季風讀者最喜歡的月度榜單 · 2026年7月
七月的季風書單，從語言與國族認同出發，延伸至當代中國的社會病灶、台灣民主的啟蒙時刻、香港被改寫的歷史，以及疫情年裡一個普通人的日常。中文書單既有余華、龍應台、林慕蓮這樣的經典聲音，也有年輕漫畫家以私人日記記錄的封控歲月；另一半則轉向哲思與遠行——德波頓談哲學如何慰藉人生，周軼君走出中東見證民主的逆轉，溫特森追問科技與性別的未來，狄迪恩拆解美國的敘事神話，賀衛方則以二十餘年的走與讀寫下他的日本觀察。
英文書單圍繞戰爭與家族離散、軍事戰略、台海安全、經濟脅迫、全球資本主義與威權國家的記憶政治展開。從一對被國共內戰分隔兩岸的姊妹，到中共的軍事思想與經濟籌碼；從沃爾瑪如何重塑中國零售業，到中俄朝如何操縱歷史為現實服務。文學部分則收入韓國療癒小說、李翊雲直面喪子之痛的作品、韓裔美國作家的哥德式短篇，以及一位美國記者在東京警政線上的十二年。
The July list moves between language, memory, war, and power. From a family divided by the Chinese Civil War to military strategy, economic statecraft, and the politics of history in authoritarian states; from Taiwan’s security dilemma to Walmart’s remaking of Chinese retail. Alongside these, four works of fiction and reportage explore grief, healing, identity, and the underside of a great city.
【中文書單 Top 10】
《誰的「國語」？誰的「普通話」？》
陳怡君（Janet Y. Chen）；吳煒聲譯／臉譜出版
從清末民初、國共內戰，到國民黨遷台與中華人民共和國建政，中文的「標準口語」經歷了漫長而反覆的形塑過程。師事史景遷的普林斯頓學者陳怡君，利用留聲片錄音、電影與廣播文字紀錄、《國語日報》檔案與國語實驗小學的沿革，追索1913年以來語音標準如何被研議、推行與抵抗。她指出「標準化」從來不是水到渠成的勝利，而是走走停停、充滿政治角力的過程：粵語的傳說、注音與拼音的競爭、地方語言與原住民語的犧牲，最終在兩岸長出兩套不同的答案。這是一部關於語言、民族與身分認同的社會史力作。
《十個詞彙裡的中國》
余華／麥田出版
余華以「人民」、「領袖」、「閱讀」、「寫作」、「魯迅」、「革命」、「差距」、「草根」、「山寨」、「忽悠」十個詞彙為切口，替當代中國把脈。他從文革記憶寫到改革開放的狂飆，從個人的童年經驗寫到社會倫理的崩解，讓經濟高速發展背後的矛盾一一顯形。這本在中國大陸被禁的雜文集，是他最重要的非虛構代表作；新藏版另新增〈新版說明〉與〈我經歷的中國的變化〉。「我在本書寫下中國的疼痛之時，也寫下了自己的疼痛。」——這是只有身在其中的人才寫得出的證言。
《野火集（傳奇經典版）》
龍應台／時報文化
1985年首次成書，二十一天再版二十四次、四個月突破十萬冊，《野火集》締造了華人世界的出版傳奇，也點燃了台灣公民意識的啟蒙。從〈中國人，你為什麼不生氣〉到〈我的台灣意識〉，龍應台針砭環境污染、道德失序、教育僵化與言論不自由，鼓吹一種理性的「生氣」——獨立思考、價值判斷、勇氣與良知。傳奇經典版收錄《野火集》與《野火集外集》全部二十七篇，並附楊澤、王丹、柏楊、楊照等人的評論。當壓迫以新的形式浮現，這面鏡子依然折射得精準。
《香港不屈》
林慕蓮（Louisa Lim）；廖珮杏譯／八旗文化
《重返天安門》作者林慕蓮的最新力作、《紐約時報》2022年度選書。對港英政府而言，香港是一張沒有歷史的白紙；對中國政府而言，香港是自古不可分割的一部分——兩種敘事裡，香港人都沒有置喙的餘地。林慕蓮從自稱「九龍皇帝」的塗鴉書法家曾灶財談起，穿梭於盧亭傳說、鴉片戰爭、中英談判與反送中運動之間，試圖脫離官方框架，為香港寫一部由香港人自己詮釋的歷史。這是一本對遺忘的反抗，也是對記憶之力量的信任。
《在2022的黑夜裡》
mao／首季「在場 · 紀實漫畫獎」得獎作品
2022年的日常被一分為二：上半場，核酸、封控、隔離成為新常態；下半場，政策忽然「放開」，彷彿什麼都沒有發生。新銳漫畫家 mao 以細膩敏銳的黑白筆觸，記錄下那一年的告別、等待、逃離與徬徨——新年夜裡無處可去的人、一則又一則荒謬的新聞、一次又一次的隔離與封城。至暗時刻，她與朋友們仍保持移動：從一座城到另一座城，從一張餐桌到另一張沙發。「那些我以為我已經失去的東西，以另一種方式延續了下去。」
《哲學的慰藉》
阿蘭・德波頓／上海譯文出版社
德波頓帶讀者走進蘇格拉底、伊壁鳩魯、蒙田、叔本華與尼采的精神世界，看這些相隔數世紀的思想者如何回應同一組難題：不受歡迎、沒有錢、遭遇挫折、感到不足、心碎、困難重重。他們的共同點是忠於「哲學」一詞的希臘文原義——愛智慧，以及不向世俗低頭的獨立思考。全書文字典雅幽默，搭配一百五十餘幅圖片，讓人發現人生的悲苦、困頓與欲望帶來的煩惱，在這些大師的智慧中都能找到慰藉。
《走出中東：全球民主浪潮的見證與省思》
周軼君／中信出版社
與中東的情緣召喚周軼君回到出發的原點：土耳其、埃及、巴林、利比亞、伊朗、尼泊爾……一站接一站，地覆天翻。從尼泊爾改制、伊拉克重建、阿拉伯之春，到烏克蘭戰爭、委內瑞拉的陰影與英國女王存廢的爭論，她身歷十六個國家、訪問一百三十五位人物，冒著性騷擾、歧視甚至汽車炸彈的風險，為這個時代正在經歷的逆轉、混亂與動盪留下普遍的描繪。拉開時間的距離，每一瓢變革的滋味，冷暖自知。
《科技Ｘ愛Ｘ12則奇思妙想》
珍奈・溫特森（Jeanette Winterson）；宋瑛堂譯／潮浪文化
以《柳橙不是唯一的水果》享譽文壇的溫特森，首度將筆鋒轉向科技。十二篇散文由歷史、宗教、神話、文學、種族與性別多重面向切入，追問人工智慧時代的種種矛盾：為何女性被刻意抹去並逐出科技領域？當大科技以「進步」之名要全民以隱私交換服務，這算哪門子進步？共享經濟真的讓人共同富裕了嗎？性愛機器人又如何反過來形塑現實中的兩性關係？《衛報》《金融時報》《每日電訊報》年度選書，文采豐富，痛快淋漓。
《為了活下去，我們給自己講故事》
瓊・狄迪恩（Joan Didion）；許曄等譯／民主與建設出版社・理想國
「新新聞主義」先驅狄迪恩跨越五十年的非虛構作品合集，完整收錄《懶行向伯利恆》《白色專輯》《薩爾瓦多》《邁阿密》《亨利去後》《政治虛構》《我的來處》《南部與西部》八部代表作。從六〇年代舊金山嬉皮風暴的第一現場，到曼森家族謀殺案、黑豹黨運動與中央公園慢跑者案；從三屆大選、一場彈劾到兩場代理人戰爭，狄迪恩出現在世界異常與崩潰的所有現場，以碎片化結構與超真實筆觸，拆解「美國故事」的創造、破產與再生產。
《日本走讀記》
賀衛方／時代社
法學者賀衛方以二十餘年的行走與閱讀，寫下這部兼具思想深度與人文溫度的日本觀察。作為西方法律史研究者，他關注的是那些形塑特定法律的文化因素；而推進法治過程中遭遇的挫折，也迫使他從歷史與比較之中尋找可能的路徑。書中既有對內藤湖南的閱讀與尋訪，也有對日本社會、制度與日常的細緻札記。「讀萬卷書，行萬里路」——當行旅所至恰是閱讀興趣所在，走與讀彼此激發，便成為一段樂趣橫生的生命歷程。
【English Top 10】
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War
Zhuqing Li / W. W. Norton & Company
Jun and Hong were scions of a once-great southern Chinese family and each other’s closest companion. By a quirk of timing at the end of the Chinese Civil War, Jun settled in Taiwan, married a Nationalist general, and built one of the island’s most important trading companies; Hong remained on the mainland, forced to disavow both her family background and her sister’s choice, enduring two waves of re-education and internal exile before becoming one of China’s most celebrated doctors. Niece to both women, linguist Zhuqing Li tells their story with sympathy and grace, opening a window onto women’s lives in twentieth-century China and the bitter divide that still defines the strait.
The Memory Bookshop: A Novel
Song Yu-jeong; translated by Shanna Tan / William Morrow
Jiwon’s life has been quietly disintegrating since her mother died. Caught in a sudden downpour, she stumbles into a bookshop that exists outside of time and space, where the shelves are endless, the books strangely familiar, and memories are bound in pages. Manager K offers her no explanation, only an hourglass and a rare bargain: she may return to three chapters of her life, but every hour spent in the past is taken from her future. Warm, wise, and full of wonder, this Korean bestseller asks whether the past can truly be rewritten, or whether the real magic lies in the life still ahead.
Where Reasons End: A Novel
Yiyun Li / Random House
Written in the months after Yiyun Li lost her son to suicide, this short, luminous novel imagines a conversation between a mother and child in a timeless world, free of the images and narratives that ordinarily govern grief. The two argue, tease, and correct each other about language, memory, and love, and the exchange becomes a way of giving a life back in words. Winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Award and named one of the year’s ten best works of fiction by TIME, it is a book of remarkable precision, poise, and unflinching intimacy.
Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy since 1949
M. Taylor Fravel / Princeton University Press
The first systematic account of Chinese military strategy from the founding of the People’s Republic to the present. M. Taylor Fravel traces the major shifts in the PLA’s strategic guidelines and asks why they occurred when they did, linking each change to shifts in the conduct of warfare abroad and to unity within the Communist Party at home. The result illuminates not only China’s current military goals and the doctrine behind them, but also the broader question of how and why states alter their defense policies at all. Essential reading for anyone following the balance of power in Asia.
The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Center of the New Cold War
J. Michael Cole / Polity
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overturned the assumption that large-scale conventional war belonged to the past. On the other side of the planet, democratic Taiwan faces the rising threat of a military takeover by China. Drawing on two decades of observation and unusual access to Taiwanese government sources, former intelligence officer J. Michael Cole explains how the island became a tinderbox: the identity politics that make “peaceful unification” inconceivable, the rise of Xi Jinping, and the ways the war in Europe is reshaping planning in Beijing, Taipei, and Washington. An impassioned case for defending Taiwan as a priority for the international community.
Subversion and Seduction: China’s Economic Statecraft
Audrye Wong / Oxford University Press
China has long sought to convert economic clout into geopolitical influence, yet the results have been far more uneven than commonly assumed. Audrye Wong sorts Beijing’s inducements into two strategies—“subversive carrots” and “legitimate seduction”—and shows that whether they work depends heavily on accountability mechanisms in the recipient country. Drawing on detailed case studies, extensive fieldwork, and a survey experiment, she diagnoses China’s setbacks while acknowledging its successes in securing short-term goals and driving wedges between and within states. A sharp corrective to alarmist accounts of Chinese economic power.
Walmart: Made in China (Globalization in Everyday Life)
Eileen Otis / Stanford University Press
Eileen Otis argues that Walmart’s expansion into China is the story of a major shift in global capitalism: the merchant, once dependent on industrialists, now profits by controlling vast consumer markets. Based on years of fieldwork in Walmart stores across China, the book traces an internal supply chain from warehouse to checkout, where workers stock, promote, explain, and process goods under labor regimes structured by gender, migration, surveillance, and corporate culture. What emerges is not a tale of seamless market entry but one of friction, improvisation, and struggle—and a clear-eyed account of how merchant capitalism gets made and remade.
Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea
Katie Stallard / Oxford University Press
History did not end and democracy did not triumph; instead, autocrats and strongmen have risen while the postwar order comes under attack. Drawing on first-hand reporting from all three countries, Katie Stallard examines how the leaders of China, Russia, and North Korea manipulate the memory of twentieth-century war to justify present actions and secure authoritarian rule. Xi Jinping has nearly doubled the official length of China’s Second World War, Putin has elevated the Great Patriotic War to national religion, and Kim Jong Un has poured resources into war museums—while those who challenge the official version are silenced. To know where these nuclear powers are heading, she argues, read the stories they tell about the past.
God-Disease
an chang joon / Sarabande Books
Winner of the 2023 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, selected by Manuel Muñoz. These stories unfold in a place where cities and municipalities are named only by letters—a space in flux that refuses to commit to being American, Korean, or Korean American. Identities warp, shift, and sometimes vanish altogether. In the title story, a museum insect curator returns to her birth town of J Municipality, searching for an explanation of her mother’s absence: was it insanity, or was it shin-byeong, god-disease? Equal parts Southern Korean Gothic and slipstream, the collection is a meditation on language, names, and how deceptively fragile they can be.
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Jake Adelstein / Vintage
Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal corruption, and the yakuza. When a final scoop exposed a scandal that reverberated from the neon-soaked streets of Tokyo to the halls of the FBI—and produced a death threat against him and his family—he stepped down, and then fought back. Part hard-boiled newspaper noir and part searing memoir, Tokyo Vice offers an unprecedented look at a city and a culture few outsiders ever see.
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