Iminyaka yakho yama-20s ishumi leminyaka elithokozisayo, ukusho okuncane nje. Uzizwa ubambeke njalo phakathi kokuba ingane enganakile, engenandaba nokuba umuntu omdala onomthwalo wemfanelo ongapheli. Ngokuyisisekelo, isikhathi esiyinqaba, okungenzeka, okungenzeka, nje kwenziwe ngcono (noma okungenani ukuthinta kulawuleke) ngenye yalezi zincwadi ezingama-20.
OKUhlobene : Izincwadi Ezingu-40 Wonke Umuntu Owesifazane Okufanele Azifunde Ngaphambi Kwama-40
ikhava: Simon & Schuster; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombeeyodwa. Wonke Ama-Single Ladies nguRebecca Traister
Inkulumo yangempela: Ngaphandle uma nihlangene ngokuqinile, imibuzo ezovela njalo eminyakeni engu-20s ithi Ingabe kukhona othandana naye? futhi Ushada Nini? (Ngokuvamile kusukela kumuntu onezisusa ezinhle—futhi mhlawumbe namashumi amaningi eminyaka amadala kunawe—ilungu lomndeni elandisiwe.) Incwadi kaTraister iwukubheka okunika amandla amandla ezenhlalo, ezomnotho kanye nezombusazwe aholele ekutheni abesifazane bashade kamuva noma bangashadi nhlobo.
ikhava: Vintage; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombeezimbili. Umsebenzi Odabukisayo WeNhlakanipho Emangalisayo nguDave Eggers
U-Eggers wayeseneminyaka engu-20 ubudala lapho abazali bakhe beshona kungakapheli unyaka bebodwa, bemshiya enakekela umfowabo omncane, uToph, njengokungathi uyingane yakhe. Le ndaba eqanjiwe yokuphonswa endimeni yomzali esemncane iyindaba enamandla emayelana nokukhuthazela nothando lobuzalwane.
ikhava: Penguin Books; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe3. Ebuhleni nguZadie Smith
Kule noveli yango-2005, oprofesa ababili abangabangane nemindeni yabo bahlala edolobheni lekolishi eliqanjiwe ngaphandle kwaseBoston. Le ncwadi ikhuluma ngomuntu omnyama, isithombe somzimba, ukungathembeki kanye nepolitiki yekilasi, futhi ijabulisa kakhulu ukuyifunda. (Inothi eseceleni: Cishe noma yini uSmith ayibhalile kufanele ifundwe izinto ezingama-20.)
ikhava: Picador; ingemuva: Fidan / Getty izithombeEzine. Kufanele Umuntu Abe Kanjani? Ibhalwe nguSheila Heti
Ingxenye yenoveli yombhalo, ingxenye yemanyuwali yokuzisiza kanye nokuhlola okucacile komfutho wobuciko nowocansi, Kufanele Umuntu Abe Kanjani? isithombe esingavuthiwe, esiphuthumayo sobungani besifazane kanye nesimo sezimpilo zethu manje. UHeti uyabuza, ngobubanzi, Iyiphi indlela enhle kakhulu yokuthanda? Kufanele ube ngumuntu onjani? Ngengxube yama-imeyili, izingxoxo ezilotshiwe kanye ne-prose, umlingiswa oyinhloko ka-Heti uhamba esuka eToronto eya eNew York eya e-Atlantic City efuna ukucaca-into engu-20 kakhulu okufanele yenziwe, uma usibuza.
ikhava: Vintage; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe5. Wild nguCheryl Strayed
Ekhathazwa ukushonelwa unina nokuphela komshado wakhe, ngaleso sikhathi u-Strayed owayeneminyaka engu-22 ubudala wanquma ukuphulukisa ngokuhamba ngobude be-Pacific Crest Trail, esuka emngceleni waseMexico enqamula e-Oregon. Isikhumbuzo sakhe sichaza ngohambo olujabulisayo, olwesabekayo nolungenakulibaleka—olugcwele amandla abantu besifazane namabhuzu okuqwala izintaba. Futhi kungase kukukhuthaze ukuthi wenze okuthile okungalindelekile.
ikhava: Vintage; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe6. Bathandekayo nguToni Morrison
Igqugquzelwe indaba yeqiniso, le noveli ehlasimulisa umzimba ilandela owesifazane ogama lakhe linguSethe nendodakazi yakhe ngemuva kokweqa ebugqilini babalekela e-Ohio. Njengoba sithola ngendodakazi kaSethe eshonile, Othandekayo, sithola ukuthi uSethe kuye kwadingeka alwe kanzima kangakanani ukuze avikele izingane zakhe. Uthando lukamama olunomlayezo onamandla wokubekezela—ovela komunye wababhali abaphambili baseMelika. Noma mhlawumbe ukufunde esikoleni esiphakeme, yithathe futhi eminyakeni yama-20s ukuze uthole umbono ocacile.
ikhava: Izincwadi Zakudala; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe7. Igumbi lika-Giovanni nguJames Baldwin
Inoveli ka-Baldwin eyaqanjwa kabusha yango-1956 igxile kuDavid owayeneminyaka engama-20, indoda yaseMelika ehlala eParis, kanye nemizwa yakhe kanye nokukhungatheka kwakhe ngobudlelwano bakhe namanye amadoda empilweni yakhe—ikakhulukazi u-bartender wase-Italy ogama lakhe lingu-Giovanni ahlangana naye endaweni yokucima ukoma yaseParis. Le ncwadi ibhekana nokuhlukaniswa nomphakathi, izingqinamba zobulili kanye nokuzazi, kanye nezingxabano zobudoda.
ikhava: Alfred A Knopf; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe8. Umlando Oyimfihlo nguDonna Tartt
UDonna Tartt uwine iPulitzer I-Goldfinch , kodwa inoveli yakhe yokuqala—emayelana neqembu labanganekwane ekolishi laseNew England abawela ngaphansi kwesilingo sikaprofesa onothando nonokuziphatha okungabazekayo—iyohlale inenhliziyo yethu. Umxoxi, uRichard, uyilungu elisha kakhulu leqembu, futhi uzithola esesindwa yizimfihlo ezimnyama kakhulu.
ikhava: Vintage; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe9. Unyaka Wokucabanga Okumangalisayo nguJoan Didion
Ebhalwe ngemva kokushona komyeni wakhe naphakathi kokugula okubi kwendodakazi yakhe, le ncwadi iwumzamo kaDidion wokwenza umqondo wamasonto nezinyanga ezasusa noma yimuphi umbono ongaguquki engake ngaba nawo ngokufa, ngokugula. Ehlanganisa ucwaningo lwezokwelapha nolwengqondo ngosizi nokugula, ubhala kahle—uma kungenjalo ngokomzwelo—mayelana nokuthi kunjani ukulahlekelwa othile.
ikhava: Scribner; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe10. Okumelene Nesizungu nguMarina Keegan
Ngenkathi ethweswa iziqu ze-magna cum laude e-Yale ngoMeyi 2012, u-Keegan wayenomsebenzi wokubhala othembisayo ngaphambi kwakhe kanye nomsebenzi awulindile. I New Yorker . Ngokudabukisayo, ngemva kwezinsuku ezinhlanu ethweswe iziqu, uMarina washona engozini yemoto. Leli qoqo lama-eseyi nezindaba elidlule ngemva kokufa lichaza umzabalazo esibhekene nawo njengoba sithola lokho esifuna ukuba yikho nokuthi singawasebenzisa kanjani amathalente ethu ukuze sibe nomthelela emhlabeni.
ikhava: Ihange; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombeishumi nanye. I-Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Abasha ababili, u-Ifemelu no-Obinze, bayathandana eNigeria besebasha kodwa bayahlukana lapho u-Ifemelu ethuthela eMelika futhi u-Obinze enqatshelwa i-visa ngemva kuka-9/11. Indaba yothando ebuhlungu ngombhangqwana othola indlela yokubuya ngemva kokuphila izimpilo ezihlukene endaweni eqhelelene nomunye nomunye.
isembozo: Izincwadi Zasemanzini; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe12. I-Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Inoveli yokuqala kaLahiri ilandela umndeni wakwaGanguli ukusuka eCalcutta kuya eCambridge, Massachusetts, lapho bezama khona-ngamazinga ahlukahlukene empumelelo-ukujwayela isiko laseMelika ngenkathi bebambelele ezimpandeni zabo. U-Lahiri uhlola ama-nuances wokuzizwa ubanjwa phakathi kwamasiko angqubuzanayo nokwehluka kwezenkolo, kwezenhlalo kanye nemibono. Kungakhathalekile isizinda sakho samasiko, uzozibona kuzo zombili izizukulwane zomndeni njengoba inoveli igxuma phakathi kwemigqa yesikhathi.
ikhava: Ihange; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe13. Ukuvakasha kweGoon Squad nguJennifer Egan
Iqoqo eliwine uMklomelo ka-Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer-Prize lezindaba ezixhumene liwuhambo oluyisivunguvungu endaweni yomculo yangekhulunyaka lama-20, ikakhulukazi kulandela isihlabani se-punk esikhulile u-Bennie Salazar kanye nomsizi wakhe we-kleptomaniac, uSasha. Kugcwele ukuzindla ngobusha kanye nobudedengu (ingasaphathwa i-prose ebabazekayo).
ikhava: Simon & Schuster; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe14. Unyaka kaYebo by Shonda Rhimes
Ngaphezu kokudala, ukubhala nokukhiqiza I-Anatomy kaGrey futhi I-Scandal kanye nokukhiqiza Indlela Yokubalekela Ukubulala , u-Rhimes ungumbhali othengiswa kakhulu we-memoir jam emangalisayo egcwele izeluleko zempilo. Nakuba elandisa ngobuntwana bakhe ngendlela edabukisayo futhi ehlekisayo futhi efinyelela empumelelweni, u-Rhimes unikeza amathiphu okufeza izinjongo zakho—adingeka kuleyo minyaka yangemva kwekolishi engaqinisekile ngokuphelele.
ikhava: Riverhead Books; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombeeziyishumi nanhlanu. Ama-Fates nama-Furies nguLauren Groff
I-Lotto kanye noMathilde bayakhonzwa, futhi bavame ukuzondwa, ngabangane babo nabafunda nabo eVassar College. Ushade eneminyaka engu-22 ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa nje ethandana, akekho okholelwa ukuthi inyunyana yabo ingahlala. Inoveli kaGroff ilandela iminyaka engama-25 yomshado wombhangqwana, lapho bezulazula ngenjabulo nosizi, ukwehluleka kanye nempumelelo. Ethinta umshado, umndeni, ubuciko nemidlalo yaseshashalazini, uGroff ugabadela nge-prose ebabazekayo, ubuhlakani obukhaliphile kanye nenkanuko, nokubhekisisa imiphumela elimazayo yamanga amancane amhlophe.
ikhava: Vintage; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe16. Ungalinge ungishiye by Kazuo Isiguro
Noma yini ngaphandle kwe-dystopian sci-fi yakho evamile, le noveli ecashile ngendlela exakile futhi ehlasimulisa umzimba icabanga ukuthi impilo ibingaba njani ukube ubungumuntu ophilayo, ozalelwe ukuvunwa izitho zakho lapho usumdala. (Siyaphinda: ezicashile ngendlela eyinqaba futhi ezikhathazayo .) Ukubekela eceleni itulo eliyinqaba, izindikimba zalo zobungane, ukusondela kwabanye ngenhliziyo evulekile, engahluleli, kanye nokulahlekelwa (ukuphila nobumsulwa) kusemhlabeni wonke.
isembozo: Izincwadi Zasemanzini; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe17. IQembu nguMary McCarthy
Ngo-1933, abangani besifazane abasha abayisishiyagalombili baphothula eVassar College. Le ncwadi ikhuluma ngempilo yabo ngemva kokuthweswa iziqu, eqala ngomshado womunye wabangane, uKay Strong, futhi yaphela ngomngcwabo wakhe ngo-1940. nezinkinga zezimali, izinkinga zomndeni, izindaba zobudlelwano nokunye.
ikhava: Spiegel & Grau; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe18. Phakathi Kwezwe Nami nguTa-Nehisi Coates
Lo mklomelo ka-2015 weNational Book Award for Nonfiction ubhalwe njengencwadi eya endodaneni ka-Coates esemusha futhi uhlola iqiniso ngezinye izikhathi elifiphele lokuthi kunjani ukuba mnyama e-United States. Kumelwe kufundwe kubantu abasha kanye nanoma ubani ongasebenzisa isikhumbuzo sezindlela ezicashile—futhi ezingezona ezicashile—abantu bebala abacwaswa ngazo nsuku zonke (funda: abantu abaningi).
ikhava: W. W. Norton & Company; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombe19. Intombi Evuthayo nguClaire Messud
UJulia noCassie bebengabangani kusukela enkulisa, babelana ngayo yonke into, okuhlanganisa nesifiso sabo sokubalekela imikhawulo ekhubayo yedolobha lakubo laseMassachusetts. Kodwa izindlela zabo ziyaphambuka njengoba bengena ebusheni, uCassie eqala uhambo oluzobeka impilo yakhe engozini futhi lonakalise ubungane bakhe obudala. Indaba eyinkimbinkimbi ezayo, yakamuva ka-Messud iwukuhlolwa kwentsha, ubungane kanye nokungqubuzana kwemihlaba yengqondo yobuntwana neqiniso elivame ukubuhlungu lokukhula.
ikhava: Ihange; ingemuva: Fidan/getty izithombeamashumi amabili. Impilo Encane by Kuphela Yanagihara
Lo mthengisi ongcono kakhulu wenza i-tearjerker yakho emaphakathi ibukeke inelanga. Abafundi abane abaphothule ekolishi elincane eMassachusetts bathuthela eNew York ukuze balandele amaphupho abo futhi babaleke amademoni abo. Uma sebefikile, ubudlelwano babo buyajula, futhi kube nezimfihlo ezibuhlungu (njenge ngokungathí sina izinto ezingcolile) kusukela esikhathini sabo esidlule. Nakuba imininingwane ingase ingahlobani ngaso sonke isikhathi, umuzwa wokuzulazula ebudlelwaneni eminyakeni yama-20s uthinta eduze kwasekhaya.
OKUhlobene : Izinkumbulo Ezinhle Kakhulu Ezingu-38 Esake Sazifunda
