“我已经很清楚哪些商业书籍是有价值的——要么是让我有新的思考,要么是一流的,要么是让我无法忘怀的。”
6月24日,亚马逊公布了今年到目前为止已经出版的最佳图书,该结果由亚马逊编辑团队评选得出。
尽管亚马逊在今年早些时候曾表示,在经济衰退期间,它将不再以销售图书为重,而是专注于打造其电子商务帝国,但这家零售业巨头仍继续发布了一份年度书单排行榜。2020年1月至6月出版的20本最佳图书中,涵盖了小说与非小说、悬疑和惊悚类、儿童与青少年等多种不同类型。
“我们一整年都在阅读,而且我们通常在这些书真正出版之前就已经读完了。”亚马逊的图书编辑克里斯施洛普在接受《财富》采访时说,“到了5月,我已经很清楚哪些商业书籍是有价值的——要么是让我有新的思考,要么是一流的,要么是让我无法忘怀的。”
亚马逊图书编辑团队由七人组成,在过去的六个月里,他们从数百种图书中筛选出了前10名最佳图书:
《大嗓门女孩》,作者:AbiDaré
《隐藏的山谷之路:描述美国家庭的内心世界》,作者:RobertKolker
《鸟与蛇的歌谣》,作者:SuzanneCollins
《金刚执事》,作者:JamesMcBride
《漂亮的事情》,作者:JanelleBrown
《作家与情人》,作者:LilyKing
《唉,不见了》,作者:PhucTran
《我们的城市》,作者:N.K.Jemisin
《乌娜乱套了》,作者:MargaritaMontimore
《慈悲》,作者:KiranMillwoodHargrave
在位于西雅图的亚马逊总部中,图书编辑们也阅读了无数的商业书籍,并评选出2020年迄今为止最好的20本商业书籍:
《小习惯》,作者:BJFogg
《资本与意识形态》,作者:ThomasPiketty
《亿万富翁的荒原——超级富豪与美国西部的重建》,作者:JustinFarrell
《天鹅绒绳经济》,作者:NelsonD.Schwartz
《工作的乐趣》,作者:MarieKondo
《像火箭科学家一样思考》,作者:OzanVarol
《设计你的工作生活》,作者:BillBurnettandDaveEvans
《领导力就是语言》,作者:L.DavidMarquet
《激情经济》,作者:AdamDavidson
《领导战略与战术》,作者:JockoWillink
《未来比你想象得要快》,作者:PeterH.DiamandisandStevenKotler
《与僵尸争论》,作者:PaulKrugman
《不仅仅是准备好了》,作者:CeciliaNuoz
《胜利机器》,作者:EthanSherwoodStrauss
《经济尊严》,作者:GeneSperling
《这不是一个时尚的故事》,作者:DanielleBernstein
《非常重要的人物》,作者:AshleyMears
《和平的代价》,作者:ZacharyD.Carter
《如何创新》,作者:MattRidley
《上游》,作者:DanHeath
展望未来,亚马逊图书团队已经准备了很长的阅读书单,用于公布2020年的“年度最佳”榜单。
“瑞达利欧的《原则》是我们几年前的最佳选择,我一直对他关于问题的看法很感兴趣,因此,即将在9月出版的《不断变化的世界秩序》是我非常期待的一本书。”施洛普说。“关于商业战略的《你接下来的五步行动》,正好是我喜欢的。但没有什么比发现一颗你之前未发现的宝石更有趣了,所以我期待着在今年结束前会有惊喜发生。”(财富中文网)
编译:于佳鑫
AmazononJune24announcedtheBestBooksof2020publishedtodate,aschosenbytheretailer’sliteraryeditorialteam.
AlthoughAmazon,whichlaunchedin1994asanonlinebookseller,saidearlierthisyearthatitwoulddeprioritizebooksaleswhileconcentratingonotherarmsofitse-commerceempireduringtheeconomicshutdown,theretailgiantisstillcontinuingtopublishanannualmidyearlist.Thetop20booksoftheyearsofar—publishedbetweenJanuaryandJuneof2020—spanstoppicksacrossfictionandnonfiction,mysteryandthrillers,children’sandYA(youngadult),andmore.
“Wereadvoraciouslythroughouttheyear,andweusuallyreadthebookswellbeforetheyareactuallypublished,”ChrisSchluep,Amazonbookseditor,tellsFortune.“ByMayorso,Ihaveagoodideaofwhatbusinessbookshavestuckwithme—eithersomethingthatmademethinkdifferently,orabest-in-class,orabookthatIjustcan’tgetoutofmymind.”
Ateamofseven,theAmazonBookseditorshavereadhundredsoftitlesoverthepastsixmonthstowhittlethepiledowntothesetop10:
TheGirlWiththeLoudingVoice:ANovelbyAbiDaré
HiddenValleyRoad:InsidetheMindofanAmericanFamilybyRobertKolker
TheBalladofSongbirdsandSnakes:AHungerGamesNovelbySuzanneCollins
DeaconKingKong:ANovelbyJamesMcBride
PrettyThings:ANovelbyJanelleBrown
Writers&Lovers:ANovelbyLilyKing
Sigh,Gone:AMisfit’sMemoirofGreatBooks,PunkRock,andtheFighttoFitInbyPhucTran
TheCityWeBecame:ANovelbyN.K.Jemisin
OonaOutofOrder:ANovelbyMargaritaMontimore
TheMercies:ANovelbyKiranMillwoodHargrave
BasedatAmazonHQinSeattle,theAmazonBookseditorsalsoreadcountlessbusinessbooks,anddeterminedthese20titlestobethebestbusinessbooksof2020sofar:
TinyHabits:TheSmallChangesThatChangeEverythingbyBJFogg
CapitalandIdeologybyThomasPiketty
BillionaireWilderness:TheUltra-WealthyandtheRemakingoftheAmericanWest(PrincetonStudiesinCulturalSociology)byJustinFarrell
TheVelvetRopeEconomy:HowInequalityBecameBigBusinessbyNelsonD.Schwartz
JoyatWork:OrganizingYourProfessionalLifebyMarieKondo
ThinkLikeaRocketScientist:SimpleStrategiesYouCanUsetoMakeGiantLeapsinWorkandLifebyOzanVarol
DesigningYourWorkLife:HowtoThriveandChangeandFindHappinessatWorkbyBillBurnettandDaveEvans
LeadershipIsLanguage:TheHiddenPowerofWhatYouSay—andWhatYouDon’tbyL.DavidMarquet
ThePassionEconomy:NineRulesforThrivingintheTwenty-FirstCenturybyAdamDavidson
LeadershipStrategyandTactics:FieldManualbyJockoWillink
TheFutureIsFasterThanYouThink:HowConvergingTechnologiesAreTransformingBusiness,Industries,andOurLivesbyPeterH.DiamandisandStevenKotler
ArguingWithZombies:Economics,Politics,andtheFightforaBetterFuturebyPaulKrugman
MorethanReady:BeStrongandBeYou…andOtherLessonsforWomenofColorontheRisebyCeciliaNuoz
TheVictoryMachine:TheMakingandUnmakingoftheWarriorsDynastybyEthanSherwoodStrauss
EconomicDignitybyGeneSperling
ThisIsNotaFashionStory:TakingChances,BreakingRules,andBeingaBossintheBigCitybyDanielleBernstein
VeryImportantPeople:StatusandBeautyintheGlobalPartyCircuitbyAshleyMears
ThePriceofPeace:Money,Democracy,andtheLifeofJohnMaynardKeynesbyZacharyD.Carter
HowInnovationWorks:AndWhyItFlourishesinFreedombyMattRidley
Upstream:TheQuesttoSolveProblemsBeforeTheyHappenbyDanHeath
Lookingforward(becauseyes,therearestillsixmoremonthsof2020),theAmazonBooksteamalreadyhasalongto-readlistbeforecompletingacomprehensive“BestOf”listfortheyear.
“RayDalio’sPrincipleswasourtoppickacoupleyearsago,andI’malwaysinterestedinhistakeonthings,soTheChangingWorldOrder,whichpublishesinSeptember,isoneI’mlookingforwardtoreading,”Schluepsays.“IwouldalsosayYourNextFiveMoves,abookaboutbusinessstrategy,isonmyradar.Butthereisnothingmorefunthandiscoveringagemyoudidn’texpecttofind,soI’mlookingforwardtoasurpriseortwobeforetheyearisover.”