2015年、学術・一般書部門のタイトルで、今回ランクインしたもののうち特筆すべきものをご紹介します。
- 【人文科学分野】
- 刊行年が古くとも、「名著」とされるようなものが定番書籍としてランキングに長く定着するのが人文科学分野の特徴です。今回の1~3位も前年の同順位のタイトルが入れ替っているのみで、W・マクニールの『A World History』(1998年刊)が引き続き上位にランクインしています。昨年ランクインしていないものでは縄文時代から戦後までの日本史をわずか130ページにまとめた J. ハフマンの『Japan in World History』 や、トマス・ネーゲル(1937年~)による哲学入門書の『What Does it All Mean?』 (1987年刊) が印象的です。小論文・レポート作成のいろはを指南する『How to Write: Successful Essays, Dissertations, and Exams』も、2002年刊行の旧版から一定の支持を集めています。
- 【社会科学分野】
- 2015年最も多くの注目を集めた1冊が、社会科学分野のトップセラー、『Japan and the Shackles of the Past』です。投資銀行家として活躍後、経済評論家に転じ、筑波大学で教鞭を執るなど、約40年を日本で過ごしてきた著者 R・ターガート・マーフィーが、日本という国の本質について一般読者に向けて歴史的経緯をひも解きながら論じるもので、出版後は主要メディアに書評が掲載されました。2015年末には 『日本 - 呪縛の構図 -この国の過去、現在、そして未来』(早川書房)と題した上下巻で邦訳も刊行されました。 このほか、国際関係論の教科書が圧倒的な強さを見せた社会科学分野ですが、グローバル化と格差の拡大といった現代社会の問題を反映するキーワードが随所に見てとれるランキングになっています。
- 【自然科学分野】
- 自然科学分野は、『Atkins’ Physical Chemistry』の改訂第10版、ジョナサン・クレイデン他著 『Organic Chemistry』 第2版をはじめ、日本市場では訳書でもよく知られている弊社の代表的な教科書タイトルが上位を占める状況に大きな変化はありません。その中で目新しいのは2015年春に改訂新版を刊行したルイス・ウォルパートによる発生生物学のテキスト、『Principles of Development』 第5版で、こちらも訳本が出ているものです。
意外なところでは刊行から20年を経ている Oxford Chemistry Primers シリーズの無機化学教科書のランクインです。トピックごとに分けられた薄いテキストを揃える本シリーズは根強い人気を誇ります。2015年には一部のタイトルで大幅に刷新し、オンラインの学習サポートがついた改訂新版を刊行しました。
- 【辞事典】
- 言語系の辞事典の商品群では2013年以来、英英辞典に新刊のないままで、持ち運びに適した小辞典の人気が高いという状況が見てとれます。Mini と Beginner’s の2種でランクインしている英和・和英辞典も引き続き好調です。
小辞典の対極に位置するOxford English Dictionary第2版、全20巻と補遺版3冊の収録内容をPCに格納してお使いいただけるのが魅力のCD-Rom(日本語環境でのテクニカルサポートが受けられる日本正規輸入版)もランキング上位に定着しています。
- Best of 2015 リスト注文書としてもご利用いただけます。
[Overall Ranking]
- Japan and the Shackles of the Past by R.Taggart Murphy(ISBN: 9780199845989 )
- Atkins' Physical Chemistry: 10th edition by Peter Atkins; Julio De Paula(ISBN: 9780199697403 )
- The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations: 6th edition by John Baylis; Steve Smith; Patricia Owens(ISBN: 9780199656172 )
- The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories by Theodore W. Goossen(ISBN: 9780199583195 )
- Oxford English Mini Dictionary: 8th edition (ISBN: 9780199640966 )
- Oxford Paperback Thesaurus: 4th edition (ISBN: 9780199640959 )
- Pocket Oxford English Dictionary: 11th edition (ISBN: 9780199666157 )
- Oxford Japanese Mini Dictionary: 2nd edition (ISBN: 9780199692705 )
- Paperback Oxford English Dictionary: 7th edition (ISBN: 9780199640942 )
- Organic Chemistry: 2nd edition by Jonathan Clayden; Nick Greeves; Stuart Warren(ISBN: 9780199270293 )
*Very Short Introductions、Oxford World's Classics、What Everyone Needs to Knowsシリーズのタイトルについては、以下の各カテゴリーのランキングをご覧ください。
Humanities
- The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories by Theodore W. Goossen(ISBN: 9780199583195 )
- A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present: International edition by Andrew Gordon(ISBN: 9780199930166 )
- 1001 Words You Need to Know and Use: An A-Z of Effective Vocabulary by Martin Manser(ISBN: 9780198717706 )
- A History of US: Liberty for All?: 3rd edition by Joy Hakim(ISBN: 9780195327199 )
- What Does it All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy: New edition by Thomas Nagel(ISBN: 9780195052169 )
- Japan in World History by James L. Huffman(ISBN: 9780195368086 )
- Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation: 2nd edition by John Seely(ISBN: 9780199669189 )
- Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human?: 3rd edition by Professor of Anthropology Robert H Lavenda (St. Cloud State University); Professor of Anthropology Emily A Schultz (St. Cloud State University)(ISBN: 9780190210847 )
- A World History: 4th edition by William H. McNeill(ISBN: 9780195116168 )
- How to Write: Successful Essays, Dissertations, and Exams: 2nd edition by Chris Mounsey(ISBN: 9780199670741 )
Social Sciences
- Japan and the Shackles of the Past by R.Taggart Murphy(ISBN: 9780199845989 )
- The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations: 6th edition by John Baylis; Steve Smith; Patricia Owens(ISBN: 9780199656172 )
- Global Political Economy: 4th edition by John Ravenhill(ISBN: 9780199666010 )
- Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches: 5th edition by Robert Jackson; Georg Sorensen(ISBN: 9780199694747 )
- Business Ethics: Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization: 3rd edition by Andrew Crane; Dirk Matten(ISBN: 9780199564330 )
- Understanding Poverty by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee; Roland Benabou; Dilip Mookherjee(ISBN: 9780195305203 )
- The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About it by Paul Collier(ISBN: 9780195373387 )
- International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity: 3rd edition by Tim Dunne; Milja Kurki; Steve Smith(ISBN: 9780199696017 )
- The Economics of Rising Inequalities by Daniel Cohen; Thomas Piketty; Gilles Saint-Paul(ISBN: 9780198727736 )
- Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future: 3rd edition by Godfrey Boyle(ISBN: 9780199545339 )
Natural Sciences
- Atkins' Physical Chemistry: 10th edition by Peter Atkins; Julio De Paula(ISBN: 9780199697403 )
- Organic Chemistry: 2nd edition by Jonathan Clayden; Nick Greeves; Stuart Warren(ISBN: 9780199270293 )
- Principles of Development: 5th edition by Lewis Wolpert; Cheryll Tickle; Alfonso Martinez Arias(ISBN: 9780199678143 )
- Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences: 2nd edition by Peter Atkins; Julio De Paula(ISBN: 9780199564286 )
- Organic Chemistry: A Mechanistic Approach by Tadashi Okuyama; Howard Maskill(ISBN: 9780199693276 )
- The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition by Richard Dawkins(ISBN: 9780199291151 )
- Inorganic Chemistry: 6th edition by Mark Weller; Tina Overton; Jonathan Rourke; Fraser Armstrong; Peter Atkins(ISBN: 9780199641826 )
- Inorganic Materials Chemistry by Mark T. Weller(ISBN: 9780198557982 )
- Optical Properties of Solids: 2nd edition by Mark Fox(ISBN: 9780199573370 )
- Psychophysiological Recording: 2nd edition by Robert Mitchell Stern; William J. Ray; Karen S. Quigley(ISBN: 9780195113594 )
Dictionaries
- Oxford English Mini Dictionary: 8th edition (ISBN: 9780199640966 )
- Oxford Paperback Thesaurus: 4th edition (ISBN: 9780199640959 )
- Pocket Oxford English Dictionary: 11th edition (ISBN: 9780199666157 )
- Oxford Japanese Mini Dictionary: 2nd edition (ISBN: 9780199692705 )
- Paperback Oxford English Dictionary: 7th edition (ISBN: 9780199640942 )
- Oxford Beginner's Japanese Dictionary (ISBN: 9780199298525 )
- Official Import Version Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM Version 4.0 (ISBN: 9780193955004 )
- Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Main Edition: 12th edition (ISBN: 9780199601080 )
- Oxford Mini Thesaurus: 5th edition (ISBN: 9780199666140 )
- Oxford Mini Dictionary and Thesaurus: 2nd edition (ISBN: 9780199692637 )
Linguistics
- The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved by Robbins Burling(ISBN: 9780199214037 )
- Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction by David Lee(ISBN: 9780195514247 )
- Beyond Functional Sequence: The Cartography of Syntactic Structures: Volume 10 by Ur Shlonsky(ISBN: 9780190210595 )
- External Arguments in Transitivity Alternations: A Layering Approach by Artemis Alexiadou; Elena Anagnostopoulou; Florian Schafer(ISBN: 9780199571956 )
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics: 3rd edition by P. H. Matthews(ISBN: 9780199675128 )
- A History of the Irish Language: From the Norman Invasion to Independence by Aidan Doyle(ISBN: 9780198724766 )
- Language Down the Garden Path: The Cognitive and Biological Basis for Linguistic Structures by Montserrat Sanz; Itziar Laka; Michael K. Tanenhaus (Psychology Dept., University of Rochester, USA)(ISBN: 9780198712800 )
- The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language by John H. McWhorter(ISBN: 9780199361588 )
- I-language: An Introduction to Linguistics as Cognitive Science: 2nd edition by Daniela Isac; Charles Reiss(ISBN: 9780199660179 )
- The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures by Susanne Maria Michaelis; Philippe Maurer; Martin Haspelmath; Magnus Huber(ISBN: 9780199691395 )
Law
- Blackstone's International Law Documents: 11th edition (絶版・在庫僅少 / Out of Print) by Malcolm D. Evans(ISBN: 9780199678617 )
- The Legal System: 4th edition by Kate Malleson; Richard Moules(ISBN: 9780199560189 )
- Textbook on International Law: 7th edition by Prof. Martin Dixon(ISBN: 9780199574452 )
- Philosophical Foundations of Contract Law by Gregory Klass; George Letsas; Prince Saprai(ISBN: 9780198713012 )
- Private International Law and Global Governance by Horatia Muir-Watt; Diego P. Fernandez Arroyo(ISBN: 9780198727620 )
- The Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations by Michael McParland(ISBN: 9780199654635 )
- Literature and the Law of Nations, 1580-1680 by Christopher Norton Warren(ISBN: 9780198719342 )
- Mayson, French & Ryan on Company Law: 32nd edition by Derek French; Stephen Mayson; Christopher Ryan(ISBN: 9780198733348 )
- Blackstone's International Law Documents by Malcolm D. Evans(ISBN: 9780198736097 )
- Bromley's Family Law: 11th edition by Nigel Lowe; Gillian Douglas(ISBN: 9780199580408 )
Oxford Handbooks
- The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology by Patrick Honeybone; Joseph Salmons(ISBN: 9780199232819 )
- The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis: 2nd edition by Bernd Heine; Heiko Narrog(ISBN: 9780199677078 )
- The Oxford Handbook of the Word by John R. Taylor(ISBN: 9780199641604 )
- The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law by Marc Weller; Jake William Rylatt; Alexia Solomou(ISBN: 9780199673049 )
- The Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea by Donald R. Rothwell; Alex G. Oude Elferink; Karen N. Scott; Tim Stephens(ISBN: 9780198715481 )
- The Oxford Handbook of William Wordsworth by Richard Gravil; Daniel Robinson(ISBN: 9780199662128 )
- The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Early Modern England, c. 1530-1700 by Kevin Killeen; Helen Smith; Rachel Judith Willie(ISBN: 9780199686971 )
- The Oxford Handbook of Lexicography by Philip Durkin(ISBN: 9780199691630 )
- The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics by William S. Y. Wang; Chaofen Sun(ISBN: 9780199856336 )
- The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict by Andrew Clapham; Paola Gaeta(ISBN: 9780199559695 )
Oxford World's Classics
- The Complete Short Stories by Oscar Wilde; John Sloan (ISBN: 9780199535064 )
- Merchant of Venice: The Oxford Shakespeare by William Shakespeare; Jay L. Halio (ISBN: 9780199535859 )
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll; Peter Hunt; Sir John Tenniel (ISBN: 9780199558292 )
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte; Margaret Smith (ISBN: 9780199535590 )
- Pride and Prejudice by ane Austen; James Kinsley (ISBN: 9780199535569 ) J
- The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: "Lady Windermere's Fan", "Salome", "A Woman of No Importance", "An Ideal Husband", "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde; Peter Raby (ISBN: 9780199535972 )
- Romeo and Juliet: The Oxford Shakespeare by William Shakespeare; Jill L. Levenson (ISBN: 9780199535897 )
- The Souls of Black Folk by (ISBN: 9780199555833 ) W. E. B. Du Bois; Brent Hayes Edwards
- Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus - The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Marilyn Butler (ISBN: 9780199537150 )
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte; Ian Jack (ISBN: 9780199541898 )
Very Short Introductions
- Modern Japan by Christopher Goto-Jones(ISBN: 9780199235698 )
- Globalization: 3rd edition by Manfred Steger(ISBN: 9780199662661 )
- Economics by Partha Dasgupta(ISBN: 9780192853455 )
- Psychology: 2nd edition by Freda McManus; Gillian Butler(ISBN: 9780199670420 )
- Philosophy of Science by Samir Okasha(ISBN: 9780192802835 )
- Statistics by David J. Hand(ISBN: 9780199233564 )
- The Cold War by Robert J. McMahon(ISBN: 9780192801784 )
- Nutrition by David Bender(ISBN: 9780199681921 )
- Geopolitics: 2nd edition by Klaus Dodds(ISBN: 9780199676781 )
- Neoliberalism by Manfred B. Steger; Ravi K. Roy(ISBN: 9780199560516 )
What Everyone Needs to Know®
- Cybersecurity and Cyberwar by Peter W. Singer; Allan Friedman(ISBN: 9780199918119 )
- Food Politics: 2nd edition by Robert Paarlberg(ISBN: 9780199322381 )
- Modern Greece by Stathis Kalyvas(ISBN: 9780199948796 )
- Social Entrepreneurship by David Bornstein; Susan Davis(ISBN: 9780195396331 )
- Economic Development by Marcelo M. Giugale(ISBN: 9780199328147 )
- Nuclear Energy by Charles D. Ferguson(ISBN: 9780199759460 )
- Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement by Daniel Byman(ISBN: 9780190217266 )
- Burma/Myanmar: 2nd edition by David I. Steinberg(ISBN: 9780199981687 )
- Atheism by Michael Ruse(ISBN: 9780199334582 )
- Energy by Jose Goldemberg(ISBN: 9780199812929 )
※このデータは、2015年1月1日から12月31日までの Oxford University Press Japan の日本国内販売実績に基いています。