洋書を読むことに慣れてくると、古典やファンタジーを脱出して、現代小説にチャレンジしたくなってくるものですね。
今日のセレクトは、アメリカの現代ベストセラー作家さん10名+読むべき代表作品です。全員ニューヨークタイムズリストの常連入り(もしくは過去にランクイン)なので、100%外れなし。邦訳版既読の方もいらっしゃると思います。
普通にネイティブな現代小説なので、難しさもボリュームもあるタイプ。洋書多読の三原則は無視して、じっくり時間をかけて読みたい小説たちとなります。
たとえ調べながらでも、読了後におもしろかったと思えたならもう、「洋書読める」と公言してOKでしょう。
The Da Vinci Code ダ・ヴィンチ・コードby Dan Brown
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・ Wild Symphony
ダン・ブラウン先生の小説は基本入り組んだ長編小説のみ。なんですが、実は絵本も出してます。小説の雰囲気からは想像できないほんわか雰囲気が魅力。
The Judge's List ジャッジズリストby John Grisham
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\気軽に楽しめる短編/
・ Ford County: Stories
ジョングリシャムの初の短編集が「フォード郡」。7つの物語が収録されています。元になるのは大人気の「評決のとき」。ウォーミングアップにさらっと読んでみてもいいかも。
Different Seasons 恐怖の四季by Stephen Edwin King,
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THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY リンカーン・ハイウェイby Amor Towles
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THE STRANGER IN THE LIFEBOATby Mitch Albom
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The World According to Garp ガープの世界by John Winslow Irving
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Master of the Game ゲームの達人by Sidney Sheldon
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The President is Missing 大統領失踪by James Patterson
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The Bluest Eye 青い眼が欲しいby Toni Morrison
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Flowers for Algernon アルジャーノンに花束をby Daniel Keyes
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Danielle Steel ダニエル・スティールby His Bright Light
(function(b,c,f,g,a,d,e){b.MoshimoAffiliateObject=a;b[a]=b[a]||function(){arguments.currentScript=c.currentScript||c.scripts[c.scripts.length-2];(b[a].q=b[a].q||[]).push(arguments)};c.getElementById(a)||(d=c.createElement(f),d.src=g,d.id=a,e=c.getElementsByTagName("body")[0],e.appendChild(d))})(window,document,"script","//dn.msmstatic.com/site/cardlink/bundle.js?20210203","msmaflink");msmaflink({"n":"His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina (English Edition)","b":"","t":"","d":"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com","c_p":"","p":["\/images\/I\/510GYVXUkBL._SL500_.jpg"],"u":{"u":"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/dp\/B001TLZEUU","t":"amazon","r_v":""},"v":"2.1","b_l":[{"id":20,"u_tx":"Amazonで見る","u_bc":"#434343","u_url":"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/dp\/B001TLZEUU","a_id":2793894,"p_id":170,"pl_id":27060,"pc_id":185,"s_n":"amazon","u_so":1},{"id":2,"u_tx":"楽天市場で見る","u_bc":"#434343","u_url":"https:\/\/search.rakuten.co.jp\/search\/mall\/His%20Bright%20Light%3A%20The%20Story%20of%20Nick%20Traina%20(English%20Edition)\/","a_id":2793702,"p_id":54,"pl_id":27059,"pc_id":54,"s_n":"rakuten","u_so":2},{"id":21,"u_tx":"Yahoo!ショッピングで見る","u_bc":"#434343","u_url":"https:\/\/shopping.yahoo.co.jp\/search?first=1\u0026p=His%20Bright%20Light%3A%20The%20Story%20of%20Nick%20Traina%20(English%20Edition)","a_id":2800847,"p_id":1225,"pl_id":27061,"pc_id":1925,"s_n":"yahoo","u_so":3}],"eid":"vrAmM","s":"l"});ロマンス作品のベストセラー作家として名高いダニエルスティール。NYタイムズのベストセラーリストに381週連続ランクインの輝かしい経歴と裏腹に、4度の結婚生活、そして愛する息子の自殺に直面。波瀾万丈な私生活を送る女性作家さんです。「輝ける日々」は息子と過ごした葛藤と苦悩の日々を綴った自叙伝です。
The Fault in Our Stars さよならを待つふたりのために by John Michael Green
(function(b,c,f,g,a,d,e){b.MoshimoAffiliateObject=a;b[a]=b[a]||function(){arguments.currentScript=c.currentScript||c.scripts[c.scripts.length-2];(b[a].q=b[a].q||[]).push(arguments)};c.getElementById(a)||(d=c.createElement(f),d.src=g,d.id=a,e=c.getElementsByTagName("body")[0],e.appendChild(d))})(window,document,"script","//dn.msmstatic.com/site/cardlink/bundle.js?20210203","msmaflink");msmaflink({"n":"The Fault in Our Stars (English Edition)","b":"","t":"","d":"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com","c_p":"","p":["\/images\/I\/41QlxjpW5OL._SL500_.jpg"],"u":{"u":"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/dp\/B005ZOBNOI","t":"amazon","r_v":""},"v":"2.1","b_l":[{"id":20,"u_tx":"Amazonで見る","u_bc":"#434343","u_url":"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/dp\/B005ZOBNOI","a_id":2793894,"p_id":170,"pl_id":27060,"pc_id":185,"s_n":"amazon","u_so":1},{"id":2,"u_tx":"楽天市場で見る","u_bc":"#434343","u_url":"https:\/\/search.rakuten.co.jp\/search\/mall\/The%20Fault%20in%20Our%20Stars%20(English%20Edition)\/","a_id":2793702,"p_id":54,"pl_id":27059,"pc_id":54,"s_n":"rakuten","u_so":2},{"id":21,"u_tx":"Yahoo!ショッピングで見る","u_bc":"#434343","u_url":"https:\/\/shopping.yahoo.co.jp\/search?first=1\u0026p=The%20Fault%20in%20Our%20Stars%20(English%20Edition)","a_id":2800847,"p_id":1225,"pl_id":27061,"pc_id":1925,"s_n":"yahoo","u_so":3}],"eid":"0PAW0","s":"l"});今回紹介する中で、最も現代的な作家のジョン・グリーン。Youtuber、ビデオクリエイター、歴史家として多岐方面にて活躍中。若干38歳にして世界で最も影響力のある100人に選ばれたkind of天才です。わたしがずっと英語ラーナーに布教している「CrashCourse」、実は彼のYoutubeチャンネルでした。どうりであのクオリティ..納得。
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今回作品リサーチにあたって、感じたこと。日本語の情報が少なすぎ...!もちろん日本でも出版されてる作家さんは、ぽろぽろ出てくるけれど...今回はけっこう日本語と英語の情報格差をまのあたりにしました。
ココ日本なのであたりまえではありますが、楽しみは1万倍くらい転がってそうなこと判明したので、英語モチベあがりました。
とはいえ、大人向け良書は読むのに1ヶ月くらいかかっちゃうので、Kindleで試し読みしてからの本気読みがおすすめです。またね。
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英語学習で使ってよかったサービスTOPを争うKindle。この世の英語小説の全てがあなたの手の中に。辞書機能が優秀すぎて読めない洋書がなくなります。今日から楽しむ英語をはじめましょう。