Every year for the 423-volume festival, we will publish an annual list of recommended books to select the best books that are particularly worth reading among the new books published in the past year.
On March 23 this year, we launched the "Good Books and Newspapers" campaign, 67 publishers selected and sent more than 300 good books of their own, and 4136 students participated in recommending good books.
After 3 rounds of screening, "Get the Annual Book List Top52" is released! These 52 books can take you to understand how the spiritual world of Chinese has changed in the past year.
No.1
"Use Yourself as a Method"
Author: Xiang Biao, Wu Qi
Publisher: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, Single Reading
Reason for recommendation: True heroes are not changing the world, but changing every day of their lives.
No.2
The Beauty of Mathematics (Third Edition)
Author: Wu Jun
Publisher: People's Post and Telecommunications Publishing House
Recommended reason: Wu Jun's classic masterpiece has been upgraded.
No.3
"Think something big"
Author: Liu Han
Publishing: Get books
Recommended reason: Legal thinking that everyone should master.
No.4
The Algorithm of Life
Author:Yu Yingzheng (Old Yu)
Recommended reason: how to scientifically grasp the uncertain fate.
No.5
Outline of Western History
Author: Li Yun
Why: 3,000 years in the West with 50 road signs.
No.6
Oxford Notes
Author: Zhang Lifen
Publisher: Xuelin Publishing House
Recommended reason: Why grand narrative is the memory graveyard of everyday life.
No.7
The West Since 2000
Author: Liu Qing
Published: One page folio
Recommended reason: Professor Liu Qing's collection of "Annual Review of Western Intellectuals".
No.8
Technology and Civilization
Author: Zhang Xiaoyu
Why: How technology can change the fate of humanity in the smallest details.
No.9
China since 1840
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Author: Wang Renbo
Publication: One page folio
Recommended Reason: How Jurists Think About The Real Question of History.
No.10
The Age of Sinking
Author: [U.S.] George Parker
Translator: Ran Liu
Published: New Classics
Reason to recommend: It's like sitting in the first row of a movie theater and watching what's happened in America in 30 years.
No.11
《Autumn Garden》
Author: Benfen Yang
Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company United Tianchang
Reason for recommendation: Writing the ordinary and great lives of two generations of Chinese women, the record itself is the meaning.
No.12
The Naked Ape Trilogy
Author: [English] Desmond Morris
Translator: He Daokuan
Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
Reason for recommendation: The anthropological classic, which has been famous in the world for 50 years, was banned for subverting cognition too much.
No.13
The Lost Satellite
Author: Liu Zichao
Published: New Classics
Reason for recommendation: A travelogue that is not simple, into our neglected neighbor - Central Asia.
No.14
Partial (all three volumes)
Author: Chen Danqing
Publisher: Republic of China
Reason for recommendation: Follow Chen Danqing, a sincere and unique guide, to see the painting.
No.15
"The Fifteenth Day of the Two Capitals"
Author: Ma Boyong
Publisher: Boji Tianjuan
Recommended reason: A few words in the history books can unfold countless wonderful details.
No.16
Submarine at Night
Author: Chen Chuncheng
Why: Amazing new writers of 2020, words and imaginations are extraordinarily subtle.
No.17
《Chinese Dialect》
Author: Zheng Zining
Publisher: Houlang Publishing Company
Why: A journey through the "chewing words" to discover the history and culture behind everyday discourse.
No.18
The Complete Works of Lu Simian
Author: Lu Simian
Publisher: Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House
Reason for recommendation: Ten years of collation, the most complete collection and best editing of the "Lu Simian Complete Collection".
No.19
Decisions and Judgments
Author: [Beauty] Scott Prouss
Translators: Shi Junqi, Wang Xing
Published: New Curves
Reason for recommendation: A new revision of the classic introductory textbook on decision psychology.
No.20
The Way of Programmer Cultivation
Author: [American] David Thomas, [American] Andrew Hunter
Translator: Cloud Wind
Publisher: Publishing House of Electronics Industry
Reason for recommendation: A classic masterpiece, but also a checklist manual for becoming a master programmer.
No.21
"Ladies Tea Tasting"
Author: [U.S.] David Salsberg
Translator: Liu Qingshan
Reason for recommendation: No tea or ladies, but a fun introductory book of statistical classics.
No.22
The Academic Life of Qian Zhongshu
Author: Wang Shuizhao
Publisher: Zhonghua Bookstore
Recommended reason: How Qian Zhongshu reads and thinks about problems.
No.23
Command and Control
Author: [Beauty] Eric Schlosser
Translator: Zhang Jinyong
Publisher: Social Science Literature Press
Recommended reason: How to deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them.
No.24
"First Lesson"
Author: Wu Hong
Publisher: Type Culture
Reason for recommendation: Welcome to the world's famous schools and listen to the "first lesson" of Chinese art taught by art historian Wu Hong.
No.25
"Won't You Return"
Author: Tian Feng, Lin Kaixuan
Recommended reason: What kind of helplessness and struggle do young people who seem to be "Buddhist" have.
No.26
The Change of the Great Song Dynasty
Author: Zhao Dongmei
Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
Recommended reason: It is as if wearing VR glasses, following behind Sima Guang, watching how he chooses.
No.27
"My Second Student"
Author: Yellow Light
Publisher: People's Literature Publishing House
Reason for recommendation: In the story of "Erben Students", there are hidden changes in Chinese society.
No.28
The Boundaries of Growth
Author: [plus] David Epstein
Translator: Fan Xuezhu
Reason for recommendation: Why the "generalist" will win in the future.
No.29
The Third Reich Trilogy
By Richard J. Evans
Translator: Lai Liwei et al
Reason for recommendation: A very wonderful and comprehensive new work about the "Third Reich".
No.30
Showdown
Author: Jin Chongji
Publisher: Life, Reading, and New Knowledge Triptych Bookstore
Recommended reason: Why is "people" the most important force to win?
No.31
"Three Chapters of Copywriting"
Author: Huang Jiwei
Publisher: Yilin Publishing House
Reason for recommendation: The writing teacher of the publishing industry sincerely teaches you the craft.
No.32
The Stranger by the Bedside
Author:[Beauty] David J. Rothman
Translator: Pan Yiwei
Publisher: Chinese Social Sciences Publishing Co., Ltd.
Reason for recommendation: In addition to doctors, it turns out that these "strangers" are also influencing medical decisions.
No.33
Vaccine Race
Author: [U.S.] Meredith Wadman
Translator: Luo Shuang
Why: Let's see how thrilling it is to produce a vaccine.
No.34
The Truth About Generic Drugs
Author: [U.S.] Catherine Eban
Translator: Gao Tianyu
Published: Boji Tian roll
Reason for recommendation: What is the secret behind the high quality and low cost of generic drugs in India?
No.35
"The Future is on China's Side"
Author: Ning Nanshan
Publisher: Times Mandarin
Why: See where the opportunities for China are in the future.
No.36
Civilization, Modernization, Value Investment and China
Author: Li Lu
Publisher: CITIC Press
Reason for recommendation: Li Lu, an investor known as "Buffett of China", tells you what value investment is.
No.37
"Interlaced Worlds"
Author: [Beauty] James Gunn
Translator: Jiang Qian
Published: Century Wenjing
Reason for recommendation: Science fiction creates an atmosphere that convinces people that landing on the moon is possible.
No.38
Night and Dawn
Author: [English] Ken Follett
Translators: Deng Ruoxuan, Wang Yang
Publisher: Reader Culture
Reason for recommendation: It is said that you can read 2 "all-night" novels, and you should be careful when you open them at night.
No.39
"Save the Cat"
Author: [U.S.] Blake Snyder
Translator: Meng Ying
Publisher: Fruit and Wheat Culture
Recommended reason: How do screenwriters use stories to solve real-world problems?
No.40
"Nazi Power"
Author: [U.S.] William Sheridan Allen
Translator: Zhang Jing
Publisher: Gezhi Publishing House
Reason for recommendation: The complex human nature is on full display, what is really happening in this town?
No.41
Insights
Author: [U.S. ] Robert Wright
Translator: Song Wei
Publisher: Joint Reading and Creation
Reason for recommendation: Buddhism can even be explained by modern science.
No.42
The Great Plague of Mankind
By Mark Honisbaum
Translators: Gu Xiaoyang, Li Yao
Publisher: CITIC Press
Recommended reason: It seems to be a "detective novel" of a century-old human epidemic.
No.43
"The Future Is Coming"
Author: [plus] Peter Demandis, Steven Kotler
Translator: Jia Yongmin
Publisher: Cham Lu Culture
Reason for recommendation: A treasure hunt for the next 10 years of business development.
No.44
"Your Good Intentions Look Like a Bad Idea"
Author: Zhou Xiaofeng
Publisher: Daily Press
Why I recommend it: A book that adults and children can talk about for a long time after reading.
No.45
"Deep Sea Shallow Talk"
Author: Wang Pinxian
Publisher: Shanghai Science and Technology Education Press
Reason for recommendation: What are the secrets of the mysterious deep-sea world that you don't know?
No.46
《Light-Engraved Giant》
Author: [Dutch] Renee Reggiemaker
Translator: Kim Jae-ha
Reason for recommendation: How a humble small company has grown into an industry giant.
No.47
Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Author: [Beauty] Ozan Varrow
Translator: Li Wenyuan
Publisher: Blue Lion
Why: How can rocket scientists imagine the unthinkable and solve unsolvable problems?
No.48
"Preparation"
Author: [Beauty] Diana Taverna
Translators: He Yuan, Tu Fengfeng
Reason for recommendation: An American high school that subverts traditional education, its educational philosophy is worth learning.
No.49
Testimony
Author: [Plus] Margaret Atwood
Translator: So
Why: A novel that has not yet been published and won the Booker Prize.
No.50
The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution
Author: [U.S.] Robert Darnton
Translators: Gao Yi, Gao Yu
Publisher: Century Wenjing
Why: A book sales representative's 1778 tour of France takes you through all aspects of the book trade.
No.51
"Disappearing"
Author: [Beauty] Mary L. Gray, Sidalt Suri
Translator: Zuo Yasuura
Why: How does the digital age trap people in algorithms?
No.52
The Consensus of the Flock
Author: Xiao Trotting
Publisher: Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press
Reason for recommendation: Re-understanding the financial world from a humanistic perspective.