<p>I’m writing a book <em><strong>“500 best books originally written in<br />
English for Japanese audience&#8221;</strong></em>, and this is a tentative list of <strong><span style="color:#0000bf;">75</span> non-</strong><strong>fiction<br />
books</strong>ï¼76 at the moment). I have lists for fiction<br />
books, children’s<br />
books, and classics<br />
separately.</p>
<p>This list is not completed and I would like your input. Some of the book’s<br />
audience are beginning readers of English and some are native level, so I need<br />
a mix of books that would appeal to these various levels ;that I believe<br />
are enjoyable for the Japanese readers.  ;Some are entertaining, and some<br />
are mind stimulating, and some of them are informative.  ;The most<br />
important thing is that the book gives a Japanese reader a good reading experience.<br />
If that experience encourages the reader to pick up another English book, it<br />
will be a success.</p>
<p>The following are the criteria I used for the tentative list.  ;</p>
<p>1)  ; The reader feels “ I’m glad I have read this book”.</p>
<p>2)  ; The book has a reasonably wide range of audience.</p>
<p>3)  ; The book must be reasonably well written.</p>
<p>4)  ; The book must be still in print and available in Japan.</p>
<p>I’m including some books I personally do not like very much, because I believe<br />
there are many Japanese readers who can learn to enjoy English books from<br />
them. ; Because of the limited number I can list for the book, I decided to<br />
chose only one book by each author.</p>
<p>I separated into several genres, but please keep in mind that some of them are<br />
mixture of different genres.</p>
<p> ;</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000bf;"><strong>åæ³é²ï¼ä¼è¨ Biographies, memoirs</strong></span> </p>
<p> ;</p>
<p>Angela&#8217;s Ashes by<br />
Frank McCourt</p>
<p>Just Kids by Patti Smith</p>
<p>Look me in the Eye by John Elder Robison</p>
<p>Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson</p>
<p>The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama</p>
<p>Open by Andre Agassi</p>
<p>The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe</p>
<p>The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch</p>
<p>Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom</p>
<p>Marley &; Me by John Grogan</p>
<p>Dewey by Vicki Myron, Bret Witter</p>
<p>Saving Sammy by Beth<br />
Alison Maloney</p>
<p> ;</p>
<p> ;</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000bf;"><strong>æ¿æ²»çµæ¸ãæäºãã«ã</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000bf;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p>
<p>In Cold Blood (1965) by Truman Capote</p>
<p>The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2009/11/--googled-abaa.html" target="_blank">Googled</a> by Ken Auletta</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393320278/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=0393320278&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">Embracing Defeat</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=yofaclja-20&;l=as2&;o=1&;a=0393320278" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><br />
ãby John W. Dower</p>
<p>Columbine by Dave Cullen</p>
<p>A Thousand Lives by<br />
Julia Scheeres</p>
<p>In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick</p>
<p>Seabuiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand</p>
<p>Liar&#8217;s Poker by Michael Lewis</p>
<p>Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038552062X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=038552062X&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">The Great<br />
Derangement</a> by Matt Taibbi </p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2010/01/game_change.html" target="_blank">Game Change</a> by John Heilemann &; Mark Halperin</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2013/03/guns-germs.html" target="_blank">Guns, Germs, and Steel</a> by Jared M. Diamond</p>
<p>The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger</p>
<p>Born to Run by Christopher McDougall </p>
<p>
<a>Lost in Shangri-La</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=yofaclja-20&;l=as2&;o=1&;a=0061988359" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> by Michell Zuckoff
</p>
<p>Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams</p>
<p>A Year in Province by Peter Mayle</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2010/08/-eat-pray-love.html" target="_blank">Eat, Pray, Love</a> by Elizabeth Gilbert </p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2008/12/the-billionaire.html" target="_blank">The Billionaire&#8217;s Vinegar</a> by Benjamin Wallace</p>
<p> ;</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000bf;"><strong>èªç¶ï¼ç§å¦ï¼å»å¦ï¼é³æ¥½ï¼å¿çï¼æè²</strong></span><strong> ;</strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000bf;"><strong>Nature, Science,<br />
Medicine, Music</strong></span></p>
<p> ;</p>
<p>A Brief History of Time (2005å¹´æ¹è¨ç) by Stephen Hawking</p>
<p>Elegant Universe by Brian Greene</p>
<p>Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser</p>
<p>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>
<p>How Music Works by David Byrne</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547053649/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=0547053649&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">How Doctors Think</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=yofaclja-20&;l=as2&;o=1&;a=0547053649" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><br />
by Jerome Groopman</p>
<p>The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee</p>
<p>An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/0393337456/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=247&;creative=7399&;creativeASIN=0393337456&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yukariscott-22">Telling Lies</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.jp/e/ir?t=yukariscott-22&;l=as2&;o=9&;a=0393337456" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><br />
by Paul Ekman </p>
<p>Influence by Robert B. Cialdini </p>
<p>The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg</p>
<p>My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2011/06/psychopath-test.html" target="_blank">Psychopath Test</a> by Jon Ronson</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2010/06/stuff.html" target="_blank">Stuff</a> by Randy O. Frost &; Gail Steketee</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143120530/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=0143120530&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">Moonwalking<br />
with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything</a> by Joshua Foer ;</p>
<p>A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, et al</p>
<p>How Children Succeed by Paul Tough</p>
<p>Sticks and Stones by Emily Bazelon </p>
<p>NurtureShock by Po Bronson &; Ashley Merryman</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2009/03/play-how-it-sha.html" target="_blank">Play</a> by Stuart Brown</p>
<p></p>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000bf;">ãã¸ãã¹ï¼çµå¶ï¼ç¤¾ä¼ç§å¦ï¼å®ç¨æ¸ï¼èªå·±åçº Business, management, and marketing, social<br />
science </span></strong></p>
<p> ;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743203046/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=0743203046&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">Bowling Alone</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=yofaclja-20&;l=as2&;o=1&;a=0743203046" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> by Robert D. Putnam</p>
<p>The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman</p>
<p>Tipping point by Malcolm Gladwell</p>
<p>The End of Big by Nicco Mele</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2013/02/johnnybunko.html" target="_blank">The Adventures of Johnny Bunko</a> by Daniel H. Pink</p>
<p>The Dip by Seth Godin</p>
<p>Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead by David Meerman<br />
Scott &; Brian Halligan </p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/055338371X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=247&;creative=7399&;creativeASIN=055338371X&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yukariscott-22">Emotional Intelligence</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.jp/e/ir?t=yukariscott-22&;l=as2&;o=9&;a=055338371X" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><br />
by Daniel Goleman</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t Sweat the Small Stuff&#8211;and it&#8217;s all small stuff by<br />
Richard Carlson</p>
<p>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592404049/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=1592404049&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">How Starbucks Saved My Life</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=yofaclja-20&;l=as2&;o=1&;a=1592404049" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><br />
by Michael Gates Gill</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590305841/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=1590305841&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">The Happiness Trap</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=yofaclja-20&;l=as2&;o=1&;a=1590305841" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><br />
by Russ Harris</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2013/03/lean-in.html" target="_blank">Lean In</a> by Sheryl Sandberg</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2013/03/fall-in-love.html" target="_blank">Fall in Love for Life</a> by Barbara Cooper</p>
<p><a href="http://watanabeyukari.weblogs.jp/yousho/2009/09/on-writing-825c.html" target="_blank">On Writing</a> by Stephen King</p>
<p>Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312421001/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=0312421001&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR&#8217;s National Story Project</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=yofaclja-20&;l=as2&;o=1&;a=0312421001" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></p>
<p>Give Your Speech, Change the World by Nick Morgan</p>
<p> ;</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000bf;"><strong>ã¦ã¼ã¢ã¢ Humor</strong></span></p>
<p> ;</p>
<p>The Darwin Awards by Wendy Northcutt</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062113372/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=0062113372&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">I Suck at Girls</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=yofaclja-20&;l=as2&;o=1&;a=0062113372" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><br />
by Justin Halpern </p>
<p>A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson </p>
<p> ;</p>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000bf;">ãã®ä»ã®ã¸ã£ã³ã«<br />
(art, cooking, and other genre)</span></strong></p>
<p> ;</p>
<p>Asylum by Christopher Payne</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761171703/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=0761171703&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">Dancers Among Us</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=yofaclja-20&;l=as2&;o=1&;a=0761171703" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><br />
by Jordan Matter </p>
<p>PostSecret by Frank Warren</p>
<p>Guinness World Records</p>
<p>Barefoot Contessa Foolproof by Ina Garten</p>
<p>The Fannie Farmer Cookbook by Marion Cunningham</p>
<p> ;</p>
<p> ;</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000bf;">*****The following books are also considered******</span></p>
<p>500åã«ããããã«ãªã¹ãããè½ã¨ããä½åã</p>
<p>Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt</p>
<p>Helter Skelter by<br />
Vincent Bugliosi</p>
<p>Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins</p>
<p>Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs</p>
<p>J. D. Salinger by Kenneth Slawenski</p>
<p>Escape by Carolyn<br />
Jessop</p>
<p>A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke</p>
<p>Life in Rewind by<br />
Terry Weible Murphy &; Michael A. Jenike</p>
<p>I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi</p>
<p>Dreamers, Discoverers &; Dynamos by Lucy Jo Palladino Ph.<br />
D.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300187793/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=0300187793&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">A Little<br />
History of Philosophy</a> by Nigel Warburton</p>
<p>Einstein Never Used Flashcards by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff,<br />
et al</p>
<p>The Best American Essays</p>
<p>The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller</p>
<p>Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer</p>
<p>New York Times Cookbook by Craig Claiborne</p>
<p>When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris</p>
<p>Martha Stewart&#8217;s Baking Handbook by Martha Stewart</p>
<p>Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes</p>
<p>Story by Robert McKee</p>
<p>This is Your Brain on<br />
Music by Daniel J. Levitin</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393339750/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&;camp=1789&;creative=390957&;creativeASIN=0393339750&;linkCode=as2&;tag=yofaclja-20">The Shallows</a> by Nicholas Carr</p>
<p> ;</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Justice by Michael Sandel(æ¥æ¬ã§éå°ã«è©ä¾¡ããã¦ããã»ã©ç±³å½ã§ã¯è©ä¾¡ããã¦ããªãããããã§ç´¹ä»ããå¿ è¦ããªãã»ã©ç¥ããã¦ããããï¼</p>
<p>Strong in the Rain (ä»ã®æ¥æ¬äººã«ã¯ãããã£ã¦è¯ããªããããããªãããï¼</p>
<p>The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs by Carmine Gallo</p>
<p>How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You </p>
<p>Men are from Mars, Women are from Venusï¼é常ã«å£²ããä½åãªã®ã§ãç´¹ä»ããªãã¦ããããã&#8230;ï¼</p>
<p>The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, Musicophelia<br />
by Oliver Sacks, etc. Because of &#8220;one book by one author for one<br />
genre&#8221;policy</p>
<p>Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin</p>
<p>1776 by David McCullough </p>
<p>Incognito by David Eagleman ( I instead chose his short<br />
stories, Sum)</p>
<p>A Girl Named Zippy</p>
<p>A Heart-Breaking Work of Staggering Genius</p>
<p>A Pattern Language, Alexander, et al</p>
<p>Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman </p>
<p>Bossy Pants (A very good book, but Japanese audience don&#8217;t<br />
know who she is)</p>
<p>Influence, Cialdini</p>
<p>Northern Nurse</p>
<p>One Hundred Names for Love</p>
<p>The Snow Leopard, Matthiessen</p>
<p>The Songlines, Chatwin</p>
<p>The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her<br />
American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures ; </p>
<p>The Wisdom of Crowds ; </p>
<p>Townie: A Memoir ; </p>
<p>Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language </p>
<p>Undaunted Courage </p>
<p>
Darth Vader and Son ; </p>
<p>Yokai Attack
</p>
<p>It&#8217;s Not How Good You Are, &#8230;ã</p>
<p>The Pioneer Woman Cooks</p>
<p>The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin</p>
<p>
Julie and Julia by Julie Powellï¼æ ç»ã«æ¯ã¹ã¦æ¬ã®è©ä¾¡ããã¾ãã«ãä½ããèè ã«å¥½æãæ±ããªãã¨ããæè¦ãå¤ãï¼</p>
<p>84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanffï¼æç´ã®ããã¨ãã¯é¢ç½ãããå¶éããä¸ã«å ¥ãã価å¤ããããã©ããä¸æï¼</p>
<p>NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT by Edward Humes</p>
<p>Food Inc. by Participant Media</p>