书中自有颜如玉，书中自由黄金屋！除了追英美剧练听力，读英文小说也是积累词汇量，提高阅读能力的终极大法！那么到底有哪些经久不衰且广受欢迎的英语作品值得阅读呢？

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genre 类型，流派

literature 文学

fiction 虚构小说

non-fiction 非虚构小说

Drama 戏剧

Poetry 诗歌

NO.1

Fiction虚构小说

Romance/romantic novel 言情小说 

Science-fiction novel 科幻小说 

Mystery/suspense novel 悬疑小说 

Detective novel 侦探小说 

Fantasy novel 幻想小说 

Historical novel 历史小说

01 Flowers for Algernon 《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》

by Daniel Keyes 

science-fiction 

written in 1959 

won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960

Algernon：a laboratory mouse

Charlie Gordon：mentally disabled

02 The Nightingale《夜莺》

by Kristin Hannah 

a historical fiction 历史小说 

two sisters in France 

during World War II

NO.2 Non-Fiction 非虚构

Biography 传记 

Autobiography / memoir 自传 

Business book 商务类书籍 

Psychological book 心理学书籍 

Self-help book 励志书

01 Tuesday with Morrie 《相约星期二》

by Daniel Keyes 

science-fiction 

written in 1959 

won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960

Algernon：a laboratory mouse

Charlie Gordon：mentally disabled

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 《人类简史》

21 Lessons for the 21st Century 《今日简史》

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow 《未来简史》

形容书好看的词句

... beautiful 

... heartbreaking 

... classic 经典的 

...philosophic 有哲理的 

It’s a page-turner. 

This novel is so riveting. I couldn’t put it down 太引人入胜了，完全停不下来 

I’m so obsessed with that novel that I read it 4 times.

非常着迷。