疫情期間不能出遠門，很多人都是從書籍中尋找樂趣和安慰。來看看2021的年度熱門書單，有你愛讀的那本嗎？

Annual reports and lists by different platforms show that psychology, comics about history, and works of literature were the most popular book categories among Chinese readers in 2021, reflecting the major concerns and topics in society.

不同平臺的年度報告和榜單顯示，心理學類、歷史漫畫類和文學類是2021年中國讀者最喜歡的書籍類別，反映了社會的關注熱點和話題。

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese book market has been experiencing challenges, as sales in 2020 dropped for the first time since 2015 and sales in 2021, although greater compared with the previous year, did not reach the level before the pandemic, according to a report by Beijing OpenBook, a consulting company specializing in the book business.

根據開卷的2021年圖書零售市場報告顯示，在新冠疫情期間，中國的圖書市場一直歷經挑戰(zhàn)，2020年銷售額自2015年以來首次下降。盡管2021年有所回升，但仍然沒有恢復到疫情前的狀態(tài)。

Sales of online books had been growing by more than 20 percent annually over the previous 10 years before 2020 as online platforms and online shoppers grew. However, as the customer base stabilized, online book sales grew by only 1 percent in 2021 year-on-year.

在2020年之前的10年內，隨著網絡平臺和網絡購物者的增長，在線圖書的銷售額每年增長達20%以上。而隨著客戶群的逐步穩(wěn)定，2021年在線圖書銷量同比僅增長了1%。

Physical bookstores are still facing serious challenges posed by the pandemic since most activities went online and visitors declined. Book sales in bookshops in 2021 grew by a little over 4 percent, driven largely by books related to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, but still dropped by more than 31 percent compared with 2019, according to Beijing OpenBook.

實體書店仍然面臨著疫情帶來的嚴峻挑戰(zhàn)，大部分活動在線上進行，到店的游客數(shù)量也有所下降。根據開卷的報告數(shù)據顯示，2021年實體書店的圖書銷量僅增長了4%多一點，主要是受建黨百年紀念圖書推廣活動的影響。但與2019年相比仍下降了31%以上。

Since 2018, sales of literature kept dropping until 2021 when it grew by 4.6 percent year-on-year. What is prominent is that among the top 100 best-selling fiction works published in 2021, 63 were online literary works, Beijing OpenBook's statistics show.

從2018年開始，文學類圖書的銷量一直在下降，到2021年同比增長4.6%。值得注意的是，根據開卷的報告顯示，在2021年出版的最暢銷小說100部作品中，有63部是網絡文學作品。

The most popular genres of online literature in China include fantasy, romance, martial arts and science fiction. Among the 63 online literary works on the top 100 best-selling list of books published in 2021, most were targeted at women readers, and 22 titles from Tangjia Sanshao's Douluo Dalu (Soul Land) series, first run on qidian.com, were among the best-sellers.

中國最受歡迎的網絡文學類型包括奇幻、愛情、武俠和科幻。在2021年出版的100本最暢銷圖書榜單上的63部網絡文學作品中，大多數(shù)是面向女性讀者的。在起點網首次上線的唐家三少《斗羅大陸》系列中的22部作品被列入最暢銷榜單之中。

Shen Yu, a former book editor based in Shanghai, who has observed the industry for more than 10 years, says more people read online literature, which is usually entertaining but lacks in depth and artistic merit, because amid the pandemic people need to find comfort in entertaining texts, in which protagonists usually conquer difficulties and achieve success in either romantic relationships or professional fields.

曾在上海工作的前圖書編輯沈宇涉足圖書行業(yè)超過10年。他表示，越來越多的人閱讀網絡文學。雖然這些作品大多很有趣，但缺乏深度和藝術價值。在疫情期間，人們需要從娛樂作品中尋求安慰，這類作品通常是主人公歷經艱難最終在情感上和事業(yè)上雙豐收的故事走向。

Despite the fast growth of online literature, the leading seats on the best-selling list are still taken by classic books, with The Three-Body Problem trilogy books occupying the first three places. Among the 100 best-selling fictional works, 12 were published in 2021, mainly new works by established writers, the new editions of classic books and online youth fiction. Yu Hua's novel Wencheng (The Lost City) sold more than 1 million copies in three months since it was published in March 2021, making 10th place on the top 100 best-selling list.

盡管網絡文學發(fā)展迅速，但最暢銷的書籍仍歸經典書籍莫屬，《三體》三部曲占據了2021年虛構榜單前三位。在100部暢銷小說中有12部出版于2021年，主要是知名作家的新作、新版經典圖書和網絡青春小說。余華的小說《文城》自2021年3月出版以來，在3個月的時間里銷量超過了100萬冊，在暢銷書前100位中排名第10位。

"In general, compared with cold hard facts in nonfiction, fiction might be able to give readers more comfort," Shen says.

“總體來說，與非小說類作品中冰冷的紀實相比，小說類可能會帶給讀者更多的安慰，” 沈宇說道。

Among the 100 best-selling nonfiction works, in addition to British writer Robert De Board's Counseling for Toads: A Psychological Adventure that topped the list, there were 19 other psychological or self-help books. Ten books about family education, and 10 books on economics and finance also entered the list.

在最暢銷的非虛構類榜單中，除了英國作家羅伯特·戴博德的《蛤蟆先生去看心理醫(yī)生》位居榜首外，還有19本心理學類或勵志書籍進入榜單。另外還有10本家庭教育書籍和10本經濟金融類書籍。

"In 2020 and 2021, people felt more pressure due to the pandemic. That is why psychological books received more attention. Compared with books that instruct people on how to be successful, books that tell people how to adjust themselves psychologically were more popular, such as Danshari by Japanese writer Yamashita Hiteko," says an analyst from Beijing OpenBook.

“在2020年和2021年這兩年，新冠疫情讓人們的壓力更大了。這是心理學類書籍受到更多關注的原因。與教導人們如何成功的書籍相比，告訴人們如何調整心理的書籍更受歡迎，比如日本作家山下英子的《斷舍離》。”

Additionally, comic books on history were also popular, with 12 titles of the Half-an-Hour book series and eight titles of If History Is a Group of Cats series entering the top 100 bestselling nonfiction list.

此外，歷史漫畫書也很受歡迎，《半小時》系列和《如果歷史是一群貓》系列都進入了非虛構類暢銷書排行榜的前100名。

"Comic books have become popular in recent years, first about history and gradually touching fields such as ancient poems, medicine, and science and technology," the analyst from Beijing OpenBook says.

“近幾年漫畫書越來越流行，首先是關于歷史的，再逐漸涉及到古詩、醫(yī)藥和科技類，” 開卷公司的分析師介紹道。

"This kind of book is easy to follow, catering to people's fragmented reading habits, so it sells well," the analyst says.

“這類型的書通俗易懂，迎合了人們碎片化的閱讀習慣，所以銷路很好?！?/p>

As one of the results of the advancement of information technology and media, it seems like that people's ability to read and understand long and complicated texts has declined.

沈宇說，信息技術和媒體發(fā)展的后果之一，就是人們閱讀和理解篇幅長且復雜的文本的能力似乎下降了。

"We must see such comic books as only being used to popularize basic knowledge rather than elaborate on profound content. Readers usually read them to relax rather than study, so in function they cannot replace normal books on the same topics," the analyst says.

“我們必須知道這樣的漫畫只是用來普及基礎知識的，而不是闡述深刻的內容的。讀者讀這些書通常是為了放松而不是學習。所以在功能上，它們無法取代相同主題的普通書籍，” 分析師說。

Besides the best-selling lists, a lot of platforms released their lists of "good books" that highlighted major social concerns of 2021.

除了開卷統(tǒng)計的數(shù)據外，很多平臺也盤點了在2021年反映主要社會問題的好書。

At its annual reading ceremony in mid-January, the Book Review Weekly of Beijing News released a list of 12 books published in China in 2021 that were "most worth reading". Targeted at the middle-income group, the weekly's list, covering 10 fields, including literature, art, history, social sciences, economy, children, education, and lifestyle, came out after rounds of discussions among 12 experts and scholars in related fields.

在1月中旬的年度讀書會上，《新京報書評周刊》經過多輪篩選，從2021年的出版物中挑選出推薦入圍書單，該書單面向中等收入群體，涵蓋文學、藝術、歷史、思想、社科、經濟、兒童、教育、生活、新知10個類別。在82本入圍推薦書單的基礎上，結合12位業(yè)內專家學者和評委的意見，確定了最終的12本推薦書單。

Among the 12 books, there are Irish writer Roddy Doyle's Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, Manifeste Incertain by French writer Frederic Pajak, Shaping the World by British writers Antony Gormley and Martin Gayford, The Cheese and the Worms by Italian writer Carlo Ginzburg, and Sanbu (Take a Walk) by Chinese illustrator Dawu.

12本書籍中包括愛爾蘭作家羅迪·道爾的《童年往事》，法國作家費德里克·帕雅克的《不確定宣言》，英國作家安東尼·葛姆雷和馬丁·蓋福德的《雕塑的故事》，意大利作家卡洛·金茲堡的微觀史名著《奶酪與蛆蟲》，還有大吳的作品“散步三部曲”——《散步》《露營》《游河》。

The Second Shift by US writers Arlie Hochschild and Anne Machung reflects the general concern in Chinese society regarding the low birthrate and parenting.

讀者們對美國作家阿莉·拉塞爾·霍赫希爾德和安妮·馬鐘的《第二輪班：職業(yè)父母與家庭變革》的關注反映了中國社會對低出生率和養(yǎng)育子女的普遍關心。

In the last two years, the pandemic has largely restricted the physical space for people's activities and cut off connections with nature. Ouyang Ting's Beifang Youkeshu (There Is a Tree in the North) entered the list because it illustrates how people can find nature in their surroundings. The book contains the writer's observations of Beijing's natural environment and her phenological notes on parks, plants, birds, rains, clouds and wind, presenting a vibrant picture of creatures in the city throughout the four seasons of a year.

在過去兩年中，新冠疫情在很大程度上限制了人們活動的物理空間，切斷了人們與自然的聯(lián)系。歐陽婷的作品《北方有棵樹》上榜，得益于它向人們展示了人類以外的自然世界。這本書介紹了作者對北京自然環(huán)境的觀察和她對公園、植物、鳥類、雨、云、風的物候記錄，勾勒出“自然北京”及其周邊的盎然生機。

"Every spring is different. We must keep our curiosity to ask more questions, which will bring us to farther places," she said at the ceremony.

歐陽婷在讀書會上說：“每個春天都是不同的。一定要讓自己保持好奇，多一些發(fā)問，這種好奇心可以把我們帶往更遠的地方?！?/p>

來源：CHINADAILY微信公眾號

編輯：陳月華 周嬋 張夕 丹妮

記者：楊陽