Two northerners-Bai Xianyong
Recommendation: There are not many works worthy of careful sentence-by-sentence beating by writers. A man in Taipei counts as one, and a dream of red mansions counts as one. After Cao Xueqin, Zhang Ailing, Shen Congwen, Wang Zengqi, and now Bai Xianyong, there is a line in their works, which is related to some truth in the depths of China people's humanity. This is the orthodoxy of literature.
3 Acheng's novel-Acheng
Recommendation: Acheng's novels are not many, and the series of "Three Kings" alone is enough to rank in any ranking of China's literary history. Maybe this is a kind of genius.
4 "The Golden Lock"-Zhang Ailing
Recommendation: Zhang Ailing is the sharpest and most spiritual pulse inherited from A Dream of Red Mansions. The trend of contemporary novels is biased towards the west. The charm of China's orthodox novels was completely washed away by western novels. But writing western novels, we can't beat them. Only by grasping the pulse of China's novels can we reveal its meridians.
5. Selected Works of Shen (Shen Congwen) and Wang (Ceng Qi)
Recommendation: Shen Congwen is Wang Zengqi's master. Wang Zengqi is known as the last scholar-bureaucrat in China. Since then, they have rarely seen good works with China charm. The incense is broken and needs someone to pick it up.
Six Trilogy-Wang Xiaobo
Recommendation: There is no doubt about Wang Xiaobo's writing style and intellectual interest. I doubt whether there is any contemporary writer in China who writes better than him. The point is, he is a sober man. At present, not everyone can do this.
7 One Man's Village-Liu Liangcheng
Recommendation: A Ding said that this is not a novel, but the words have the flavor of Yuanqu, which can correct you and will not make the words fat. Nice prose.
Xiangguan-Where is Ye Fu?
Suggestion: read the rest first, then read it, and then make a judgment. Good prose, strong personal vitality and willpower. Ye Fu's works, in particular, are full of affectionate chivalrous men and women. In the times and society, human dignity can be better seen.
9 compassion-on the road
Recommendation: Few people in China know that writing should be temperate. It is rare for compassion to dare to restrain self-discipline so much. It's easy to shine when you let go, but I often admire those who can hold on.
10 Yu Hua's early three novels-Yu Hua
Recommendation: Shout in the drizzle, Live, and Xu Sanguan Selling Blood should all be watched. In my eyes, Shouting in the Drizzle is Yu Hua's best work. Far better than his later works.
LIST.2 Classical literary works
1 A Dream of Red Mansions-Cao Xueqin
Recommendation: Compared with great writers in the world, such as Flaubert, Tolstoy, Hugo, etc. The only work that is not inferior to China is probably A Dream of Red Mansions. There is a treasure hidden in it. Whoever can dig a little for his own use will benefit for life.
2 Water Margin-Shi Naian
Recommendation: Literature is about people. Group images are the most difficult to write. Every character in the group portrait is distinct and not inferior to each other, which is the most powerful place in Water Margin. Learn how to write people and tell stories. All the wisdom.
3 Journey to the West-Wu Cheng'en
Recommendation: The writing style is not so good. This story is too profound. Among the four classical novels, A Dream of Red Mansions is highly literary. But when it comes to influence, I'm afraid it is the deepest in The Journey to the West. There are endless story materials for you to use.
Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio 4-Pu Songling
Recommendation: Most of China's short stories are put into the world with a sense of shame. But Pu Songling can sit with Chekhov and have tea and chat with him.
5 Historical Records-Sima Qian
Recommendation: There are many things to write in a person's life. How to cut and choose, how to be meticulous and decent, and how to move properly? To write people, we should learn from Comrade Sima Qian.
6 Tang poetry
Recommendation: Do you want to practice writing? It is always right to read more historical records and Tang poems. This is a source. You can learn as many classics as possible, and you can become a great writer, even a writer.
LIST.3 foreign literary works
1 Flowing Feast-Hemingway
Recommendation: Is it difficult to express meaning with the simplest words and sentences? Actually, it's very difficult. Especially everyday sentences, write something interesting to immerse readers in the world you write. This is a foundation. Learn from the great Comrade Hemingway.
I called raymond carver.
Recommendation: Carver's short stories are very attractive. It seems like a running account, but some inexplicable emotions are slowly teasing you. Hemingway wrote with a shotgun, Carver probably took a shoe brush, dipped in washing powder to brush sneakers, then drank a glass of whisky and went to the garage to write a few lines.
Madame Bovary-Flaubert
Recommendation: When it comes to writing, every author should have a book in his mind, like Jiuyang Zhen Jing, which can instantly open all your meridians and infarcted myocardium. For me, this book is Madame Bovary. The so-called classic, that is, every rereading can stand it, and every rereading will have a different flavor.
4 Long Farewell-Raymond Chandler
Recommendation: I think two books have made great contributions to Haruki Murakami. One is Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and the other is Raymond Chandler's A Long Farewell. This book is another book that taught me to write after Madame Bovary.
5 Blind Essay-José Saramago
Recommendation: Humanity is the truest crux in each of us. This crux is embodied in literature, that is, depth; Reflected in society is reality. Whoever can feel the pulse of human nature will step into the door of literature. This book has unprecedented amazing imagination and profound insight into human nature.
Six or nine stories-Salinger
Recommendation: It seems that the authors of The Catcher in the Rye and Nine Stories are two people. But when you think about it, you will find that it is actually the same thing. There is a deep mourning for innocence in the theme. The novel art of Nine Stories has climbed to a height that few people can reach. Salinger is definitely a genius.
7 Marquez owns it
Recommendation: You can see many traces of Marquez in China's contemporary realistic literature. This is a writer who is most easily accepted by China literature. If I really want to learn from literary masters, my first choice will be Marquez. All his works are worth learning.
No.8 Miguel Street-Naipaul
Recommendation: There are always some short stories that will be so exquisite that you feel that only the hand of God can write them. So is the ninth floor, and so is Miguel Street. The closest thing to Naipaul's work is this one. Writing people, writing to the extreme is probably like this.
9 Small Town Freak-sherwood anderson
Recommendation: It has been said that the highest realm of literature is compassion. Cao Xueqin in pity, Tolstoy in pity, sherwood anderson in pity. This is a man who has been tortured, destroyed and even achieved by literature. He is a master of Hemingway and Faulkner.
10 Phantom Book/Moon Palace/Brooklyn Absurdity-paul auster
Recommendation: paul auster seems to have some "weight" among these writers. However, his taste in me and his novel skills have always been at the same level. His narrative has a magical power, and he wrote the fate and accident in the world to the extreme. Especially obsessed with his Brooklyn.
1 1 The Story of Cronopio and Fama Julio Cortázar
Recommendation: Look at cortazar and you will understand how wide and far the territory of literature can be extended by words. This collection of short stories destroyed me like a flash of lightning. This is a collection of stories that make words have magical power. I saw the universe and neutrinos between his lines.
12 Eleven Loneliness-richard yates
Recommendation: Perhaps the most underrated writer. But it doesn't seem to be underestimated, because we are still praising him, reading his works and choosing to worship him. People are born lonely. But how to write this loneliness? Don't step on it easily if you don't have enough ability. But richard yates did it.
13 Akutagawa Ryunosuke Short Set
Recommendation: Japanese literature generally gives me a soft and delicate feeling. Only Akutagawa let me see a car-scrapping, a heavy thing. Every time I think of Akutagawa, I think of Lu Xun in China. I don't know why there is such an association. But if you want to set foot in Japanese literature, Akutagawa must not bypass it.
14 suddenly, someone knocked at the door-Aitega Carlyle
Recommended: magic novels. Exquisite, interesting, and some inexplicable feelings hidden behind the words make me fascinated by Keret's novels. I always feel that I can learn from his works, but every time I learn, I despair at the end.
Almost no memory-lydia davis
Recommendation: Perhaps, the novel has other appearances. Lydia davis single-handedly expanded the artistic form and narrative style of the novel to an omnipotent position. If someone wants to define postmodern novels, I will definitely let him refer to this collection of novels, and he will thank me.
16 Red Cavalry-Babel
Recommendation: In my limited reading history, I haven't met many writers who regard writing as their life. Every line of words seems to have lost 10,000 hairs and produced 100 wrinkles. Flaubert is one, and so is Babel. Reading their works, you will ask yourself not to miss every word. I feel that this collection of novels was written by Babel with his own blood as ink.
17 The dedication of the suspect X- Keigo Higashino
Recommendation: I haven't seen much of mystery novel. Among the limited books, I like The Dedication of Suspect X best. I think, if you want to learn the suspense of architecture and describe the environment and action, you should read this book.
18 perfume-passueskin
Recommendation: I didn't know it was adapted from a literary work of the same name until I saw the movie Perfume. I immediately decided to buy back the book. Re-reading the text, I was completely fascinated by the olfactory world in the book and a character who sanctified himself with perfume and washed away all moral commandments.
19? The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini
Recommendation: A sentence in Zhihu's book impressed me deeply-"The more he knows about redemption, the better he will write stories". I didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at first, but The Kite Runner is a good text to explain it.
20? Good people are hard to find-Flannery OConnor
Recommendation: After reading some short story collections once, you will have a strong feeling that one day you will reread them twice, three times or even countless times. Nine stories are like this, Miguel street, good people are hard to find.
2 1? Selected short stories of Chekhov (translated by Long)
Recommendation: You will find a magical phenomenon, that is, the king of the most powerful short stories in the world will be titled "Chekhov of America", "Chekhov of China" and "Chekhov of Ireland" and so on. It can be seen that Chekhov is already the god of short stories. Especially Mr. Ru Long's translation.
22? All of Dostoevsky
Recommendation: If Chekhov is the god of short stories, then there are two gods in the novel, and I'm afraid no one can avoid them, that is Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. This is a high mountain, and I have been looking for opportunities to climb it.
23? Count of Monte Cristo-Dumas
Recommendation: The peak of popular literature is probably The Count of Monte Cristo. This novel is far less exquisite than Flaubert and Babel, so it takes pains to regard literature as more important than life. But he is good-looking and thrilling enough to attract you to see the count's life.
All 24 novels of Faulkner.
Recommended: Faulkner's novels are also a peak. Probably another novel master after Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. It can be said that if you haven't read Faulkner's novels, you won't understand what a real novel is.
25? Dubliners-Joyce
Recommendation: I think I can make a recommendation list for a series of short story collections. Dubliners is one of the ten books that must be recommended. Joyce belongs to one of the great writers. An Ulysses has stood on the top of the world. But I can't read it. The best work to enter Joyce should still be Dubliners.
26? Memories of Christmas-truman capote
Recommendation: Christmas and Spring Festival are completely different. But from Capote's words, I read about my childhood, my memory, my past, my vacation and even everything. This is the skill. A very short collection, which I especially like to read.
27? Nightcrawler-ray bradbury
Recommendation: It seems inappropriate that there are no sci-fi works in my recommendation list. If I want to recommend science fiction, from my personal taste, I like Lao Lei's science fiction works, which are a little cowboy, a little car-scrapping, fast-paced and very romantic.
28? Selected works of Kafka
Recommendation: Kafka is the originator of modern writers. He is an alien, and he subverts many literary traditions. Not many writers like him can be called thinkers. Kafka is definitely an important bridgehead for our intervention in modern literature.
29? Bruno Schulz Crocodile Street
Recommendation: Most people write lines to outline and sketch, and to show the shape of things and the image of people. However, Schultz's writing method is to hold a group of pigments and pile them up desperately on the drawing board. This writing style is unprecedented.
30? Pedro Barramo-juan rulfo
Recommended: Marquez's mentor. Without this book, there would be no One Hundred Years of Solitude. Marquez said that he could almost recite backwards, not in the sense of idioms, but really. A not-so-thick booklet, read once, has no concept at all. I am sure that I will reread this book indefinitely in the future.
3 1? Burning vilen-juan rulfo
Recommendation: Mackels has been obsessed with two books, one is Pedro Barrymore and the other is Burning Yuan Ye. Marquez said that after reading juan rulfo's works, you will feel that you can't read anyone else's works. This is a collection of short stories, which should be included in one of the greatest short stories in the world.
32? Mao Mu's Three Novels
Recommendation: Mr. Mao Mu's works are quite exquisite. Sometimes, it is too delicate and loses Dostoevsky's soul penetration. But this exquisiteness is something we can learn. Reading Mao Mu will bring great pleasure to readers, which is why he is more accessible to readers than a great writer.
33? The great Gatsby Fitzgerald
Recommendation: Fitzgerald's works contain a lot of energy. It's hard for me to describe it personally. But I believe that anyone will be fascinated by Fitzgerald.
34? the Bible
Recommendation: The Bible is one of the pillars of the whole western literature. Whether spiritual or literary, you should have a Bible on your bookshelf. In particular, you should read the New Testament.
LIST.4？ Methodology of reading and writing
1? A Warm and Complicated Journey-Yu Hua
Recommendation: Yu Hua is my eldest brother in writing. This book teaches me how to read.
2? A professional liar's statement-A Ding
Recommendation: A Ding is my second brother in writing. This book leads a literary aesthetic world of high quality in my opinion. "A Ding Shu Dan" is a model that I will recommend to anyone all my life.
3? New American flounder
Recommendation: Flounder is the third brother on my writing road. I read this book a long time ago and reread it last year. Still believe in the taste of flounder. To some extent, I am eager to be a scholar like a flounder.
4? Fiction-Xu Rongzhe
Recommendation: Mr. Xu Rongzhe has done a good job of excluding the world outlook and directly explaining what writing is about in a methodological sense. This book is like a key. It is looking for every writing keyhole to help you open that door.
5? Fiction-Bi Feiyu
Recommendation: Bi Feiyu is the most respectable teacher I met on my way to school. He used the eyes of a professional writer to examine, judge and dissect these classic texts, which made me feel like a treasure.
6? Writing-Stephen King.
Recommendation: The world's top best-selling novelists talk about their writing process. There are many practical writing suggestions that I think every writer should read.
7? Brock's Novel School —— lawrence block
Recommendation: Brock's detective stories have their own style. He talks about all the technical problems that may be encountered in writing from the perspective of methodology. Most writers will encounter these problems.
8? Story-robert mckee
Recommendation: I think this book should be read, whether it is a film writer or a novel writer. There are not only writing analysis at the level of world outlook, but also writing suggestions at the level of methodology.
9? Faulkner's prose
Recommendation: I like Mr Faulkner's article about his teacher sherwood anderson. You can read a lot of books.
10? Discovery Novel —— Yan Lianke
Recommendation: Yan Lianke is probably the most famous contemporary China writer in the world after Mo Yan. I prefer Yan Lianke to Mo Yan. He talks about novels as a literary theorist and critic. Yan Lianke has the courage and ability to classify and divide the world novels from a very high angle. Yin Gucheng, young screenwriter, signing author of Jane One, signing author of Studying in Weibo, official account of WeChat | Weibo | Jane One ID: Yin Gucheng.