Kwesinye isikhathi ufuna ukujula encwadini ejulile, ekwenza ucabange ngakho konke oke wakwazi ngesintu. Lesi akusona esinye salezo zikhathi. Sethula, ngaphandle kwe-oda elithile, izincwadi ezingama-50 eziqinisekisiwe ukuthi zizokwehlukanisa (kanye kungenzeka khohlwa yikho konke okukucindezelayo... amahora ambalwa).
eyodwa. asikaze sihlangane empilweni yangempela: ama-eseyi by samantha irby
Kalula nje, le ncwadi izokusiza uzizwe ukhululekile. Kuleli qoqo lezindatshana, omunye wababhali abahlekisa kakhulu besikhathi sethu uhlanganisa indlela ubuntwana bakhe obunzima obaholela ngayo enkingeni ekwenzeni amabhajethi 'abantu abadala', uhambo oluyinhlekelele lokuya eNashville ukuyohlakaza umlotha kayise owayengahlukani naye, indlela yokwenza. zulazula ebunganeni nabangane bangaphambili abaphuzayo manje asebengomama basemadolobheni nokuningi.
ezimbili. Ukuphuza Okufisayo nguCarrie Fisher
Ongasekho, umlingisikazi ophambili nombhali u-Carrie Fisher uguqule lokhu, okuwukuphela kwenkumbulo yakhe, ohlelweni lwakhe lowesifazane oyedwa olwashisa izikhotha futhi akumnandi kangako. Kusukela ekukhuleni nabazali abadumile kanye nokuthola impumelelo enkulu eneminyaka engu-19 ubudala kuya ekuzabalazweni nempilo yengqondo kanye nedrama yobudlelwane obuseduze, uFisher ucacile futhi uyahlekisa futhi uyahlekisa.
3. enzelwe uthando by alissa nutting
Le ndaba ehlekisayo nengenangqondo (evela kumbhali wezindaba ezihlekisayo nezingenangqondo ngokulinganayo I-Tampa ) utshelwa ngokombono wowesifazane othuthela epaki ehlala abantu abadala, lapho ahlala nabo kunguyise kanye noDiane—unodoli wocansi ofana nempilo.
Ezine. Ngingakwazi't Usuku lukaJesu: Uthando, Ucansi, Umndeni, Uhlanga, Nezinye Izizathu I'Faka Ukholo Lwami kuBeyonce nguMichael Arceneaux
Lapho ekhulela e-Houston, eTexas, umuntu omnyama nongqingili, umlobi u-Arceneaux kwadingeka afunde ukuzamukela ezweni elalifuna ashintshe. Encwadini yakhe yokuqala, uthinta yonke into kusukela ekuphumeni kwakhe kumama wakhe kuye ekutheni acishe wagcina ebupristini.
5. Me Talk Pretty One Day nguDavid Sedaris
Noma yiziphi izincwadi ezinhle zikaSedaris bezingenza lolu hlu, kodwa indaba yalolu hlobo (mayelana nomzamo wombhali wokufunda isiFulentshi ngemva kokuthuthela eParis) ikubeka phezu konqenqema.
6. I-Bossypants by Tina Fey
Ngaphambi kokuthi adale uLiz Lemon noma uKimmy Schmidt, uFey wayeyingane exakile yasePennsylvania eyayinephupho lokuba ngusomahlaya. Incwadi yakhe, emayelana nakho konke okwenzeka phakathi, iyamangalisa.
7. I-Confederacy of Dunces nguJohn Kennedy Toole
U-Ignatius J. Reilly, ivila elihlala nonina, ungumlingiswa ongenakulibaleka wale ncwadi enesiphithiphithi ekhuluma ngezigigaba zakhe eNew Orleans eyashicilelwa ngemuva kokushona kwakhe ngabakwa-Toole. okwakho umama. (Futhi uwine iPulitzer. NBD.)
8. Udadewethu, uMbulali we-serial by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Yize ingemfishane ekungabazeni okuvimba inhliziyo, lo mdlalo wamahlaya omnyama ukhuluma ngoKorede, owesifazane waseNigeria onodadewabo, u-Ayoola, onomkhuba omubi wokubulala amasoka akhe.
9. Ngatshelwa Lapho'd Yiba Ikhekhe nguSloane Crosley
Iqoqo lendatshana yokuqala kaCrosley likhathazekile futhi lihlakaniphile ngayo yonke into kusukela emisebenzini yokuqala enyantisayo (lapho acasula khona umphathi wakhe wokuqala ngephutha) ukuze abulale amaphoyisa kumakhelwane wakhe ongaqondakali emdlalweni wekhompyutha we-Oregon Trail. (Ford that river!)
10. Ungakwazi't Thinta Izinwele Zami by Phoebe Robinson
Ubufakazi ungahlekisa futhi kuyakhuthaza? URobinson uxoxa ngezindaba ezingathi sína ezifana nokucwasa ngokweziko kanye nokungahloniphi kwabesifazane kanye nezilula ezifana nokuba ngumlandeli omkhulu we-U2 kanye naye. UMagic Mike ukuthatheka kwefilimu.
ishumi nanye. Umabhebhana nguSarah Silverman
Ecacile, edabukisayo futhi engcolile ngezikhathi ezithile, imemori ka-Silverman ihlanganisa yonke into kusukela ekuthandeni kwakhe kwasebuntwaneni ukufunga ukuthi uneshwa ukuthambekela kokuchamela umbhede.
12. Abathakathi base-Eastwick nguJohn Updike
Inguqulo ye-movie inhle kakhulu, kodwa umthombo wangempela ka-Updike mayelana nabesifazane abathathu abadeliwe uyabhuqa futhi uyamangalisa.
13. Kuphi'd Uyahamba, Bernadette nguMaria Semple
U-Bernadette ungumakhi wezakhiwo ongahlanganyeli nomama oduka. Indodakazi yakhe izama ukumthola, ihlanganise isithombe esihlekisayo sowesifazane ongaqondakali endleleni.
14. Wena'Ngizokhulela Kuyo by Jessi Klein
Umbhali omkhulu we Ngaphakathi kuka-Amy Schumer ihlanganisa yonke into kusukela ekubeni inguqulo yabantu abadala ye-tomboy (i-tom-man) kuya kokuthi kungani abanye besifazane beyizimpisi kanti abanye bengama-poodle. (Sizomvumela ukuthi achaze.)
eziyishumi nanhlanu. Ngilizwa Kabuhlungu Igolo Lami nguNora Efron
Kusuka komunye wababhali bethu esibathandayo besikhathi sonke, ukubukeka okucacile nokuhlekisayo kwabesifazane asebekhulile nababhekana nazo zonke izinto ezihambisana nakho.
16. Umfana Omhlophe Shuffle nguPaul Beatty
Inoveli yokuqala ehlekisayo ngokumangazayo emayelana no-surfer omnyama ongaphathekile kahle njengoba eshintsha esuka ekubeni inyumbazane yasendaweni eya ekubeni isihlabani se-basketball ukuya kumesiya omanqikanqika.
17. Konke Engikwaziyo Ngothando: Isikhumbuzo nguDolly alderton
Kule memori evela entathelini nowake waba NgeSonto Times u-Alderton, ulandisa ngokucacile nangokuhlekisayo ngokuthandana, ukudakwa, ukulahlwa, ebona ukuthi u-Ivan ovela esitolo esisekhoneni kungenzeka kube ukuphela kwendoda enokwethenjelwa ekuphileni kwakhe kanye nokubhuqa okuningi okuhlobene.
18. Ikhodi ye-Woosters ngu-P.G. I-Wodehouse
I-quintessential yamahlaya yaseBrithani ibhala ngoBertie Wooster kanye ne-valet Jeeves yakhe, njengoba lo wakamuva esindisa owokuqala ekuboshweni, ekubulaweni nasekuhlanganyeleni ngephutha.
19. Izigigaba Zentombazane Emnyama Eyinhle ngu-Issa Rae
Kule ncwadi eqanjwe ngochungechunge lwakhe lwewebhu oludumile, u-Rae ubhala mayelana nokuthi kunjani ukulinganisa ukuba umuntu ongenisa ulwazi (funda: okuxakile) nokuba mnyama (funda: kufanele kube kuhle).
amashumi amabili. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
UJim Dixon ungumfundisi enyuvesi kanokusho. Kule noveli yokuqala ehlekisayo, u-Amis udwengula abalingisi besiNgisi abaphezulu kakhulu uDixon axoxa nabo njengoba ezama ukubambelela emsebenzini wakhe onzima.
amashumi amabili nanye. Impilo Yami NjengoNkulunkulukazi: Isikhumbuzo Ngamasiko Athandwayo (Un). nguGuy Branum
Kuleli qoqo lendatshana, usomahlaya u-Branum ukhuluma ngayo yonke into kusukela emigodini yokuqopha njengo-Sassy Gay Friend kuye ngokuthi ukuya esikoleni somthetho kwamenza kanjani wanquma ukuzama ukusukuma.
22. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by trevor noah
Wazalelwa ubaba omhlophe waseSwitzerland kanye nomama omnyama ongumXhosa, indlela kaNowa engenakwenzeka esuka eNingizimu Afrika yobandlululo eya etafuleni lika I-Daily Show waqala ngesenzo sobugebengu: ukuzalwa kwakhe (inyunyana yabazali bakhe yayijeziswa iminyaka emihlanu ejele). Inkumbulo yakhe enyakazayo nehlekisayo imayelana nokudlula emhlabeni owonakele ngesikhathi esiyingozi, enokuhlekisa okujulile nothando lukamama olungajwayelekile, olungenamibandela.
23. Amadoda Amathathu Esikebheni nguJerome K. Jerome
Yize yashicilelwa ngo-1899, ukulandisa kukaJerome okuhlekisayo kohambo lwesikebhe samadoda amathathu kuqhubeke ngendlela eshaqisayo ngo-2021.
24. Ingabe Wonke Umuntu Uyahlanganyela Ngaphandle Kwami? by Mindy Kaling
Esinye isihloko esisebenzayo: Amakhasi angama-242 Azokwenza Ufune Ukuba Umngane Omkhulu Ka-Mindy Kaling .
25. Umgibeli's Umhlahlandlela we-Galaxy nguDouglas Adams
Eyokuqala ku-trilogy yezincwadi ezinhlanu (cha, lokho akukona ukuthayipha), Umhlahlandlela we-Hitchhiker ingenye yalezo zincwadi eziyivelakancane zesayensi ezingathakaselwa yiwo wonke umfundi emhlabeni.
26. Isikophu ngu-Evelyn Waugh
Ukubhuqa kobuntatheli obuvusa amadlingozi kanye nababhali bangaphandle, Isikophu ngokwengxenye isekelwe kulwazi luka-Waugh lokusebenzela i- Imeyili Yansuku zonke . Hhawu , enamanzi.
27. Hamba ku-F**k ukuze Ulale ngu-Adam Mansbach
KULUNGILE, ungase ungafuni ukufundela ingane yakho le ncwadi ngaphambi kokulala. Kodwa ingcolile, ithembekile futhi ihlekisa ngempela kubantu abadala.
28. Ngiyakuthanda ngu-Amy Sedaris
Ubucabanga ukuthi uDavid uyena yedwa uSedaris owayenenhliziyo embi? Cha. Lo mhlahlandlela we-offbeat wokuzijabulisa uzokwenza ukuthi uginqike phansi, bese umba isikhunta sakho se-Jell-O ngaphandle kwegaraji.
29. Ama-Omens Amahle nguTerry Pratchett noNeil Gaiman
Lobu budlelwano bokubhala obungenakwenzeka bukhiqize incwadi engavamile, engelona iqiniso ephathelene nokuzalwa kwendodana kaSathane kanye nokuza kokuphela kwezikhathi.
30. Yebo Ngiyacela ngu-Amy Poehler
Le ncwadi inakho konke: i-haiku emayelana nokuhlinzwa kwepulasitiki, uhlelo lokuzalwa oluhlekisayo, uhlu lokucatshangelwa kwengqondo lwezincwadi eziqanjiwe ezimayelana nesehlukaniso namathani amaningi.
31. Ethukuthele egane unwabu nguJenny Lawson
Ukuhlolwa okuhlekisayo nokudabukisayo kokudangala kwakhe okukhulu, inkumbulo kaLawson ikwenza kube lula ukugula ngengqondo ngaphandle kokukuthatha kalula.
32. Konke Kuphelele Uma Ukhona'ngingumqambimanga nguKelly Oxford
Umzwilili we-Twitter u-Oxford uxoxa njengentombi yakho ehlekisa kakhulu ngayo yonke into kusukela ekuxosheni abantu abaletha ukudla kwaseShayina kuya ekucupheni uLeonardo DiCaprio.
33. I-hyperbole nengxenye ngu-Allie Brosh
Izalelwa kubhulogi edumile ka-Brosh, le ncwadi ehlekisayo edabukisayo—eboniswa ngemidwebo yezingane eyeqisayo—iphethe izihloko ezifana nokucindezeleka kombhali kanye noNkulunkulu wekhekhe.
3. 4. Ucansi, Izidakamizwa kanye Nococoa Puffs nguChuck Klosterman
Ukuthi uyahlaziya Igcinwe yiNsimbi iziqephu noma ifa lobuciko likaBilly Joel, ukuthatha kuka-Klosterman okuhlekisayo nokuqondayo ngesiko le-pop kungenye yezinhlobo nhlobo.
35. UJohane Ufa Ekugcineni nguDavid Wong
Indaba ethusayo ehlekisayo, UJohane Ufa Ekugcineni Kunzima ukukuchaza, ngaphandle kokuthi kuyamangalisa ukuthi ngandlela thize kuyasebenza.
36. Umakoti weNkosazana nguWilliam Goldman
Indaba yothando ka-Westley kanye ne-Buttercup yaziwa kakhulu kunoma ubani ongakwazi ukusho umugqa wefilimu ngomugqa (unecala), kodwa umbhalo wokuqala ka-Goldman onohlaya akumele uphuthelwe.
37. UBridget Jones's Idayari nguHelen Fielding
Kuyafana nangesethulo sika-Helen Fielding sento engu-30 uBridget Jones ngaphambi kokuthi enziwe isithonjana nguRenée Zellweger.
38. Intombazane Ene-Lower Back Tattoo ngu-Amy Schumer
Incwadi yokuqala ka-Schumer ayijabhisi, njengoba amahlaya ehlanganisa yonke into kusukela kokuthandana nomqeqeshi womuntu siqu ovele abe ngumgcini wezincwadi ngendlela angena ngayo.
39. I-Pippi Longstocking ngu-Astrid Lindgren
Uma unezingane, zifundele lokhu. Uma ungenjalo, khumbula izigigaba ezinyantisayo zaleli qhawekazi elinengulube ebomvu enehhashi kuvulandi walo kanye nobukhazikhazi bobuwula obungenangqondo.
40. Don Quixote nguMiguel de Cervantes
Masiyibuyisele ku-1604, akunjalo? Lo msebenzi wobuciko ongapheli uxoxa ngendaba yohlanya uDon Quixote kanye nesquire sakhe esithembekile, uSancho Panza, njengoba bedabula eSpain ekhulwini le-16.
41. I-Feminist Engalungile nguRoxane Gay
U-Roxane Gay ozibiza ngumuntu wesifazane uyawuthanda umculo we-rap. Kubandakanya—ikakhulukazi, ngisho—uhlobo olunolaka, olunenzondo. Kodwa lokho, uyaphikisana, akusho ukuthi akayena umuntu wesifazane. Kunalokho, kusho ukuthi mubi, futhi lokho kulungile.
42. Wazalwa Emile Ibhalwe nguSteve Martin
Ngaphambi kokuthi abe yinkanyezi oyaziyo namuhla, uSteve Martin wayengumlingo kanye nomnandisa weDisneyland ecwilisa uzwane ehlayeni. Lokhu kulandisa kwe-pre- I-SNL izinsuku zimnandi futhi ziyathandeka.
43. Imali by Martin Amis
UJohn Self ungumqondisi wezohwebo oveza ubugovu nenkanuko yama-1980s. Izigigaba zakhe ezingalungile kanye nokuzungeza okuya phansi bekuzodabukisa uma iphrozi ka-Amis ibingelona iqiniso elimnyama.
44. Indlela Yokuba Owesifazane nguCaitlin Moran
U-Moran ungumuntu wesifazane ongaxolisi, okungekona-njengoba efakazela ngokujabulisayo kule ncwadi-okukhethekile kanye nokuba mnandi (ngempela) ngempela.
Ezine. Ezinhlanu. Abacebile base-Asia by Kevin Kwan
U-Rachel uvakashela eSingapore okokuqala nesoka lakhe elicebe kakhulu. Okulandelayo i-super fun romp egcwele ukunethezeka, ukukhuphuka komphakathi kanye nokucekela phansi (dun dun dun). Uyibonile imuvi, manje funda incwadi eyigqugquzele.
46. Ukunqoba Okuncane nguJason Gay
UGay, umlobi wephephandaba, wabhala le ncwadi ngemva kokuba uyise etholwe enomdlavuza. Akakaze azimisele kakhulu, uhlala ezibukela phansi futhi ecasukile.
47. Sabe Sesifika Ekugcineni nguJoshua Ferris
Ukubhuqa kwendawo yokusebenza yaseMelika, inoveli yokuqala kaFerris ithinta izibopho ezisondelene ngendlela eyinqaba ezakha phakathi kwabantu ababonana kakhulu kunokuba babone abashade nabo, imindeni nabangane.
48. Cold Comfort Farm nguStella Gibbons
Incwadi ka-Gibbons yango-1932 ikhuluma ngama-akhawunti athandwayo empilo yasemaphandleni eyayidumile ngaleso sikhathi ngendaba kaFlora Poste, osemusha oyintandane owayezimisele ukwenza idolobha lakubo lendabuko libe yisimanjemanje.
49. Ukhala Kanjani Emphakathini nguJacqueline Novak
Indlela kaNovak ehlekisayo nengokoqobo yokubhekana nokucindezeleka kwakhe ikhululekile ngokuqabulayo, inohlu oluthi Izindlela zokugwema ukujabulisa umelaphi wakho, namathiphu amane aphezulu okukhala ezindaweni zokudlela.
amashumi amahlanu. Catch-22 nguJoseph Heller
Njengoba kubhekwa kabanzi njengenye yamanoveli abaluleke kakhulu ekhulwini lama-20, ukubhuqa kukaHeller WWII kumayelana neqembu lemizamo ephindaphindwayo ye-airmen yokugwema imisebenzi yokulwa ebonakala iholela ekufeni okuthile.
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