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QQ read the 2021 annual non-fiction book list
At the end of the year, it is the season of inventory.
2021, a year of twists and turns intertwined with hope. This year, the new crown epidemic has been repeatedly delayed, the economic recovery is facing multiple challenges, many industries have undergone major adjustments, large countries and small people have near-term worries, and their thoughts and readings cover many keywords - China's economy, national governance, space exploration, artificial intelligence, scientific spirit, feminism, anxious life, micro-human nature...
However, the sea of books is vast, and it is not easy for readers to choose books. As a digital reading platform, QQ Reading has always insisted on combing the reading context of the public and selecting good books that reflect the issues of the times. After a comprehensive consideration, we have selected twenty "Good Books published of the year". By reading these good books on this topic, we can feel the pulse of the current era more "in the matter".
Non-fiction | Chinese original | economy
Staying Inside: The Chinese Government and Economic Development
Lan Xiaohuan wrote
Century Wenjing, Shanghai People's Publishing House
August 2021
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To understand complex economic phenomena, we need to be careful to avoid the dichotomy between government and markets and make oversimplified judgments. The government has not only profoundly affected the Chinese economy, but also been a direct participant in the process of economic construction and market environment improvement. To understand the Chinese economy, we must understand the Chinese government. "Inside: The Chinese Government and Economic Development" is committed to building a bridge between economic theory and China's development practice, with Chinese local governments as the protagonists of analysis, telling the story of China's economic development.
Non-fiction | Chinese original | Popular history reading
Xiang Rui: Wang Mang and His Time
Zhang Xiangrong
"Xiangrui: Wang Mang and His Time" intercepts the historical fragment from Emperor Xuan of Han to Xinmang, cuts from the perspective of "Xiangrui", analyzes the personal, family and regime-related character events of Wang Mang, reproduces the wrestling of the political stage in the late Years of the Western Han Dynasty, shapes the interest relations and ups and downs of various forces, and then re-examines Wang Mang at the center of the vortex to spy on him and the true appearance of the times. The intertwining of chiaroscuro lines, while meeting the reading needs of both professionalism and publicity, is a historical masterpiece that cannot be missed in 2021.
Non-fiction | Chinese original | Essays on Modern and Contemporary China
"Dust"
Chen Nianxi
Guomai Culture Tianjin People's Publishing House
May 2021
He is the good writer I think of, I have never thought about his profession, and although I respect writers of worker or peasant origin, what is important to me is the quality of writing and literature itself.
——Zhang Li, judge of the two-time Mao Dun Literature Award, professor of Beijing Normal University
Non-fiction | Chinese original | History of China
Two Thousand Years of the Qin System: The Rules of Power of Feudal Emperors
Chen Xubin
Zhejiang People's Publishing House
July 2021
Without understanding the Qin Dynasty and the Qin system, it is impossible to read Chinese history.
Why from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties for more than two thousand years, the territory has been changing, the dynasty is constantly changing, heroes are emerging, new varieties of food are being introduced, craftsmanship and technology are increasing, and the difficult life of the people at the bottom seems to have never changed much.
Through the history that has been beautified by countless layers of packaging, to understand the most secretive hidden thread of Chinese history, it is enough to read this book "Two Thousand Years of qin system: Rules of power of feudal emperors".
Non-fiction | Chinese original | Cultural commentary
Rereading the 20th Century Chinese Novel
By Xu Zidong
Ideal Country Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore
September 2021
Rereading 20th Century Chinese Novels provides us with a map to explore 20th century literature, a collection of nearly 100 classic works by more than 60 writers, allowing you to read through Chinese stories and enter 20th century China in one book. From Liang Qichao's "The Future of New China" in 1902 to Liu Cixin's science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" in 2006, the officials, intellectuals, peasants, workers, businessmen, women and their complex relationships with each other in the century-old novel have reproduced the "Chinese story" that really happened behind literature. Behind the masterpieces in the history of literature in the past hundred years are living Chinese, and when we see their blood and tears and dreams, we also see ourselves today.
Non-fiction | Chinese original | corpus
"Be a sober modern man"
By Liu Qing
Boji Tian scrolls and walkers
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House
April 2021
Will the world be a better place? I believe that young people in the current turbulent and turbulent era of ideological debate will be somewhat confused and wandering in the face of this problem. In this book, Teacher Liu Qing shows the connection between lofty philosophical concepts and the real situation of the world. If you are confused about the times and yourself, follow him to do a gymnastics of thought and an exploration of ideas.
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Non-fiction | Translated book | biography
Become Beauvoir
By Kate Kirkpatrick
Translated by Liu Haiping
CITIC Unbounded | CITIC Press
March 2021
"Becoming Beauvoir" is a new biography of Beauvoir based on newly exposed Beauvoir letters, early diaries and other materials in recent years. "Women are not born, but acquired." Beauvoir said. This groundbreaking biography introduces new material such as Beauvoir's previously unpublished diaries and letters, pulling her out of Sartre's shadow and putting her in her own spotlight, presenting the reader with a more realistic and three-dimensional Beauvoir.
Non-fiction | Translated book | Science
The Power of Calculus
By Steve Stogats
Ren Ye translated
CITIC Publishing Nautilus
CITIC Publishing Group
January 2021
From the esoteric mysteries of the universe, to the inventions of science and technology, to the daily food, clothing, and housing, the power of calculus is everywhere. This is a popular science book about how calculus can help human beings explore nature and the world, carry out scientific and technological inventions and innovations, and thus promote the process of human civilization. It is also a book of the history of science that tells how archimedes, Pythagoras, Newton, Galileo, Kepler and other famous figures solved the mystery of curves, the mystery of movement, and the mystery of change.
Non-fiction | Translated book | autobiography
My Geometric Life: The Autobiography of Yau Chengtong
By Steve Nadis
Translated by Natsuki
Yilin Publishing House
From learning to being a person, Yau Chengtong sincerely and frankly told his extraordinary geometric life and spiritual world in this wonderful biography. From a miserable teenager in rural China to a world-famous top mathematician, he travels in the realm of science with extraordinary intelligence, concentration, mental strength and perseverance, constantly breaking through the farthest frontiers of human wisdom possibilities. This courage to seek the truth and the deep feelings of home and country are infiltrated between the lines, giving people deep enlightenment and strength.
Non-fiction | Translated book | Humanities and Social Sciences
What is feminism useful? 》
By Tabi Jackson Gifreya Ross
Translated by Wu Qinghong
What is feminism useful? " is a feminist popular science book suitable for both men and women. Women can read it and understand how hard it is to improve the status of women, and how many remaining problems are waiting for us to solve. Men who read it can understand the difficulty of the situation of their female compatriots and also realize that men are also victims of patriarchy. Although this book is written like a public account hit article, the knowledge point is very solid, and it can guide readers to read further, and it is an excellent "feminist" leader.
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