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Autumn Book Fair: Amid the Midterm Elections, Fiction Reigns Supreme in Bookstores

Autumn Book Fair: Amid the Midterm Elections, Fiction Reigns Supreme in Bookstores

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August 21st, 2026

Autumn Book Fair: Amid the Midterm Elections, Fiction Reigns Supreme in Bookstores

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While midterm election coverage is poised to dominate the news cycle come autumn, it may well be fiction that captures the spotlight among the book-buying public.

期中選舉的相關報導將於秋季主導新聞版面然而在購書群眾之間小說類作品或許才是眾所矚目的焦點

Former President Joe Biden's "Promise Me, America" stands out not merely as a White House memoiritself a momentous publishing eventbut as a rare high-caliber political work in the months ahead.

前總統喬·拜登《Promise Me, America》不僅作為一部白宮回憶錄而卓然出眾——總統回憶錄本身即屬重大出版事件——在未來數月內罕見的高規格政治著作

In recent years, nonfiction book sales have languished persistently, and political titles have failed to recapture the zenith of success achieved during President Donald Trump's first term.

近年來非小說類書籍的銷售持續萎靡政治類作品未能重現唐納德·特朗普總統首任任期內所締造的那般巔峰盛況

"The fervour for political books appears to have waned; I believe the public is simply experiencing fatigue," remarked Kristen McLean, who holds the dual titles of analyst and vice president of client insights at Circana, a market research firm specialising in tracking retail book sales.

政治類書籍的熱情似乎已趨於式微我認為大眾不過是感到倦怠罷了,」克里斯汀·麥克林如是說——此君身兼市場研究公司Circana專事追蹤零售書籍銷售之分析師客戶洞察副總裁雙重職銜

"In my estimation, the cadence of the news cycle proves far too swift for a multitude of highly specialized political treatises to ever hope to attain," remarked Shannon DeVito, senior director of books at Barnes & Noble.

「依我之見,(新聞)循環的節奏對於諸多高度專門化的政治論著而言,實屬過於迅疾,以致難以企及,」巴諾書店的高級圖書總監香農·德維托如是說。

Michael Lewis's "Blockers," which scrutinizes Trump's second term from the vantage point of internal government staff, may well be the sole work capable of rivalling Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's summer blockbuster, "Regime Change."

麥可·路易斯的《Blockers》以政府內部工作人員的視角審視特朗普的第二任期或許是唯一能瑪姬·哈伯曼和喬納森·斯旺的夏季暢銷鉅著《Regime Change》分庭抗禮之作

Beyond that, the political tomes commanding attention this autumn hark back to the Biden era, encompassing everything from "Promise Me, America" to former Middle East envoy Brett McGurk's "Brink: Inside the Race to Free the Oct. 7 Hostages," and extending to Akbar Shahid Ahmed's "Crossing the Red Line," a critique of Biden's Gaza war policy.

除此之外今年秋季值得矚目的政治類書籍回溯拜登時代涵蓋《Promise Me, America》前中東特使布雷特·麥格克的《Brink: Inside the Race to Free the Oct. 7 Hostages》乃至阿克巴·沙希德·艾哈邁德針對拜登加薩戰爭政策所撰寫的《Crossing the Red Line》。

Even Bob Woodwardthe veteran investigative journalist who, for decades, has relentlessly exposed successive sitting presidents in real timehas chosen to remain silent on the current political landscape.

即便是鮑勃·伍德沃德——數十年來鍥而不捨地歷任現任總統進行即時揭露的資深調查記者——選擇對當下政治局勢緘默不語

In his work *Secrets: A Reporter's Memoir*, he traces the intricate web of relationships between successive presidents and their sources within the White House, spanning from the Nixon administration through the Watergate scandal that catapulted him to prominence.

在其著作《Secrets: A Reporter's Memoir》中,回溯了尼克森政府時期乃至令其一舉成名水門事件以來,歷任總統白宮內部消息來源之間的錯綜脈絡

"As he delves more profoundly into the intricacies of his own life, I anticipate that the readership he garners will be considerably broader and distinctly set apart from that of his other works," DeVito remarked.

由於更深入地沉浸於自身的生活之中預期他所吸引的讀者群更為廣泛與其他著作的讀者群有所區隔,」德維托如是說

Novelists Barbara Kingsolver and Hernan Diaz, who three years ago were jointly honored with the Pulitzer Prize, are now poised to share the limelight once more this bustling season, ascending to the ranks of two of the most conspicuously prominent core authors.

小說家芭芭拉·金索沃埃爾南·迪亞茲三年前曾同獲普立茲獎殊榮如今將於此繁忙季節再度共享榮耀躋身兩位備受矚目的核心作家之列。

Kingsolver's 'Partita' recounts the tale of a former musical prodigy drawn inexorably back into the orbit of his past, marking her first new work since 'Demon Copperhead'the magnum opus that reimagined Charles Dickens's 'David Copperfield' and secured her the Pulitzer Prize.

金索沃的《Partita》敘述一位昔日音樂神童再度被過往牽引回歸的故事,此作為她《Demon Copperhead》之後的首部新作——該書係其重新詮釋查爾斯·狄更斯《大衛·科波菲爾》並奪得普立茲獎的力作。

Concurrently, Diaz, following his Pulitzer-winning 'Trust', has unveiled 'Ply', a dystopian Dickensian novel that delineates the vicissitudes of a young thief ensconced within a society mired in futuristic chaos.

與此同時迪亞茲繼其普立茲獲獎作品《Trust》之後,推出了一部反烏托邦式的狄更斯風格小說《Ply》描繪一名身處混沌未來社會中的年輕竊賊之際遇

Díaz recalls that, at the Pulitzer Prize ceremony, he happened upon Kingsolver, and the two shared a glass of bourbon together; their mutual resonance over literature and a host of shared interests subsequently forged a profound bond between them.

迪亞茲追憶道於普立茲頒獎盛典上與金索沃不期而遇二人把盞共飲波本威士忌復因文學之共鳴與諸多志趣相投締結深厚情誼

"I do not perceive literature as a competition, nor as a tennis championship," Diaz remarked.

並不認為文學乃是一場競賽抑或一項網球錦標賽,」迪亞茲如是說

"From my perspective, the more exemplary works that exist in the world, the more profound and enriching the dialogue among them becomes, and the more fervent the reader's engagement with them grows."

在我看來世間優質著作愈是繁多彼此間的對話便愈顯深邃豐贍讀者投入其中的程度亦隨之愈發熾烈。」

The sales trajectory of the fiction market in 2026 has remained consistently robust, and is highly likely to sustain its elevated momentum, owing to the forthcoming releases from two of the most illustrious luminaries in romantic fantasyRebecca Yarros and Sarah J. Maas.

2026年小說市場的銷售態勢始終維持穩健且極有可能持續居高不下此乃因兩位聲名最為顯赫的浪漫奇幻作家——麗貝卡·亞羅斯莎拉·J·馬斯——皆將推出新作

Maas is presently unveiling A Court of Splintered Harmony, the sixth installment in the A Court of Thorns and Roses saga, with the seventh volume slated for publication early next year.

馬斯正著手發行《A Court of Splintered Harmony》此為《荊棘與玫瑰的王國》系列之第六卷而第七卷則預定於明年初問世

Yarros's Threshing Day comprises thirteen narratives centered on characters from her Empyrean series, whereas her standalone endeavor, Peculiar Stars, chronicles the protagonist Callista Moran's stranding on a desolate isle following a maritime mishap, wherein she unearths facets of herself she had never anticipated.

亞羅斯的《Threshing Day》收錄了十三篇以其Empyrean系列中角色為核心的故事至於她的獨立作品《Peculiar Stars》則敘述主角卡莉斯塔·莫蘭在一次航海事故後受困於孤島進而發掘出自身未曾預料的一面

The roster of forthcoming novels likewise encompasses the latest magnum opus from Nobel laureate Jon Fosse, entitled "Vaim Hotel," alongside three Booker Prize shortlisted contendersMarlon James's "The Disappearers," Emma Cline's "Switzy," and Rebecca Perry's "May We Feed the King."

新小說名錄亦囊括諾貝爾文學獎得主約恩·福瑟之最新力作《Vaim Hotel》,以及三部入圍布克獎之候選作品——馬龍·詹姆斯《The Disappearers》、艾瑪·克萊恩《Switzy》與麗貝卡·佩里《May We Feed the King》。

What is most apt to pique readers' voyeuristic curiosity is Rachel Cusk's "Life of M," a metafictional work chronicling the life of a cinematic luminary who may be modelled upon Natalie Portmanor may be entirely apocryphal.

最足以撩撥讀者窺秘興味者,當屬瑞切爾·卡斯克之《Life of M》,此乃一部後設小說敘述一位可能以娜塔莉·波曼為藍本抑或純屬虛構之影壇巨星生平

The season's most eagerly anticipated novelistic tour de force is arguably Chad Harbach's "The Brightness": the work delineates the parallel and interwoven life trajectories of two bosom friends in their early twenties, and constitutes the author's first full-length publication since his critically lauded 2011 debut, "The Art of Fielding."

本季備受矚目之小說翹楚或為查德·哈巴赫《The Brightness》該作鋪陳兩位年方弱冠之摯友其平行交織之生命軌跡亦為作者自2011年廣獲佳評之出道作《The Art of Fielding》以來首度問世之長篇

Min Jin Lee's 'American Hagwon' marks her triumphant return to the realm of long-form fiction, her first since the critically acclaimed 'Pachinko' in 2017.

李敏金《American Hagwon》標誌著自2017年備受讚譽的《柏青哥》以來首度重返長篇小說創作的殿堂

Emily St. John Mandel's 'Exit Party' stands as a narrative tour de force from the author of 'Station Eleven,' painting a portrait of futuristic disintegration.

艾蜜莉·聖約翰·曼德爾《Exit Party》是一部出自《十一號站》作者筆下描繪未來主義式崩壞敘事傑作

Furthermore, Yiyun Li, Edwidge Danticat, Kate Atkinson, Disha Philyaw, Diane Williams, Laleh Khadivi, R.F. Kuang, and Nora Rabinowitch have each unveiled noteworthy new works that command attention.

此外李翊雲艾德薇姬·丹蒂卡特凱特·亞金森迪莎·菲利亞黛安·威廉斯拉蕾·哈迪維R.F. 匡諾拉·拉賓納各自推出了令人矚目的新作

Devotees of Stephen Kingand of the late Peter Straub, for that matterwill undoubtedly be on tenterhooks for Other Worlds Than These, the culminating volume in the Talisman saga.

史蒂芬·金(以及已故的彼得·史特勞布)的忠實讀者勢必引頸期盼《Other Worlds Than These》——此乃《護身符》系列之最終卷

Alice Hoffman, for her part, inaugurates an entirely novel series with The Witches of Cambridge, while Brandon Sanderson has joined forces with Janci Patterson to co-author Blightfall.

艾莉絲·霍夫曼則以《The Witches of Cambridge》開啟嶄新系列布蘭登·山德森與詹西·帕特森聯袂執筆《Blightfall》

John Grisham's latest tour de force in the thriller genre is The French Illusion, whereas S.A. Cosby's Truth to Power constitutes a Marvel crime novel centered on the superhero-turned-detective Luke Cage.

約翰·葛里遜的最新驚悚力作《The French Illusion》至於S.A. 科斯比的《Truth to Power》則是一部以超級英雄兼偵探盧克·凱奇為核心漫威犯罪小說

Three titans of cinema, each a past recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor, are poised to unfurl the tapestries of their respective lives this autumn: Sylvester Stallone's "The Steps," whose title alludes to the actor's profoundly emblematic, upward-striving sprint in "Rocky"; Michael Douglas's "One Helluva Ride," which the actor-producer characterizes as a corrective to the labyrinthine, near-legendary trajectory of his ascent to fame; and Dustin Hoffman's "Look at Me," lauded by its publisher Simon & Schuster as "an intimate memoir exploring the mysteries of art, ambition, family, friendship, love, old age, and the creative life."

三位曾榮獲奧斯卡金像獎影壇巨擘將於今秋娓娓道來各自的生命篇章席維斯·史特龍的《The Steps》,此書名所指涉的,正是演員於《洛基》一片中極具象徵意義奮力向上的奔跑姿態麥可·道格拉斯的《One Helluva Ride》,這位身兼演員與製片人的作者稱此作為對那撲朔迷離、幾近傳奇之成名歷程的勘誤與修正以及達斯汀·霍夫曼的《Look at Me》,出版商賽門與舒斯特將其譽為一部探討藝術、抱負、家庭、友誼、愛情、老年,以及創作生活奧秘的私密回憶錄」。

In her earlier work, "An Unexpected Life," Gloria Steinem reflects upon the manifold chapters of her life's journey; meanwhile, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, in his volume "The Perilous Fight," undertakes a profound introspection into his activism.

葛洛莉亞·史坦能於其早年著作《An Unexpected Life》中,回顧了她生命歷程的諸多篇章前NFL四分衛科林·卡佩尼克則在《The Perilous Fight》一書中對其行動主義進行了深刻的省思

Chuck Lorre's "Sitcom" stands as the memoir penned by the creator of "Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory," whereas Eric Dane's "My Book of Days" was posthumously brought to press a mere few months following the demise of the "Grey's Anatomy" actor from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

查克·洛爾的《Sitcom》《好漢兩個半》與《生活大爆炸》創作者所撰之回憶錄艾瑞克·丹恩的《My Book of Days》則於《實習醫生》演員因肌萎縮性側索硬化症辭世數月之後付梓問世

Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey has unequivocally restored this ancient epic to a position of cultural preeminence, thereby propelling the translations by Emily Wilson and the late Robert Fagles onto the bestseller lists.

克里斯多福·諾蘭對《奧德賽》的改編儼然使這部古代史詩重獲文化顯學地位進而促使艾蜜莉·威爾遜已故羅伯特·法格斯的譯本躋身暢銷書榜

Wilson is set to release a new work this autumn, Through the Wine-Dark Seas, which compiles a plethora of essays spanning Greek tragedy, the 'slut-shaming' of Helen of Troy, and the 'wily snicker' in Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP.'

威爾遜今秋將推出新作《穿越酒色汪洋》書中收錄諸多論述涵蓋希臘悲劇對特洛伊海倫的「蕩婦羞辱」以及卡蒂·B梅根·西·種馬《WAP》一曲中「狡黠的嗤笑」等主題。

In "Cloud Runner," former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo endeavors to capture in words what she candidly concedes may be ineffablethe loss of her daughter Rainy Ortiz, who passed away three years prior: "I lost my girl. / Some things do not belong to words," Harjo writes.

在《Cloud Runner》中前美國桂冠詩人喬伊·哈爾喬試圖以文字捕捉她坦然承認或許無以名狀之事——其三年前辭世的愛女雷尼·奧爾蒂斯:「我失去了我的女孩。/有些事情不屬於文字,」哈爾喬如是寫道

Jennifer Franklin, in her poetry collection "A Fire in Her Brain," conveys the inner world of Lucia, the brilliant yet ill-fated daughter of James Joyce.

珍妮佛·富蘭克林於詩集《A Fire in Her Brain》中傳達了詹姆斯·喬伊斯才華橫溢命途多舛之女露西亞的內心世界

Recent publications also encompass the poetic endeavors of Layli Long Soldier, Tina Chang, Patricia Lockwood, Dalia Taha, Avis Blackbird, and Hieu Minh Nguyen.

新近問世之作涵蓋萊利·朗·索爾德蒂娜·張派翠西亞·洛克伍德達利亞·塔哈阿維斯·布萊克伯德阮休明等詩人之筆

The anthology Other Legacies, meanwhile, compiles tributes by Rae Armantrout, Edward Hirsch, and other laureates to lesser-known poets such as Rachel Lodden, Julia de Burgos, and Stephen Jonas.

選集《Other Legacies》輯錄了雷·阿曼特魯特愛德華·赫希及其他獲獎者諸如瑞秋·洛登茱莉亞·德·布戈斯史蒂芬·喬納斯鮮為人知之詩人的致敬之作

Another writer who has benefited from Nolan's cinematic ventures, Kai Bird, co-authored the biography 'American Prometheus,' which was adapted into 'Oppenheimer,' and has now once again joined forces to pen 'American Scoundrel,' a penetrating examination of the life of Roy Cohna lawyer, political operative, and mentor to Donald Trump.

另一位因諾蘭電影而受益的作家——凱·柏德與人合著了改編成《奧本海默》的傳記《美國普羅米修斯》,如今再度攜手合著《American Scoundrel》,深入剖析律師兼政治操盤手同時也是特朗普導師的羅伊·科恩之生平

In 'The Rush,' the acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick casts a retrospective eye over the nineteenth-century gold rush that swept across the landscape.

在《The Rush》一書中,屢獲殊榮的作家納撒尼爾·菲爾布里克回顧了十九世紀那場席捲而來的淘金熱潮

The esteemed science writer James Gleick, meanwhile, scrutinizes the evolutionary trajectory of communication technology in 'The Telephone: A New History.'

備受推崇的科學作家詹姆斯·葛雷克於《The Telephone: A New History》中,審視了通訊技術的演進歷程

Two scholarly treatisesTimothy W. Ryback's "53 Days" and Victor Sebestyen's "Weimar Germany"meticulously dissect the collapse of Germany's democratic framework during the 1930s, while a separate cohort of works, conceived as admonitions against contemporary perils, encompasses Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's collaborative "End Times Fascism," alongside Pulitzer Prize laureate Jill Lepore's "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State."

兩部學術論著——提摩西·W·賴貝克的《53 Days》維克多·塞貝斯琴的《Weimar Germany》——深入剖析了1930年代德國民主體制的崩潰歷程另一批旨在警示當代危機的著作則涵蓋娜歐米·克萊恩與艾斯特拉·泰勒合著的《End Times Fascism》,以及普立茲獎得主吉兒·萊波爾的《The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State》。

Public radio host Celeste Headlee's "Freedom's Daughters" is merely one among a plethora of works this autumn centering on race and racism as their core thematic concern.

公共廣播主持人塞萊斯特·赫德利《Freedom's Daughters》不過是今年秋季以種族與種族主義為核心議題的眾多著作之一

Grandmaster Flash, in collaboration with Robert "Scoop" Jackson, has co-authored the historical treatise on rap and hip-hop music, "Birth of a Culture," while Stephanie Phillips's musical history, "We Were Here," foregrounds the artistic lineage spanning from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Living Colour.

閃耀大師羅伯特·「史庫普」·傑克森攜手撰寫了說唱與嘻哈音樂的歷史專著《Birth of a Culture》史蒂芬妮·菲利普斯的音樂史《We Were Here》則著重呈現了從羅塞塔·薩普修女到Living Colour等藝術家的音樂脈絡

Pulitzer Prize laureate Alan Taylor's magnum opus, "Tower Hill," proffers an unprecedented hermeneutic lens through which to apprehend the slave insurrection spearheaded by Nat Turner in 1831.

普立茲獎得主艾倫·泰勒所著之《Tower Hill》,為納特·透納於1831年領導的奴隸起義提供了嶄新的詮釋視角

Concurrently, Harriet A. Washington's "Renaissance Men" renders a resplendent homage to three pioneering yet egregiously overlooked Black physicians; her narrative arc traverses the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, its profound reverberations persisting with undiminished potency to this very day.

與此同時哈麗特·A·華盛頓於《Renaissance Men》一書中,對三位具開創性長久以來備受忽視的黑人醫生致以崇高頌揚敘事脈絡橫亙自十九世紀中葉至二十世紀中葉,其深遠意涵至今引發強烈共鳴

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Bob Mackie Dies at 87: The Legendary Designer Who Dressed Cher and Marilyn and Defined 1970s Glamour

Bob Mackie Dies at 87: The Legendary Designer Who Dressed Cher and Marilyn and Defined 1970s Glamour

鮑勃·麥基逝世,享年87歲:為雪兒與瑪麗蓮設計服裝、定義70年代魅力的傳奇設計師

C2Sep 14
Film Review: *Magic Hour 2* Ought to Have Stayed True to the Original Spellbook

Film Review: *Magic Hour 2* Ought to Have Stayed True to the Original Spellbook

影評:《魔法時刻2》理應忠於原版魔法書

C2Sep 11
A French museum has been burglarized, with four paintings by Renoir stolen, two of which remain unaccounted for to this day.

A French museum has been burglarized, with four paintings by Renoir stolen, two of which remain unaccounted for to this day.

法國博物館遭竊,四幅雷諾瓦畫作被盜,其中兩幅至今下落不明

C2Sep 8
Elon Musk documentary and thriller starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem premiere at the Venice Film Festival

Elon Musk documentary and thriller starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem premiere at the Venice Film Festival

伊隆·馬斯克紀錄片與潘妮洛普·克魯茲、哈維爾·巴登主演驚悚片威尼斯影展首映

C2Sep 8
The jury found the man guilty of first-degree murder in the 1996 slaying of rap icon Tupac Shakur.

The jury found the man guilty of first-degree murder in the 1996 slaying of rap icon Tupac Shakur.

陪審團裁定男子於1996年謀殺饒舌偶像圖帕克·夏庫爾一案中一級謀殺罪成立

C2Sep 1