Ezikhathini zokucindezeleka okukhulu (ukukhwehlela—2020), abaningi bethu baphendukela ezincwadini njengendlela yokubalekela iqiniso elingajabulisi kangako. Kusukela kumanoveli asenze sakhumbula amakhaya ethu kuya emaqenjini angewona amanga mayelana nezinzuzo zokwelapha (izihloko!), nazi izincwadi ezingu-20 ezihamba phambili ezifundwe ngabasebenzi kulo nyaka
OKUhlobene : Izincwadi Ezingu-40 Ezinikezwa Kuwo Wonke Umuntu Osohlwini Lwakho Kulo nyaka
eyodwa. Indlu yaseDutch ngu-Ann Patchett
Le noveli ebhalwe kahle yangikhipha umoya. Ngiyayithanda indlela indaba ezungeza ngayo ikhaya lezingane, futhi indlu ngokwayo iba umlingiswa endabeni. Ngaphinde ngakhangwa ubudlelwano phakathi kwezelamani ezimbili—ukulandela indaba yabo phakathi neminyaka engamashumi amahlanu kwakuthinta inhliziyo futhi kwadabukisa. -U-Frances S., Umqondisi, I-Ad Ops nokukhangisa ngohlelo
ezimbili. Mhlawumbe Kufanele Ukhulume Nothile nguLori Gottlieb
Lokhu kufanele kufundwe kubantu abezokwelapha, labo abacabangela ukwelashwa, abantu okufanele ngabe bezokwelapha kodwa abakugwemayo noma ngempela noma ubani onobudlelwane obuyinkimbinkimbi nganoma isiphi isikhathi empilweni. Ezinyangeni ngemuva kokuyiqeda, ngisazithola ngibuyela ezindikimbeni zayo noma ngibambeke emininingwaneni esondele kakhulu ekhaya. -Dena S., uMqondisi Wezemfashini
3. Shiya Umhlaba Ngemuva nguRumaan Alam
Angikwazi ukuyeka ukucabanga ngale noveli engaphatheki kahle emayelana nomndeni wase-Brooklyn owehlela endlini yeholide e-Long Island, ukuze abanikazi bezindlu bavakashe ngokungalindelekile, phakathi kwesimo esiphuthumayo sikazwelonke esingashiwongo (futhi esiyingozi kakhulu!) . Iphenduka ibe ukubukeka okucatshangelwe ngempela kwekilasi, uhlanga ngisho nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu—kodwa kukho konke ku-lens yomdlalo othakazelisayo onabalingiswa bangempela ngokudabukisayo. - UJillian Quint, uMhleli oMkhulu
Ezine. Mntwana othandekayo nguRomy Hausmann
Kusukela ngiqala ukufunda leli culo elivusa amadlingozi ngokunyamalala kwentombazane, angikwazanga ukulibeka phansi ngoba bekufanele ngithole ukuthi kwenzekeni. Indaba yangimunca ngokuphelele futhi akuzange kube khona umzuzu onzima. Angizange ngifunde incwadi ngokushesha okungaka isikhathi eside. - U-Rachel G., Umhleli Ophethe, Okuqukethwe Okunegama
5. Umbuthano nguMadeline Miller
Ngempela ngayilalela incwadi ekukhasethi futhi umxoxi wayemangalisa, kodwa kwakuyindaba ethokozisayo, ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi izofundwa kahle. Ngangazi kancane ngabanye abalingiswa (bonke besuka kumlando wamaGreki kanye/noma izinganekwane) ngaphambi kokufunda, kodwa bengisazizwa kusha, kusha futhi kujabulisa. Ngiyayithanda indaba emnandi yowesifazane ongena emandleni akhe ngokungaxolisi. -Abby H., Umhleli
6. Impilo Encane by Kuphela Yanagihara
Ngemva kokuba okungenani abantu abathathu ehhovisi lethu beyitusa, ekugcineni ngathola isikhathi sokuyifunda kulo nyaka. Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso ngokuphelele, bekuwukuphela kwencwadi engayifunda ngo-2020, kodwa uma ngibheka ukuthi yinde kangakanani, ishubile futhi iyinhle, ngizwa sengathi nginezaba. (Futhi, ngesaba ukuthi incwadi elandelayo engiyifundile ngeke ibe yinhle kangako.) -Katherine G., Umhleli Wokudla
7. Isifunda Esingcono Kakhulu nguDave Barry
Ngemva kokuhlala ngedwa izinyanga eziyisithupha ngokungalindelekile edolobheni lakithi, le ncwadi yangisiza ukuba ngibheke iSifundazwe Sokukhanya ngelinye ilanga. IFlorida iyinqaba ngokungenakuphikwa—zingaki ezinye izingane ezikhule zifunda nge-Skunk Apes futhi zenza i-stingray shuffle ngenkathi zihamba ohambweni ukuze zibone ‘izimfene’ nezingwenya zezingane?—kodwa yilokho okwenza kube kuhle. -Candace D.
8. Owomile nguJane Harper
Ngiyawathanda amanoveli ase-Australia ngoba ahlala ethwebula indawo eyingqayizivele nesimo sezwe kahle kakhulu futhi akunikeza ngempela umuzwa wokuthi kunjani ukuhlala lapho. Le ndaba i-whodunit enhle enenani elifanele lokusonta kuyilapho igoqa kahle futhi yelapha kancane ukukhumbula kwami ekhaya ngesikhathi esifanayo! -Sally H., Umqondisi, Ukuthuthukiswa Kwababukeli
9. Izigidigidi zama-Besties: Umgubho Wobungani Okuhehayo Nobukhethekile nguPeggy Panosh noSusie Arons
Ngigcine le ncwadi inhlebo (ngendlela enhle) enezithombe etafuleni lami lekhofi kulo nyaka ukuze ngiyiphenye noma nini lapho ngidinga ithemba—njengokuthi uFran Lebowitz no-Toni Morrison babengamaqhubu angcono kakhulu, noma lowoBill. UMurray waletha ingubo yobuKristu yomndeni wakhe ku-christening yengane kaDave Letterman uHarry. Ngicabanga ukuthi le ncwadi iyona ebengiyidinga kulo nyaka ukuze ngikhumbule ukuthi abangani bami bangigcina kanjani ngiqhubeka, nokuthi ngizokwazi ukuhlangana nabo futhi maduze. -Dana D., Umhleli Omkhulu
10. Ukuthola Inkululeko ngu-Omid Scobie noCarolyn Durand
Ngendlela efanayo no-Andrew Morton ngenkathi exoxa ngasese noPrincess Diana emuva ngo-1992, lo mlando weSussex wawuzosho konke mayelana nokuphuma kukaMeghan Markle kanye neNkosana uHarry eBuckingham Palace ekuqaleni konyaka. Kodwa esikhundleni sokuchitha *lonke* itiye lasebukhosini, lifundeka njengenganekwane yesimanje neyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Yebo, kwakukhona ama-villains - ama-tabloids ase-UK eyodwa - kodwa kwakungaphezu kwalokho okwakudingeka ku-Harry noMeghan ukuze bachaze kabusha ngenjabulo njengempilo 'evamile' (noma eseduze nokujwayelekile njengoba indodana kaPrincess Diana ingakuthola) . -Rachel B., Umqondisi, Amaphrojekthi Akhethekile kanye Nomphathi Omkhulu we-' Royally Obsessed '
ishumi nanye. Pachinko nguMin Jin Lee
Ngakuthanda lokhu ngoba kwangivumela ukuba ngibaleke ngiye ezweni engangilazi okuncane ngalo—iJapane yekhulu lama-20. Ukufunda ngobunzima bangempela umndeni owadlula kubo phakathi neminyaka edlule kwenze ukukhononda kwami ngokuhlukaniswa kwabantu kubonakale njengamazambane amancane uma kuqhathaniswa. -U-Ali B., I-Social Media Strategist
12. Izihlalo Zomculo ngu-Amy Poeppel
Angikaze ngikhuthazeke kakhulu ukuthi ngifunde kulo nyaka, ngakho-ke le rom-com enhle ibilungile. Kumayelana nowesifazane oseminyakeni ephakathi okuthi, njengoba nje ezwa sengathi ukuphila kwakhe kuyahlangana ekugcineni, ahlukane naye. Kuyathandeka futhi kulula futhi yilokho kanye okudingayo uma unenkinga yokufunda noma yini ebucayi kakhulu. Kuyisikhumbuzo esihle futhi sokuthi—ikakhulukazi ngo-2020—impilo ingaba yimbi, futhi kulungile ukuncika kukho kunokuvukela. -U-Alex H., Umsizi Womhleli
13. Umhlahlandlela ka-Trixie no-Katya woBufazi Besimanje nguTrixie Mattel noKatya
Lo nyaka ube… kakhulu. Enye yezindlela zami ezithembekile zokuqeda ingcindezi (njalo, kodwa ikakhulukazi ngo-2020) ibikhona UNHhhhh , uchungechunge lwewebhu oluhlekisa ngendlela eyesabekayo olusingathwa izithonjana zokudonsa u-Trixie Mattel no-Katya. Ngenhlanhla kimi, i-duo yashicilela eyokuqala New York Times incwadi ethengiswa kakhulu kulo nyaka. Ayinangqondo futhi ilula futhi kunezithombe eziningi kangangokuthi uma ngikhathala ukufunda, ngingavele ngibuke lezo. . -Sarah S., Umhleli Omkhulu
14. Incazelo kaMariah Carey nguMariah Carey
Lokhu kwaba ukufunda okuhle kakhulu. Ngangiyithanda kakhulu ngoba yayijulile, isengozini futhi iyindaba ebhalwe kahle ngempilo kaMariah. Encwadini uxoxa ngobuntwana bakhe, umndeni kanye nendlela eya ekubeni sezingeni eliphezulu. -Latifah M., Umphathi Omkhulu, Isu Lomkhiqizo
eziyishumi nanhlanu. Luster by Raven Leilani
Angikwazanga nokuthola incwadi kulo nyaka, kodwa ukubuyekezwa okujabulisayo mayelana nale noveli yokuqala evela ku-Leilani—kanye neqiniso lokuthi ibitholakala kuhlelo lokusebenza lwelabhulali yami—kungigqugquzele ukuthi ngifunde. Kodwa kwakuwukuxoxwa kwezindaba okusheshayo nokwangempela, okuhlekisayo nokubhala okumnyama okwangigcina ngifunda. (Bheka: 'Ngifuna ukusho ukuthi angiyona intombazane enjalo. Ephathekayo, ezihlukumeza ngenxa yendoda engafinyeleleki, okungenzeka ukuthi ayinandaba, kodwa kuthiwani uma nginjalo? Kukhona izinto ezimbi kakhulu—ukulima kwasefekthri kanye ne-rock yobuKristu kanye ne-three-dimensional. izithombe ezinyakazayo zikaMnu. Clean.') Le noveli iqala ngo-60 mph, ixoxa indaba yowesifazane osemusha omnyama ohlala eBushwick ebhalelana nendoda emhlophe endala emshadweni ovulekile. Indaba igigitheka futhi i-zags njengokungajwayelekile komlingiswa oyinhloko kanye nolwazi emhlabeni wobuhlanga ngempela luqala ukubumba indaba enkulu, engaziwayo kunalokho ebengikulindele. -Dara K., Umhleli Omkhulu
16. Ekubhaleni Kwakhe nguJohn Lennon
Kuyahlekisa futhi kuvame ukungabi nangqondo, le ncwadi iwukuqonda okuhle ngesitayela sezinkondlo sika-John Lennon kanye namahlaya angabonakali. Emataniswe nemidwebo yakhe emangalisayo, izinkondlo zakhe zifana kakhulu nokubhala kwengoma yakhe ngesigqi, imifanekiso kanye nefilosofi. -Sean M., Umhlali, ONE37pm
17. Abantu Abajwayelekile nguSally Rooney
Ngokweqiniso kube nzima kimina ukuthi ngidlule ezincwadini kulo nyaka (ngobhubhane nakho konke) kodwa ngidabukile. Abantu Abajwayelekile ngempelasonto ehlobo esheshayo. Entwasahlobo, ngadla uchungechunge ku-Hulu ngezinsuku ezimbili futhi ngangazi ukuthi nami ngifuna ukufunda le ncwadi (ngifisa sengathi ngingayenza ngenye indlela ngoba #imagination). Indaba yothando ekhangayo kaRooney engeyona eyendabuko iwukuvula ikhasi futhi ufuna nje ukwazi ukuthi yini eyenzekayo ngokulandelayo ngabalingiswa abayinhloko (futhi ukuveza ubuso buka-Paul Mescal noDaisy Edgar Jones ngenkathi ufunda kuyinto ethokozisayo ngokusobala). Nakuba umbukiso wawumuhle impela, wangenza ngazizwa ngiphansi, kodwa ngemva kokufunda le ncwadi, ngaba nokuqonda okungcono kakhulu kwabalingiswa nendaba yabo. Ngempela liyincwadi ekhetheke kangaka engiyincoma kuwo wonke umuntu. - Ale O. , Usomaqhinga Wokuthuthukisa Ababukeli Abaphezulu
18. Ingxenye Enyamalalayo nguBrit Bennett
Mina nomama sakufunda lokhu futhi akekho kithi owakwazi ukukubeka phansi. Kwenzeka ngaphezu kwamashumi amane eminyaka futhi ilandisa indaba yamawele anezindlela eziphambukayo ngokushesha nje lapho bephuma edolobheni labo elincane laseLouisiana. Ibhalwe kahle futhi ifike ngesikhathi kakhulu, ngoba imibuzo yokuthi ungubani kanye nokungezwani kwezinhlanga ihamba phambili engxoxweni kazwelonke. Angikwazi ukulinda ukufunda inoveli yokuqala kaBennett ( Omama ) manje. -URoberta F., Umhleli, Okuqukethwe Okunophawu
19. I-Midnight Library nguMat Haig
Umqondo we I-Midnight Library —ukuthi endaweni ethile endaweni yonke phakathi kokuphila nokufa kunendawo yokuzama izinguqulo ezihlukahlukene zokuphila kwakho emashalofini ezincwadi—akunakuvinjelwa. (Ngoba ubani ongazange azibuze ukuthi impilo yabo yayizohamba kanjani ukube babesanda kwenza into eyodwa noma ezimbili ngendlela ehlukile?) Umqondo uwodwa wanele ukungithengisa kulokhu kodwa ukubhala ngokwawo kuyabandakanya nokho kuqondile (okuvela ngokuthi Okumangazayo uma ucabanga ukuthi le ncwadi ibhekana nemibuzo emikhulu yefilosofi ngempilo kanye nezihloko ezijulile njengokucindezeleka nokuzibulala). Angikwazanga ukufunda okuningi ngendlela ebengingathanda ngayo kulo nyaka futhi bengifuna incwadi ethokozisayo engingayifunda ngokushesha - lena ilethwe. -U-Alexia D., Umhleli Omkhulu we-SEO
amashumi amabili. Uhlu Lwezivakashi nguLucy Foley
Ngingene kakhulu Uhlu Lwezivakashi ukuthi ngelula isikhathi sami sokulala saba ngu-1 ekuseni ubusuku obumbalwa obulandelanayo ngoba angikwazanga ukukubeka phansi. Isici se-Escapism? 12/10. -Kara C., Umsizi Womhleli Wezohwebo
OKUhlobene : Izincwadi Eziyisi-6 Okufanele Uzifunde Uma Ugxile 'Ngomqhele' ku-Netflix
