì)說(shuō)話的袋鼠和其他怪異事物。

16. Never Let Me Go
16. 別讓我走

By Kazuo Ishiguro. It’s hard to describe Ishiguro’s writing, except that he really plays with whether the narrator of a story is objective or not. He plays with traditional plot devices and uses the reader’s curiosity of the unfolding story drive the book forward. Never Let Me Go might technically be sci-fi, as it seems to be set in the future, but really there’s not much sci-fi about it.
作者石黑一雄，很難描述石黑一雄的寫(xiě)作，除了判斷他故事里的敘述者是不是第三人稱。他擅長(zhǎng)用傳統(tǒng)的情節(jié)工具和讀者的好奇心來(lái)推動(dòng)故事前進(jìn)?！秳e讓我走》可能在技巧上有些科幻，因?yàn)楣适聢?chǎng)景設(shè)定在未來(lái)，但實(shí)際上整個(gè)故事并沒(méi)有科幻色彩。

17. When We Were Orphans
17. 我輩孤雛

By Kazuo Ishiguro. Ostensibly a detective novel, it leaves you wondering about a lot of things, including what others really think of the narrator.
作者石黑一雄，表面上這是一部偵探小說(shuō)，它給你留下很多疑惑的東西，包括別人對(duì)故事敘述者的看法。

18. Kafka on the Shore
18. 海邊的卡夫卡

By Haruki Murakami. This guy is such an imaginative writer. Very different from most of the fiction you’ll read, anything can happen in a Murakami book.
作者村上春樹(shù)，他是一位充滿想象力的作家。這部小說(shuō)跟你平?？吹男≌f(shuō)完全不同，在春樹(shù)的小說(shuō)里，什么都能發(fā)生。

19. Bel Canto
19. 美聲唱法

By Ann Patchett. One of the most beautiful books, a must-read if you haven’t yet. Hostages and hostage takers trapped by seige, and some surprising things unfold.
作者安·帕契特，最優(yōu)美的小說(shuō)之一，如果你還沒(méi)看過(guò)就趕緊找一本來(lái)看看吧。人質(zhì)和劫持者被圍困，然后意想不到的事情發(fā)生了。

20. Run
20. 奔跑

By Ann Patchett. This is a moving story full of magic. Also see Patchett’s excellent The Magician’s Assistant.
作者安·帕契特，這是一個(gè)充滿魔幻色彩的感人故事。安的另外一部?jī)?yōu)秀作品是《魔術(shù)師的助理》。