百部最佳英文小说

上了大学，除了学习我们有很多空余时间任由自己安排，有人选择玩游戏，有人选择煲剧，也有人选择阅读。接下来毕老师介绍10本大学值得一读的英文小说，还可以帮助大家积累词汇量，提高阅读能力哦！

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers

《海底两万里》

此书是法国科幻小说家儒勒·凡尔纳的代表作之一，是一部出色的悬念小说。

小说从海面上“怪兽”出没，频频袭击各国海轮。使市民人心惶惶开始，到鹦鹉螺号被大西洋旋涡吞没为止，整部小说悬念迭出，环环相扣。

The Great Gatsby

《了不起的盖茨比》

此书是美国作家弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德1925年所写的一部以20世纪20年代的纽约市及长岛为背景的中篇小说，小说的背景被设定在现代化的美国社会中上阶层的白人圈内，通过卡拉韦的叙述展开。

小说主人公詹姆斯·卡兹本是北达科他州的一个贫穷的农家子弟，自幼梦想做个出人头地的大人物。经过一番努力，他终于步步高升，并更名为杰伊·盖茨比。

The Goiden Notebook

《金色笔记》

2007年，瑞典学院将诺贝尔文学奖授予当代英国最重要的作家之一的多丽丝·莱辛。诺贝尔文学奖颁奖词称《金色笔记》为“一部先锋作品，是二十世纪审视男女关系的巅峰之作”。

《金色笔记》是“自由女性”安娜的成长纪录，由一个故事、五本笔记构成。黑色笔记代表她的作家生活，红色笔记代表政治生活，黄色笔记代表爱情生活，蓝色笔记代表精神生活。而金色笔记，则是一种哲理的表述，一个生活的总结。

The Catcher In the Rye

《麦田里的守望者》

此书是美国作家杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格唯一的一部长篇小说。愤怒与焦虑是此书的两大主题，主人公的经历和思想在青少年中引起强烈共鸣，受到读者，特别是广大学生的热烈欢迎。

《麦田里的守望者》通过第一人称以青少年的口吻叙述全书，更重要的是揭示了资本主义社会精神文明的实质。此书借鉴了意识流天马行空的写作方法，充分探索了一个十几岁少年的内心世界。

The Book Thief

《偷书贼》

此书迄今已经售出英国、德国、意大利、法国、西班牙、巴西、韩国、日本、丹麦、荷兰、中国、以色列、塞尔维亚、芬兰、挪威等国版权，2006年亚玛逊网络书店年度选书（青少年类编辑选书），获颁“全国犹太图书协会”小说奖。

《偷书贼》讲述的是9岁小女孩莉赛尔和弟弟在战乱中被迫送到寄养家庭，莉赛尔在弟弟不幸死去后偷了一本掘墓工人的手册，从此开始忍不住开始偷书，进入了文字的奇妙世界。

The Ninth Hour

《第九小时》

此书讲述了在人生的最低谷，女主角安妮得到了修女们的帮助。然而生命中的劫难该来的总会来，她们到底经历了什么?基于一些真实事件创作的小说、关于姐妹情谊的一部著作将会带给我们怎样的思考?

The Golden Compass

《黄金罗盘》

此书是英国当代著名作家马克斯·苏萨克所著，他的代表作《黑质三部曲》，风靡全球书界，发行千万余套，全世界非常受瞩目的奇幻史诗巨作之一！本书正是三部曲之一。

《黄金罗盘》主要讲述了年仅12岁的莉拉·贝拉奎亚，意外得到一个黄金罗盘，为了寻找被拐走的好友，阻止邪恶力量，她在强大盟友的帮助下，飞向北极的故事。

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

《一个印第安少年的超真实日记》

此书是当代美国印第安族裔作家谢尔曼·阿莱克西的代表作。在《时代》周刊TIME曾评选出的百部最佳YA小说榜单的TOP1。该书曾获2007年“美国国家图书奖”，2008年获“波士顿环球报好书奖”。

主要讲述了一个名叫阿诺的印第安男孩因不满在保留地的生活处境，毅然转学去了离家很远的白人学校，他的这一举动被族人和朋友视为背叛，他也被白人同学看作异类。然而，阿诺骨子里有着坚韧和永不放弃的精神，通过他的努力，他不仅获得了朋友和族人的理解，也被白人同学接纳。

All-Time 100 Best Novels Time critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.The Complete List in Alphabetical Order: 1. The Adventure of Augie March by Saul Bellow2. All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren3. American Pastoral by Philip Roth4. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser5. Animal Farm by George Orwell6. Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara7. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume8. The Assistant by Bernard Malamud9. At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien10. Atonement by Ian McEwan11. Beloved by Toni Morrison12. The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood13. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler14. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood15. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy16. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh17. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder18. Call It Sleep by Henry Roth19. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller20. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger21. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess22. The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron23. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen24. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon25. A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell26. The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West27. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather28. A Death in the Family by James Agee29. The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen30. Deliverance by James Dickey31. Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone32. Falconer by John Cheever33. The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles34. The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing35. Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin36. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell37. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck38. Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon39. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald40. A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh41. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers42. The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene43. Herzog by Saul Bellow44. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson45. A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul46. I, Claudius by Robert Graves47. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace48. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison49. Light in August by William Faulkner50. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis51. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov52. Lord of the Flies by William Golding53. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien54. Loving by Henry Green55. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis56. The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead57. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie58. Money by Martin Amis59. The Moviegoer by Walker Percy60. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf61. Naked Lunch by William Burroughs62. Native Son by Richard Wright63. Neuromancer by William Gibson64. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro65. 1984 by George Orwell66. On the Road by Jack Kerouac67. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey68. The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski69. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov70. A Passage to India by E. M. Forster71. Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion72. Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth73. Possession by A. S. Byatt74. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene75. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark76. Rabbit, Run by John Updike77. Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow78. The Recognitions by William Gaddis79. Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett80. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates81. The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles82. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut83. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson84. The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth85. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner86. The Sportswriter by Richard Ford87. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre88. The Sun also Rises by Ernest Hemingway89. Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston90. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe91. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee92. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf93. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller94. Ubik by Philip K. Dick95. Under the Net by Iris Murdoch96. Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry97. All-Time 100 Best Novels Time critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.The Complete List in Alphabetical Order: 1. The Adventure of Augie March by Saul Bellow2. All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren3. American Pastoral by Philip Roth4. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser5. Animal Farm by George Orwell6. Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara7. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume8. The Assistant by Bernard Malamud9. At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien10. Atonement by Ian McEwan11. Beloved by Toni Morrison12. The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood13. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler14. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood15. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy16. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh17. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder18. Call It Sleep by Henry Roth19. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller20. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger21. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess22. The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron23. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen24. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon25. A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell26. The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West27. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather28. A Death in the Family by James Agee29. The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen30. Deliverance by James Dickey31. Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone32. Falconer by John Cheever33. The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles34. The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing35. Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin36. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell37. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck38. Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon39. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald40. A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh41. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers42. The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene43. Herzog by Saul Bellow44. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson45. A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul46. I, Claudius by Robert Graves47. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace48. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison49. Light in August by William Faulkner50. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis51. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov52. Lord of the Flies by William Golding53. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien54. Loving by Henry Green55. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis56. The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead57. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie58. Money by Martin Amis59. The Moviegoer by Walker Percy60. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf61. Naked Lunch by William Burroughs62. Native Son by Richard Wright63. Neuromancer by William Gibson64. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro65. 1984 by George Orwell66. On the Road by Jack Kerouac67. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey68. The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski69. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov70. A Passage to India by E. M. Forster71. Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion72. Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth73. Possession by A. S. Byatt74. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene75. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark76. Rabbit, Run by John Updike77. Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow78. The Recognitions by William Gaddis79. Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett80. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates81. The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles82. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut83. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson84. The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth85. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner86. The Sportswriter by Richard Ford87. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre88. The Sun also Rises by Ernest Hemingway89. Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston90. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe91. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee92. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf93. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller94. Ubik by Philip K. Dick95. Under the Net by Iris Murdoch96. Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry97. Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons98. White Noise by Don DeLillo99. White Teeth by Zadie Smith100. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysWatchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons