世界上最成功的十本書

　　書是人類智慧的結(jié)晶;書是是知識的源泉;書是傳播先進文化的工具。以下是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編整理的世界上最成功的十本書，供大家參考。

　　1. Dream of the Red Chamber, Author: Cao Xueqin

　　《紅樓夢》，作者：曹雪芹

　　# of sold copies: 100 million

　　售出：1億本

　　First edition: 1759

　　第一版：1759

　　Let's not forget that China is indeed a big country and consequently, so being successful on the Chinese market has its charms. Although I personally never heard about this book in particular before, the numbers do not lie and over one hundred million sold copies seized the second place in our list.

　　別忘了中國是個大國，《紅樓夢》在中國市場上如此的成功自有它的魅力。盡管我個人之前從沒聽說過這本書，數(shù)字是不會騙人的，1億多本的銷量使它排在第二的位置。

　　Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the Four Great Classical Novels, as they call them in China. It depicts traditional Chinese cuisine, mythology, proverbs etc. It is based on the author's own experience with the Chinese aristocracy in the 18th century.

　　紅樓夢是中國四大名著之一， 它描述了中國傳統(tǒng)的飲食，神話，格言等等。是18世紀作者根據(jù)自己在貴族社會的經(jīng)歷而寫成的。

　　2. The Lord of the Rings, Author: J. R. R. Tolkien

　　《指環(huán)王》，作者：約翰.羅納爾多.魯埃爾. 托爾金

　　# of sold copies: 150 million

　　售出：1.5億本

　　First edition: 1954

　　第一版： 1954

　　Although this series has become even more famous after being filmed, it's fair to say that the tale of Middle Earth is an ingenious work of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. It reaches deep inside of us and plays on our imagination, wishes and inspiration.

　　盡管魔戒系列在拍成電影后更加有名了，不得不說這個中土傳說是托爾金的天才之作。它觸及了我們的內(nèi)心深處，激發(fā)了我們的想象，愿望和靈感。

　　The story of one little hobbit named Frodo Baggins succeeding where immortal elves or noble kings have failed gives us a very truthful message that literally nothing is impossible. Tolkien did a wonderful job in creating a living world and it will take a long time before his legacy is forgotten - if it will ever come to that.

　　這個故事講述了一個叫弗羅多巴金斯的霍比特小矮人做到了精靈或者國王都沒能做到的事，給我們的啟示就是，沒有什么是不可能的。托爾金創(chuàng)建的這個精彩的中土世界，人們即使過了很長時間都不會忘了它 - 如果有一天真的會忘的話。

　　3. And Then There Were None，Author: Agatha Christie

　　《無人生還》，作者：阿加莎 克里斯蒂

　　# of sold copies: 100 million

　　售出：1億本

　　First edition: 1939

　　第一版：1939

　　It's hardly a surprise that Agatha Christie as one of the best authors of detective novels out there made it to our top ten books list. She is well known for her excellent plots and surprising endings. She created a bit of a fuss by originally calling this book "Ten Little Niggers" - the name was changed to the current And Then There Were None so that it is not offensive towards Afro-Americans.

　　作為最好的偵探小說家之一的阿加莎克里斯蒂，她的書在我們前十的名單中并不意外。她的書以優(yōu)秀的情節(jié)和意外的結(jié)局而聞名。 該書最初的名字叫《十個小黑人》，這給她帶來了些麻煩。- 后來書名改成了《無人生還》,這樣就不會有冒犯非裔美國人之嫌了。(譯者注：Niggers在美國黑人中是個非常忌諱的詞)

　　And what's going on in this book? Simply put, ten people of different social classes are invited to an island where they are accused of murders and they start dying, one by one - but you'll have to read it yourself, we all know it's a bad idea to talk about plots too much when it comes to detective stories.

　　這本書到底講了什么?簡單的說，就是10個來自不同階層的人被邀請到一個島上，在那里，他們被指控謀殺，開始一個一個的死去 - 你得自己去看，討論過多的情節(jié)對偵探小說來說可不是個好主意，你懂得。

　　4. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Author: C. S. Lewis

　　《獅子，女巫和衣櫥》(《納尼亞傳奇》)，作者：C·S·路易斯

　　# of sold copies: 85 million

　　售出：8500萬本

　　First edition: 1950

　　第一版：1950

　　C.S.Lewis has provided us with another grand tale of unusual heroes. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is but one part of a gigantic masterpiece describing a strange world full of magic and strange creatures somehow co-existing with our own.

　　C·S·路易斯給了我們另一個不尋常英雄的宏偉故事?！丢{子，女巫和衣櫥》只是這部龐大的杰作的一部分，描述了這樣一個奇怪的世界，里面充滿了魔力，還有一些奇怪的半人半獸的生物。

　　4 siblings named Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy enter the world of Narnia through a wardrobe, only to find out that they are both persona non grata and expected saviors. In case you were thinking that Chronicles of Narnia and LOTR are a bit similar at times, keep in mind that Lewis and Tolkien were very close friends, in fact Lewis helped Tolkien with a few passages in LOTR.

　　4姐妹皮特，埃德蒙，蘇珊和露西通過衣櫥進入了納尼亞的世界,發(fā)現(xiàn)他們不受歡迎卻又被某些動物當成救世主。如果你碰巧發(fā)現(xiàn)納尼亞和指環(huán)王的年代有點相似，別忘了路易斯和托爾金是很好的朋友，事實上路易斯還幫助托爾金寫過指環(huán)王的幾個章節(jié)。

　　5. The Da Vinci Code, Author: Dan Brown

　　《達芬奇密碼》，作者：丹·布朗

　　# of sold copies: 80 million

　　售出：8千萬本

　　First edition: 2003

　　第一版： 2003

　　Having a successful book release in the 21st century no longer depends simply on writing a good book, but also on the marketing and distributing channels. Dan Brown and his team obviously managed that, because selling 80 million copies over 7 years is simply remarkable.

　　在21世紀，新書要成功上市，不僅要寫得好，市場營銷和分銷渠道也是很重要的。丹布朗的團隊顯然深諳此道，7年多售出8千萬本確實很了不起。

　　The Da Vinci Code is a mysterious story depicting a cohesion between Catholic religious beliefs and the modern world. You should fasten your seat belts before you start reading it, because the pace is quick and you could easily get off track!

　　《達芬奇密碼》是一本關(guān)于現(xiàn)代社會中天主教信仰的神秘小說。你在讀之前最好坐穩(wěn)了，因為它的節(jié)奏很快，你一不小心就會跟不上。

　　6. The Alchemist, Author: Paulo Coelho

　　《煉金術(shù)師》，作者：保羅 科埃略

　　# of sold copies: 65 million

　　售出：6千5百萬本

　　First edition: 1988

　　第一版：1988

　　"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it". I don't know how does the original in Portugese sound, so the translation will have to suffice. The point is that Paulo Coelho tells us that if you want something real badly, you shall have it.

　　“如果你想要什么， 整個宇宙都會幫你得到”。我不知道在葡萄牙原話是怎么說的，但基本上就是這個意思。重點是，保羅科埃略告訴我們，如果你真的十分想要某樣?xùn)|西，你應(yīng)該擁有它。

　　The Alchemist tells a story of a young shepherd boy who overcomes love and danger on his quest for a treasure. Apparently, the story is so good that it had to be translated into 67 languages and breaking a Guiness record in translations for a living author.

　　《煉金術(shù)師》講述了一個牧羊男孩克服了愛情和危險去探尋寶藏的故事，很顯然，這個故事非常的棒以至于被翻譯成了67種語言，也創(chuàng)造了現(xiàn)世作家作品被翻譯的吉尼斯紀錄。

　　What might especially young people find very appealing is that Paulo Coelho encourages people to use peer to peer networks, because he perfectly understands that people are honest and they will pay for good work - eventually.

　　保羅 科埃略鼓勵人們使用p2p網(wǎng)絡(luò)技術(shù)，因為他完全相信人們是誠實的，他們最終會用在好好工作上，對于年輕人來說，這點讓他顯得更加有魅力。

　　7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Author: J. K. Rowling

　　《哈利波特和死亡圣器》，作者：J·K·羅琳

　　# of sold copies: 44 million

　　售出：4千4百萬本

　　First edition: 2007

　　第一版：2007

　　Yet another fairy tale made it to our list, people might like fairy tales after all... anyway, a lot of children around the world grew up on the stories about Harry, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and Hogwarts. As expected, the final piece of the Harry Potter puzzle with its quite original name Deathly Hallows was quite successful.

　　我們榜單中的另一個神話故事，也許人們畢竟還是喜歡神話故事的……不管怎樣，世界上許多的孩子都是伴隨著哈利波特，那個連名字都不能提的魔頭，還有霍格沃茨的故事長大的。 《死亡圣器》作為哈利波特系列的最后一部，就像人們期待的一樣，非常的成功。

　　Only time will tell whether the Harry Potter series has the qualities of say Lord of the Rings or it will fade with the upcoming seasons. On the other hand, no one can deny Miss Rowling a great impact on both children and their parents - that has to count for something...

　　只有時間知道哈利波特是否會和指環(huán)王一樣優(yōu)秀，或者會漸漸被淡忘。但是，沒有人能否認羅琳女士對孩子和父母的帶來的影響 - 這已經(jīng)很了不起了。

　　8. War and Peace, Author: Leo Tolstoy

　　《戰(zhàn)爭與和平》，作者：列夫·托爾斯泰

　　# of sold copies: 36 million (in the USSR)

　　售出：3千6百萬本(蘇聯(lián))

　　First edition: 1869

　　第一版：1869

　　Leo Tolstoy, a Russian writer, decided to demonstrate his beliefs that there is some greater power forming our history. Along with the fact he didn't like popular history and being a war veteran, he then wrote one of the largest and most popular novels in the world literature, War and Peace.

　　列夫 托爾斯泰，一個決心要證明歷史是由某種超力量形成的俄羅斯作家。由于不喜歡通俗史，并且當過兵，他寫下了文學(xué)史上最流行的長篇小說之一，《戰(zhàn)爭與和平》。

　　This jewel among books is divided in four volumes, each being a follow up of the previous one. War and Peace has indeed a lot of characters, both fictional and real historic figures. The plot is set in the beginning of the 19th century when Napoleon invades Russia.

　　該書分為4卷，每卷的情節(jié)相互銜接。戰(zhàn)爭與和平描寫了很多人物，有虛構(gòu)的或真實的歷史人物。 故事的背景設(shè)在19世紀拿破侖開始入侵俄羅斯時。

　　Interesting fact is that although War and Peace is clearly a Russian literature from a Russian author, parts of the book are written in French - probably because most of the story is focused on 5 noble families and nobility in Russia used to speak French in that particular era.

　　有趣的是，這本由俄羅斯人寫的俄羅斯小說，部分的章節(jié)卻是在法國寫的 - 可能因為大部分的故事都是圍繞5個貴族家庭的，當時，俄羅斯的貴族習(xí)慣于說法語。

　　9. Think and Grow Rich, Author: Napoleon Hill

　　《思考致富》，作者：拿破侖·希爾

　　# of sold copies: 30 million

　　售出：3千萬本

　　First edition: 1937

　　第一版：1937

　　There are tons of motivational books these days. Some are better, some are worse and it's up to you to choose the one that can really help you. Think and Grow Rich is probably a safe bet, because it takes a bit of ingenuity to write something everybody knows these days - only 70 years ahead.

　　如今，勵志書數(shù)不勝數(shù)，有好有壞，選擇一本對你有用的完全取決于你自己。 《思考致富》可能是比較靠譜的選擇，因為它天才般的把目前大家都知道的東西寫了出來 - 只是提早了70年而已。

　　The best way how to become successful is to find out what others did before success came to them - and that's exactly what Napoleon Hill did. According to his mentor's (A. Carnegie) advice, he studied the life paths of 16 wealthy individuals and pointed out their steps to victory.

　　成功最好的方式是知道別人是如何成功的 - 拿破侖就是這么做的。根據(jù)導(dǎo)師的建議，他研究了16個成功人士的生活道路并得出了他們的成功方式。

　　If you're looking for personal development tools, Think and Grow Rich should be on the top of your priorities.

　　如果你在尋求個人發(fā)展工具，《思考致富》應(yīng)該是你的首選。

　　10. Nineteen Eighty-Four, Author: George Orwell

　　《1984》，作者：喬治 奧威爾

　　# of sold copies: 25 million

　　售出：2千5百萬

　　First edition:1949

　　第一版：1949

　　History has shown us that mankind is capable of both terrible and good things and it's a matter of conscience which side prevails. George Orwell took the liberty to tell us how what the world look like if despotic and oppressive regimes took the upper hand.

　　歷史已經(jīng)告訴我們?nèi)祟惣饶茏兊煤芎靡材茏兊煤軌模Q于良心站在哪邊。喬治奧威爾大膽的告訴我們在專橫暴虐的政權(quán)下這個世界會變成怎樣。

　　In the imaginary year 1984 the Earth is divided among three major nations which constantly wage war against each other. The main character named Winston Smith lives in Oceania ruled by one party - called The Party. Everything is scarce, basic human right and emotions are constantly being twisted and above all, The Big Brother is always watching.

　　故事中的1984年，地球上有3個主要的國家，相互間經(jīng)常打仗。 主人公溫斯頓史密斯生活在一個被Party政黨掌權(quán)的太平洋群島上。 任何東西都是稀缺的，基本的人權(quán)和情感經(jīng)常被扭曲，最重要的是，獨裁者一直都在盯著你。

　　Although 1984 is quite gloomy and despairing, we have to acknowledge that it's still in our "grasp" to create such a scenario. It needed to be said out loud in order to realize how absurd and sick such totalitarian practices are.

　　盡管《1984》是十分黑暗和令人絕望的，我們得感謝我們還能夠?qū)戇@么一段簡介。它需要大聲說出來讓人們明白極權(quán)主義是多么的荒謬和病態(tài)。