Graham Moore is the best-selling author of The Sherlockian and the screenwriter of The Imitation Game. His new book The Last Days of Night is out now. He is talking about some of his favorite books.

Murder in Three Acts
BY AGATHA CHRISTIE

My mother is a crime fiction（侦探小说）lover and，when I was having trouble learning to read, we’d sit in my bed at home in Chicago and take it in turns to read a paragraph. It was the first book I read cover-to-cover and I later became a writer because of that experience. Not only did it give me a love of crime fiction but, more importantly, it taught me that reading can be a shared experience.

Cryptonomicon
BY NEAL STEPHENSON

This book showed me that historical fiction need not be dry, but can be lively and enjoyable. Stephenson asks readers to take science seriously, but writes the story in a funny way. I’d long known of Alan Turing, but Stephenson’s technique (手法）of describing him was surprising; I saw how a writer can bring a real person to life for modern readers.

A Visit from the Goon Squad
BY JENNIFER EGAN

Egan uses a technique that I drew on when writing The Imitation Game. She tells stories from different voices and times, and uses many styles that say to readers, “I’ve done a lot of work, but now you have to join in and work it out for yourselves.”

With my latest book, my greatest hope is that readers will want to get other people discussing the book. I’ve just started the conversation.

【小题1】What influenced Moore to be a writer?

A．Reading crime fiction in secret.	B．Having trouble learning to read.
C．Reading a book with his mother.	D．Writing stories at a young age.

【小题2】What does Moore think of Cryptonomicon?

A．Boring.	B．Serious.
C．Imaginative.	D．Humeorous.

【小题3】What does Egan hope readers will do?

A．Write her some letters.	B．Think for themselves.
C．Tell their own stories.	D．Ask her some questions.