这是我读过的最佳小说。

It's the best novel (that) I've ever read.

《牛津词典》

他不喜欢我读轻松的小说。

He doesn't like me reading light novels.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

最近，我翻出了巴斯托的小说，又看了一遍。

Recently, I dug out Barstow's novel and read it again.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It had been my accidental reading of fiction and literary criticism that had invoked in me vague glimpses of life's possibilities.

我偶尔会读小说和文学评述,这让我隐约地窥探到,生活的可能性，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So I'm actually writing my own fiction, and no, it's not easy. But you can actually learn from, if you read other writers.

我现在也正在写自己的小说，真的不容易。但是你可以从你以前阅读的作品中学到很多。

写作课程比较难 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

One kind of question, then, I was raising is: what context do you use to read any novel?

我所提出的一类问题是：,你一般采用什么语境去理解小说？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选