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RSS미국 USA TODAY에서 창간 25주년을 맞아 지난 25년간 독자와 출판계에
가장 큰 영향을 끼친 25권의 책을 선정했다고 한다. 교보에서 따서 나온
얘기라서 선정 기준은 잘 모르겠는데, 전혀 모르는 책들도 많이 있어서 나중에
기회되면 한번씩 찾아보아야 겠다.
아무래도 뭔가 깊은 이유가 있으니까 1년에
한권씩 25권이나 골랐겠지.
쭉 훑어보니, 다빈치코드, 해리포터, 시간의역사, 조이럭클럽, 화성에서온남자, 치킨스푸,
브리짓존스의 일기 등이 봤던 것들이고 나머지는 대부분 전혀 모르는 책들.
콜드 마운틴 같은 경우가 원래 책이 지명도가 있는 작품이었나 보다.
(원래 교보에서 가져왔다가 다시 USA TODAY 원문으로 교체함)
원문보기 :
http://www.usatoday.com/life/top25-books.htm
25 Books that leave a
legacy
 1Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneMidnight book parties, all-night readathons, overnight deliveries: A boy wizard named Harry got kids (and adults) thinking that reading was cool. And mega sales of the magical series redefined what it meant to be a best seller.  2The Deep End of the OceanWhat was America reading? Whatever Oprah Winfrey was reading. The talk-show host became a publishing powerhouse on Sept. 17, 1996, when she made Mitchard뭩 novel her first book club pick. All 57 selections have been instant smash hits.  3The Da Vinci CodeThe religious thriller about Jesus’s love affair with Mary Magdalene became the fastest-selling adult novel in the history of publishing with 75 million copies in print worldwide. It drew a warning from the Vatican and spawned months of water-cooler debates, a movie, countless Code wannabes and an entire travel industry.  4The 911 Commission ReportPraised for its riveting depiction of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, this is the only government report ever nominated for the National Book Award. First-day sales pushed the $10 report to the No. 1 spot on USA TODAY’s Best Selling Books list.  5Chicken Soup for the SoulComfort food for readers, the Chicken Soup books, which told short, bright stories about overcoming adversity, quickly became a franchise. The 144 titles now in the series are geared to teens, single parents, even NASCAR fans.  6Men Are From Mars, Women Are From VenusWe always knew men and women were from different planets. Gray explained why (women like to talk, men don't), and the Mars/Venus image seeped into the lexicon.  7Dr. Atkins' New Diet RevolutionDr. Atkins ignited the low-carb craze, the reigning diet of the '90s. Bread and pasta were out, and high protein was in.  8And the Band Played OnShilts, a reporter at The San Francisco Chronicle who would die of AIDS in 1994, helped wake up the USA to the emerging AIDS epidemic. His book was the first definitive analysis of the medical, cultural and political! dimensions and was written with the power and sweep of a novel.  9BelovedMorrison’s masterpiece about an escaped slave who kills her baby to save the child from slavery won the Pulitzer and propelled her to the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. She is the last American to win it. In a 2006 poll of writers byThe New York Times Book Review, Beloved was named the best American novel of the past 25 years.  10The Greatest GenerationThe former NBC anchor popularized the expression “greatest generation” when he paid tribute to boomers’ parents with stories about men and women who survived the Great Depression and fought in World War II.  11Bridget Jones's DiarySingletons, smug marrieds, v.v.. funny diary observations: This British import set the stage for a flood of chick-lit novels, from The Nanny Diaries to The Devil Wears Prada.  12Left BehindThe first in the fictional apocalyptic series about the Rapture clicked with evangelicals and then found a wider audience. Fifteen books about the end of the world followed with titles such as Armageddon and Glorious Appearing. The series wrapped up with a bang on April 3 with Kingdom Come.  13The Purpose Driven LifeEveryone has a purpose in God’s plan, according to this Christian devotional guide. Sales surged in 2005 when an Atlanta woman used the book’s teachings to persuade a murder suspect who took her hostage to turn himself in.  14Fast Food NationThis exposé of fast-food restaurants and meatpacking plants earned comparisons to Upton Sinclair’s 1906 classic The Jungle. The book helped transform the American diet as we were reminded we are what we eat.  15The Satanic VersesRiots and political uproar on three continents greeted the publication of the Indian-born writer’s novel of good and evil. Fundamentalist Muslims called it blasphemous, and the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (death sentence) on Rushdie.  16The Closing of the American MindThe conservative scholar’s attack on the shortcomings of colleges and liberal professors provoked an intense debate as well as self-criticism on campuses across the USA.  17The Bonfire of the VanitiesWolfe’s first novel captured the Wall Street greed of the ’80s better than any non-fiction. It vividly illustrated the growing gap between the haves and have-nots in American cities.  18The Joy Luck ClubIn 1949 San Francisco, four Chinese women gathered to play mahjong and forget the pain of the past. Tan, daughter of Chinese immigrants, created a debut novel out of this fresh material and launched a wave of immigrant literature.  19What To Expect When You're ExpectingBoomer parents ditched Dr. Spock in favor of this accessible baby guide. The eight books in the series span toddlers to baby-sitters  20A Brief History of TimeTheoretical physics suddenly was sexy thanks to a wheelchair-bound Cambridge University professor (he has Lou Gehrig’sdisease). Hawking explained black holes and the Big Bang theory for the rest of us.  21IacoccaThe Chrysler chairman’s autobiography rolled off the assembly line and found eager buyers, proving a business memoir could be a hit.  22Waiting to ExhaleWith her profane, sassy voice, Terry McMillan’s groundbreaking novel about black women looking for satisfying relationships was a wake-up call for the publishing industry. Readers of all races were hungry for entertaining stories about African-Americans.  23Cold MountainThe Civil War saga got millions of readers talking about a literary novel. It was a rarity: a debut novel by an unknown writer that was both a critical and commercial hit.  24BacklashFaludi, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, took on the media, Hollywood and anti-feminist propaganda as she examined the backlash that developed in the 1980s against successful women.  25Final ExitThe topic of assisted suicide exploded in controversy in the ’90s, thanks to Michigan pathologist Jack Kevorkian and his suicide machine and this how-to manual by an English journalist who helped his cancer-stricken first wife kill herself.
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