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100 Best Books of the 21st Century

毒與癮

books	author	status	own	rating
我的涼山兄弟	劉紹華	in progress	bought	-
Empire of Pain	Patrick Radden Keefe	finished	borrowed	4
Narconomics	Tom Wainwright	finished	bought	4
戒不掉的癮世代	鄭進耀	finished	bought	3.5
Københavnertrilogien	Tove Ditlevsen	finished	bought	3

articles	author	status
How Baltimore Became the U.S. Overdose Capital	Alissa Zhu, Nick Thieme, Jessica Gallagher	waiting
The Family That Built an Empire of Pain	Patrick Radden Keefe	waiting

movies and series	year	cast	status	platform
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed	2022	Nan Goldin David Velasco Megan Kapler	waiting	Hami
Beautiful Boy	2018	Timothée Chalamet Steve Carell Maura Tierney	finished	-
Ben Is Back	2018	Julia Roberts Lucas Hedges Courtney B. Vance	finished	-
Painkiller	2023	Uzo Aduba Matthew Broderick Taylor Kitsch	finished	Netflix

Ireland

books	author	status	own	rating
Normal People	Sally Rooney	finished	bought	5
Say Nothing	Patrick Radden Keefe	finished	bought	5
We Don't Know Ourselves	Fintan O'Toole	finished	bought	5
The Rachel Incident	Caroline O'Donoghue	finished	borrowed	4.5
Small Things Like These	Claire Keegan	finished	bought	4.5
Brooklyn	Colm Toibin	finished	bought	4
Dubliners	James Joyce	finished	bought	4
Foster	Claire Keegan	finished	bought	4
So Late in the Day	Claire Keegan	finished	bought	4
Hamnet	Maggie O'Farrell	finished	bought	-
Milkman	Anna Burns	in progress	bought	-
The Master	Colm Toibin	in progress	bought	-
Homage to Barcelona	Colm Tóibín	in progress	bought	-
Antarctica	Claire Keegan	waiting	bought	-
Intermezzo	Sally Rooney	waiting	bought	-
Ireland	Edward Rutherfurd	waiting	bought	-
Long Island	Colm Toibin	waiting	bought	-
Skippy Dies	Paul Murray	waiting	bought	-
The Magician	Colm Toibin	waiting	bought	-
Walk the Blue Fields	Claire Keegan	waiting	bought	-
Can Ireland Be One	Malachi O'Doherty	waiting	bought	-
The Bee Sting	Paul Murray	waiting	to buy or borrow	-

articles	author	status
25 Best Books by Irish Authors	-	waiting
Loving the Limitations of the Novel	Merve Emre	waiting
《什麼都別說》導讀：以「她的歷史」（herstory）顛覆北愛爾蘭國族暴力史	陳榮彬	waiting
「不用讀我的小說，我不介意。」《正常人》作者莎莉．魯尼新作《美麗的世界，你在哪裡？》探討成名的代價	楊詠翔	waiting
不簡單的美麗──總編輯嘉世強聊《美麗的世界，你在哪裡》	嘉世強	waiting
在人與人的連結中輕輕搖晃──讀《聊天紀錄》	廖梅璇	waiting
尚未終章的北愛爾蘭悲劇，《什麼都別說》揭露北愛問題的心理創傷和記憶鬥爭	江懷哲	waiting
An Irish writing professor's seven-stop literary crawl of Dublin	Eva Sandoval	in progress
Ireland How to have the ultimate adventure	John O'Ceallaigh, Nicola Brady	in progress
因為痛苦，所以正常。許多愁憾，最終只能「欲說還休」──讀《正常人》	Emily Chan	finished
為什麼書評盛讚《間奏棋》(Intermezzo)是莎莉．魯尼至今最動人的小說？故事在談什麼？	楊詠翔	finished

movies and series	cast	year	status	rating
Blue Lights	Nathan Braniff Sian Brooke Katherine Devlin	2023–	waiting	-
The Tourist	Jamie Dornan Danielle Macdonald Greg Larsen	2022–2024	waiting	-
Bad Sisters	Sharon Horgan Eve Hewson Sarah Greene	2022–	waiting	-
Bloodlands	James Nesbitt Lorcan Cranitch Charlene McKenna	2021–2022	waiting	-
Kin	Charlie Cox Clare Dunne Aidan Gillen	2021–	waiting	-
The Fall	Gillian Anderson Jamie Dornan John Lynch	2013–2016	waiting	-
Say Nothing	Lola Petticrew Hazel Doupe Emily Healy	2024	waiting	-
'71	Jack O'Connell Sam Reid Sean Harris	2014	waiting	-
The Importance of Being Earnest	Rupert Everett Colin Firth Frances O'Connor	2002	waiting	-
Michael Collins	Liam Neeson Aidan Quinn Julia Roberts	1996	waiting	-
In the Name of the Father	Daniel Day-Lewis Pete Postlethwaite Alison Crosbie	1993	waiting	-
My Left Foot	Daniel Day-Lewis Brenda Fricker Alison Whelan	1989	waiting	-
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast	Roisin Gallagher Sinéad Keenan Caoilfhionn Dunne	2026–	in progress	4.5
Normal People	Paul Mescal Daisy Edgar-Jones Desmond Eastwood	2020	in progress	-
The Banshees of Inisherin	Colin Farrell Brendan Gleeson Kerry Condon	2022	finished	5
Belfast	Jude Hill Lewis McAskie Caitríona Balfe	2021	finished	5
Sinners	Michael B. Jordan Miles Caton Saul Williams	2025	finished	4.5
The Wind that Shakes the Barley	Cillian Murphy Pádraic Delaney Liam Cunningham	2006	finished	4.5
Bodkin	Siobhán Cullen Robyn Cara Chris Walley	2024–	finished	4
Sing Street	Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Aidan Gillen Maria Doyle Kennedy	2016	finished	4
Breakfast on Pluto	Cillian Murphy Morgan Jones Eva Birthistle	2005	finished	4

Portugal

books	author	status	own	rating
Blindness	José Saramago	finished	bought	4.5
里斯本，沒落的美感	細腿男	waiting	bought	-
因為佩索亞，所以里斯本	Fernando Pessoa	waiting	bought	-
死神放長假	José Saramago	waiting	bought	-
詩人里卡多逝世那一年	Cassilda Duran	waiting	bought	-
The Night in Lisbon	Erich Marie Remarque	waiting	bought	-

movies and series	cast	year	status	rating
Night Train to Lisbon	Jeremy Irons Mélanie Laurent Jack Huston	2013	finished	4

北歐

books	author	status	own
冰與血之歌	Stein Ringen	waiting	to buy or borrow
Københavnertrilogien	Tove Ditlevsen	finished	bought

articles	author	status
《人民公敵》事件政治戲的政治後果	王泊	waiting
從變性到變種	紀蔚然	waiting
易卜生的「晚期風格」	葉根泉	waiting
法國名導席瓦迪耶將《人民公敵》化為當代警世寓言	王世偉	waiting
經典搬演反映當下集體創作顛覆文本傳統	林冠吾	waiting
變性、變種、變革	紀蔚然	waiting
重譯、再現、肢解易卜生與當代同在	陳思宏	waiting
變種同時的變革	紀蔚然	waiting
《人民公敵》在中國越禁越火、越批越香	秦胆	in progress
Tove Ditlevsen’s Art of Estrangement	Condé Nast	finished
《人民公敵》在後民主時代演練公眾討論	余岱融	finished
《人民公敵》下架：百餘年前的戲劇經典，觸碰了何種當代紅線？	-	finished
初讀劇作，易卜生《玩偶之家》	Praise Chu	finished
說真相的人—歐斯特麥耶與易卜生	耿一偉	finished

movies and series	director	year	status
A Doll's House	David Thacker	1992	waiting
Hedda Gabler	Nick Wickham	2017	waiting
The Danish Girl	Tom Hooper	2015	finished
The Guilty	Gustav Möller	2018	finished
Louder Than Bombs	Joachim Trier	2015	finished
Thelma	Joachim Trier	2017	finished
The Worst Person in the World	Joachim Trier	2021	finished
Oslo, August 31st	Joachim Trier	2011	waiting
Dancer in the Dark	Lars von Trier	2000	waiting
Dogville	Lars von Trier	2003	waiting
Antichrist	Lars von Trier	2009	waiting
Melancholia	Lars von Trier	2011	waiting
Nymphomaniac Vol. I	Lars von Trier	2013	waiting
Nymphomaniac Vol. II	Lars von Trier	2013	waiting
Land of Mine	Martin Zandvliet	2015	finished
Toves værelse	Martin Zandvliet	2023	waiting
The Square	Ruben Östlund	2017	finished
Triangle of Sadness	Ruben Östlund	2022	finished
Another Round	Thomas Vinterberg	2020	finished

Theatre

語言與權力

books	author	status	own
Speak Not	James Griffiths	finished	bought
台語解放記事：寫給台灣人的「華語腦」翻轉指南	石牧民	finished	bought
How Propaganda Works	Jason Stanley	in progress	borrowed
Living Language	Laura M. Ahearn	in progress	borrowed
Babel (2018)	Gaston Dorren	in progress	bought
我說，所以我存在	Kübra Gümüşay	in progress	bought
A Little Book of Language	David Crystal	waiting	bought
Don't Sleep There Are Snakes	Daniel L. Everett	waiting	bought
English as a Global Language	David Crystal	waiting	bought
In Other Words	Jhumpa Lahiri	waiting	bought
Le latin ou L’empire d’un signe	Françoise Waquet	waiting	bought
Language and Power	Benedict R. O'G. Anderson	waiting	bought
Language in Thought and Action	Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa Alan R. Hayakawa	waiting	bought
The Mother Tongue	Bill Bryson	waiting	bought
Through the Language Glass	Guy Deutscher	waiting	bought
Un Occident kidnappé	Milan Kundera	waiting	bought
Word by Word	Kory Stamper	waiting	bought
Words of Wonder	Nicholas Evans	waiting	bought
You Say Potato	Ben Crystal David Crystal	waiting	bought
語言學家解破台語	劉承賢	waiting	bought
Cultish	Amanda Montell	waiting	to buy or borrow

articles	author	status
Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy – review	Kate Kellaway	waiting
Why I Write	George Orwell	waiting
‘How Propaganda Works’ Is a Timely Reminder for a Post-Truth Age	Michiko Kakutani	waiting
Politics and the English Language	George Orwell	in progress
「來！跟著我一起唸......」──《異教語言學：語言如何讓人產生狂熱？》	黃曉鈴	finished
上流語言？「標準法語」自認優雅的誕生	聯合新聞網	finished
何謂語言的「正確」與「高級」？看《英語如何成為世界通用語言》配《窈窕淑女》	個人意見	finished
來一場「語言旅行」，打開認知世界的窗口──讀《二十種語言，另眼看世界》	翁稷安	finished
安德森與他筆下的印尼幽靈──讀《語言與權力：探索印尼的政治文化》	阿潑	finished
我就是看到「方言」或「Pe̍h-ōe-jī」就心煩──讀《請說「國語」》	蘇致亨	finished
美國最暢銷字典編輯的秘密人生──讀《為單字安排座位的人》	OKAPI編輯室	finished
真人版翻譯年糕！學會這四種語言，環遊世界不必靠翻譯！──《二十種語言，另眼看世界》	OKAPI	finished

Holocaust

books	Chinese title	author	status	own
La Nuit	-	Elie Wiesel	finished	bought
I sommersi e i salvati	-	Primo Levi	waiting	bought
Schindler's List	-	Thomas Keneally	waiting	bought

articles	author	status
你踩著誰的屍體活下來？奧斯威辛集中營的「滅頂與生還」	轉角國際 udn Global	in progress

movies and series	director	year	status
The Zone of Interest	Jonathan Glazer	2023	finished
Son of Saul	László Nemes	2015	finished

Shakespear

books	author	status	own
Hamnet	Maggie O'Farrell	finished	bought
Macbeth	Jo Nesbo	finished	bought
Shakespeare - The Man Who Pays the Rent	Judi Dench	waiting	bought
Tales from Shakespeare	Charles Lamb Mary Lamb	waiting	bought

articles	author	status
《Player Kings》：由 Ian Mckellen 出演《Henry IV》中反派角色 Falstaff	Carol Chen	finished
以這樣的故事承載，才會顯出這個主題真正的重量：關於奈斯博的《馬克白》	臥斧	finished
如果沒有「哈姆奈特」，可能就不會有《哈姆雷特》 ──專訪《哈姆奈特》作者瑪姬．歐法洛	陳偉棻	finished

movies and series	director	cast	year	status
All Is True	Kenneth Branagh	Kenneth Branagh Judi Dench Ian McKellen	2018	waiting
Antony & Cleopatra	Simon Godwin Tony Grech-Smith	Ralph Fiennes Sophie Okonedo Tim McMullan	2018	waiting
Hamlet (1990)	Franco Zeffirelli	Mel Gibson Glenn Close Alan Bates	1990	waiting
Hamlet (2018)	Robert Icke Rhodri Huw Ilinca Radulian	Andrew Scott Juliet Stevenson Jessica Brown Findlay	2018	finished
Hamlet	Lyndsey Turner Robin Lough	Benedict Cumberbatch Ciarán Hinds Sian Brooke	2015	waiting
Henry V	Max Webster	Kate Duchêne Kit Harington Olivier Huband	2022	waiting
Ian McKellen on Stage	Sean Mathias	Ian McKellen	2021	waiting
Julius Caesar	Nicholas Hytner Tony Grech-Smith	Ben Whishaw Michelle Fairley David Morrissey	2018	waiting
King Lear (2008)	Trevor Nunn	Ian McKellen William Gaunt Philip Winchester	2008	waiting
King Lear	Jonathan Munby Ross MacGibbon	Ian McKellen Sinéad Cusack Danny Webb	2018	waiting
Macbeth (1979)	Philip Casson Trevor Nunn	Ian McKellen Judi Dench John Bown	1979	waiting
Macbeth (2015)	Justin Kurzel	Michael Fassbender Marion Cotillard Jack Madigan	2015	finished
Macbeth (2024)	Simon Godwin	Ralph Fiennes Indira Varma	2024	finished
Much Ado About Nothing	Kenneth Branagh	Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson Keanu Reeves	1993	finished
Ophelia	Claire McCarthy	Daisy Ridley Mia Quiney Calum O'Rourke	2018	waiting
Romeo & Juliet	Simon Godwin	Fisayo Akinade Jessie Buckley Josh O'Connor	2021	waiting
Shakespeare in Love	John Madden	Gwyneth Paltrow Joseph Fiennes Judi Dench	1998	waiting
The Hollow Crown	-	Anton Lesser Simon Russell Beale Tom Georgeson Tom Hiddleston Benedict Cumberbatch	2012–2016	waiting
The Tragedy of Macbeth	Joel Coen	Denzel Washington Frances McDormand Alex Hassell	2021	waiting

Chekhov

books	author	status	own
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain	George Saunders	finished	borrowed
Uncle Vanya	Anton Pavlovich Chekhov	finished	borrowed
The Seagull	Anton Chekhov	finished	bought
The Cherry Orchard	Anton Pavlovich Chekhov	waiting	borrowed

articles	author	status
Andrew Scott Plays Every Part in ‘Vanya’	Houman Barekat	finished
Vanya review – Andrew Scott excels in one-man Chekhov	Arifa Akbar	finished
人生裡傷你最深的，通常是最微小的事 ──游孟儒、陳夏民談《凡尼亞舅舅》	沈眠	finished
凡尼亞本來就有黑暗毀滅性《在車上》與契訶夫	張亦絢	finished
邊喝茶邊抱怨人生—契訶夫《凡尼亞舅舅》	Gem Wu	finished

movies and series	director	cast	year	status
The Cherry Orchard	Howard Davies Ross MacGibbon	Zoë Wanamaker Claudie Blakley Mark Bonnar	2011	waiting
The Seagull	Jamie Lloyd	Jason Barnett Emilia Clarke Robert Glenister	2022	waiting
Drive My Car	Ryûsuke Hamaguchi	Hidetoshi Nishijima Tôko Miura Reika Kirishima	2021	finished
Vanya	Sam Yates	Andrew Scott	2024	finished

Maggie Smith

articles	author	status
Dame Maggie Smith obituary - A piercing presence on stage and screen	BBC	finished
Maggie Smith, Grande Dame of Stage and Screen, Dies at 89	Anita Gates and Robert Berkvist	finished

movies and series	year	cast	status	rating
Ladies in Lavender	2004	Judi Dench Maggie Smith Daniel Brühl	waiting	-
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	2011	Judi Dench Bill Nighy Maggie Smith	waiting	-
Fifty Years on Stage	2013	Judi Dench Maggie Smith Helen Mirren Simon Russell Beale Michael Gambon Ian McKellen Ralph Fiennes Benedict Cumberbatch Andrew Scott	waiting	-
The Lady in the Van	2015	Maggie Smith Alex Jennings Jim Broadbent	waiting	-
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	2015	Judi Dench Maggie Smith Bill Nighy	waiting	-
The Miracle Club	2023	Maggie Smith Laura Linney Kathy Bates	waiting	-
Downton Abbey	2010–2015	Hugh Bonneville Phyllis Logan Elizabeth McGovern Maggie Smith Dan Stevens	finished	5
Tea With the Dames	2018	Maggie Smith Eileen Atkins Judi Dench Joan Plowright	finished	4

LGBT

books	author	status	own	rating
Swimming in the Dark	Tomasz Jedrowski	waiting	bought	-
Gentleman Jack	Angela Steidele	in progress	bought	-
Young Mungo	Douglas Stuart	in progress	bought	-
A Little Life	Hanya Yanagihara	finished	bought	5
Call Me by Your Name	André Aciman	finished	bought	5
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous	Ocean Vuong	finished	bought	5
The Great Believers	Rebecca Makkai	finished	bought	5
The Price of Salt	Patricia Highsmith	finished	bought	5
樓上的好人	陳思宏	finished	bought	5
臺灣漫遊錄	楊双子金翎	finished	bought	5
The Rachel Incident	Caroline O'Donoghue	finished	borrowed	4.5
第六十七隻穿山甲	陳思宏	finished	bought	4.5
鬼地方	陳思宏	finished	bought	4.5
Disobedience	Naomi Alderman	finished	bought	4

articles	author	status
How Rebecca Makkai Wrote 'The Great Believers'	Rachel León	in progress
Rebecca Makkai Art for Heart’s Sake	Shireen Quadri	in progress
生死歸所不由己──楊曜愷《從今以後》女同志「家庭」的現實寓言	張士達	in progress
台灣立委吳沛憶專訪：替同志伴侶許家蓓「說一個完整的故事」	-	finished
跨性別	陳彥成	finished
雙子之愛	陳又津	finished

movies and series	cast	year	status	rating
Bad Sisters	Sharon Horgan Eve Hewson Sarah Greene	2022–	waiting	-
A Very English Scandal	Hugh Grant Ben Whishaw Alex Jennings	2018	waiting	-
I Can't Think Straight	Lisa Ray Sheetal Sheth Antonia Frering	2008	waiting	-
Heartstopper	Kit Connor Joe Locke William Gao	2022–	in progress	-
Killing Eve	Jodie Comer Sandra Oh Fiona Shaw	2018–2022	finished	5
The L Word	Jennifer Beals Leisha Hailey Laurel Holloman	2004–2009	finished	5
Tár	Cate Blanchett Noémie Merlant Nina Hoss	2022	finished	5
Call Me by Your Name	Timothée Chalamet Armie Hammer Michael Stuhlbarg	2017	finished	5
Carol	Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson	2015	finished	5
Saving Face	Joan Chen Michelle Krusiec Lynn Chen	2004	finished	5
Lip Service	Fiona Button Heather Peace James Anthony Pearson	2010–2012	finished	4.5
All of Us Strangers	Andrew Scott Paul Mescal Carter John Grout	2023	finished	4.5
Tell It to the Bees	Billy Boyd Gregor Selkirk Anna Paquin	2018	finished	4.5
The Favourite	Olivia Colman Emma Stone Rachel Weisz	2018	finished	4.5
Angels in America Part I - Millennium Approaches	Andrew Garfield Nathan Lane Denise Gough	2017	finished	4.5
Angels in America Part II - Perestroika	Andrew Garfield Denise Gough Nathan Lane	2017	finished	4.5
Disobedience	Rachel Weisz Rachel McAdams Alessandro Nivola	2017	finished	4.5
Gypsy	Naomi Watts Billy Crudup Sophie Cookson	2017	finished	4.5
A Single Man	Colin Firth Julianne Moore Matthew Goode	2009	finished	4.5
Notes on a Scandal	Cate Blanchett Judi Dench Andrew Simpson	2006	finished	4.5
Imagine Me & You	Piper Perabo Lena Headey Matthew Goode	2005	finished	4.5
Mulholland Drive	Naomi Watts Laura Harring Justin Theroux	2001	finished	4.5
Maurice	James Wilby Rupert Graves Hugh Grant	1987	finished	4.5
Colette	Keira Knightley Fiona Shaw Dominic West	2018	finished	4
The Danish Girl	Eddie Redmayne Alicia Vikander Amber Heard	2015	finished	4
Breakfast on Pluto	Cillian Murphy Morgan Jones Eva Birthistle	2005	finished	4
The World to Come	Katherine Waterston Vanessa Kirby Casey Affleck	2020	finished	3.5
Thelma	Eili Harboe Kaya Wilkins Henrik Rafaelsen	2017	finished	3.5