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揭秘奥普拉最爱看的十本书

　　When we asked Oprah to pick the 10 books she's read in the pastdecade that have mattered to her most, she was momentarily stumped.Only 10? Still, she offered up the following:

　　当问到奥普拉哪十本书对她最有影响时，她犯难了。“只能选十本吗？”她这样问道。

　　For someone who describes herself as "inspired, challenged, andsustained" by books, it was almost impossible for Oprah to staywithin our limit of 10. Here are her picks, but she emphasized thatit was only a sampler of delightful titles that have also managedto teach her—and all of us—a few things。

　　Starting with.。.

　　1. Discover the Power Within You

　　By Eric Butterworth

　　256 pages; HarperOne

　　Advice from the internationally known spiritual teacher。

　　2. A New Earth

　　By Eckhart Tolle

　　316 pages; Plume

　　There's a reason Oprah picked this for her Book Club in 2008—andthat she gave audience members Post-it pens along with theircopies. So much wisdom, so little time! A real-life guide to livingyour best life。

　　3. The Poisonwood Bible

　　By Barbara Kingsolver

　　576 pages; Harper Perennial

　　This novel is about a family embroiled in the political turmoilof postcolonial Africa. It established Kingsolver as one of ourwisest observers of history, politics, and human nature。

　　4. Night

　　By Elie Wiesel

　　120 pages; Hill and Wang

　　A memoir of a childhood suffered in concentration camps duringthe Holocaust. It's horrific but uplifting. "I gain courage fromhis courage," Oprah says。

　　5. A Fine Balance

　　By Rohinton Mistry

　　624 pages; Vintage

　　A Dickensian novel about India during the Emergency. Like theaftermath of September 11, it teaches us about cultures we haven'tunderstood. "It takes us out of our own little shell and exposes usto a whole other world out there," Oprah says。

　　6. East of Eden

　　By John Steinbeck

　　608 pages; Penguin

　　This classic is about good and evil as played out in alate-19th-century California ranch family. If you didn't read it inhigh school, read it now. If you did, reread it!

　　7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

　　By David Wroblewski

　　576 pages; HarperCollins

　　A kind of Hamlet on the prairie, this is the wrenching story ofa mute boy and his dog. Oprah compares it to East of Eden and ToKill a Mockingbird。

　　8. The Pillars of the Earth

　　By Ken Follett

　　973 pages; Penguin

　　About the challenges of building cathedrals in 12th-centuryEngland, this novel couldn't be more different in setting, time,and plot from the author's breakthrough success, Eye of the Needle.Oprah declares it simply "great."

　　9. The Bluest Eye

　　By Toni Morrison

　　224 pages; Penguin

　　How to choose among the great Morrison's novels? Start with thisone about a girl who thinks she has to have blue eyes to bebeautiful. Oprah considers it one of the best in a crowded Morrisonfield。

　　10. The Known World

　　By Edward P. Jones

　　400 pages; HarperCollins

　　When this book was published in 2003, it shocked everybody withits depiction of slave-owning blacks before the Civil War. Adaring, unusual examination of race。