第1584期：她的书销量超过了圣经
Ten years ago she was living in a
trailer home with the dream of becoming a writer. This year her novels
have sold more copies than The Bible.
这是英国每日电讯报上一篇文章的标题。
她叫Colleen Hoover. 你听说过吗？
问这个问题就好像2010年前后你随便问一个中国大陆年轻人“你知道韩寒、郭敬明吗？”一样，对方一定认为你有病。
美国当今最畅销的作家，没有之一，风头已经盖过了Stephen King，销量早就甩了James Patterson几条街，纽约时报畅销书榜单（实体书）前十名书目里面六本是她的作品。简直就像有一阵子不论你在哪里搜索“相声”，一屏全是郭德纲、德云社。
*https://www.colleenhoover.com/
昨天我开始读她的成名作 “It Ends With Us”。
所有英文小说最精彩的都是第一段，每一章最棒的一定是第一句话。下面给你欣赏一下这本书的开头。
As I sit here with one foot on either side of the ledge, looking down from twelve stories above the streets of Boston, I can’t help but think about suicide.
*是不是被suicide吸引住了？
Not my own. I like my life enough to want to see it through.
*是不是悬念来了？
主人公坐在波士顿大街12层楼顶，忍不住想到了自杀。
但不是自己自杀……
2016年，这部小说被评选为Goodreads 年度最佳爱情小说（Goodreads Choice Awards 2016）。
下周等我读完这本书再跟你详细分享吧。
附：Goodreads 本周刚刚公布的2022年度最佳好书书单。
Goodreads Choice Award Winners of 2022
Best Fiction
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin
Best Mystery & Thriller
The Maid, by Nita Prose
Best Historical Fiction
Carrie Soto Is Back, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Best Fantasy
House of Sky and Breath, by Sarah J. Maas
Best Romance
Book Lovers, by Emily Henry
Best Science Fiction
Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
Best Horror
Hidden Pictures, by Jason Rekulak
Best Humor
The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There, by Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey
Best Nonfiction
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience, by Brené Brown
Best Memoir & Autobiography
I’m Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy
Best History & Biography
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, by Huw Lemmey, Ben Miller
Best Graphic Novels & Comics
Heartstopper: Volume Four, by Alice Oseman
Best Poetry
Call Us What We Carry, by Amanda Gorman
Best Debut Novel
Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
Best Young Adult Fiction
The Final Gambit, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Gallant, by V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab
Best Middle Grade & Children’s
I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us, by Andie Powers (Goodreads Author), Betsy Petersen
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