季風讀者最喜歡的月度榜單 · 2026年9月
九月的季風書單有兩條清晰的主線。其一是台灣：林孝庭戰後台灣史三部曲的最終卷《台灣的李登輝時代》登上榜首，第二部《蔣經國的台灣時代》也同時上榜，兩書前後相續，從各國解密檔案中重建台灣由威權走向民主的曲折道路——適逢總統直選三十週年，讀來格外有分量。其二是文革：今年是文革爆發六十週年，《毛遠新傳》、鄭義追查廣西屠殺與吃人事件的《紅色紀念碑》、余汝信的《康生年譜》增訂本，以及楊奎松關於中國革命的四卷著作集，從個人命運、地方暴行、權力核心一路追溯到革命的起源。六四的記憶同樣在場：《血色中國》是倖存者寫下的親歷之痛，《未燒書》則是一位台灣記者三十年後的見證與追憶。張貴興的長篇小說《2084》與費代里奇的女性主義經典《凱列班與女巫》，為這份沉重的書單打開了文學與理論的另一扇窗。
英文書單由夏偉（Orville Schell）的《Inside China's Secret Prisons》領銜——這是他一九九一年臥底調查中國勞改營、揭露強迫勞動產品輸美的完整記錄，也是一份關於記者自我審查的坦白（本店備有作者親簽本）。同樣關注中國權力運作的，還有剖析北京如何以經濟手段換取影響力的《Subversion and Seduction》，以及福山回顧五十年思想歷程的回憶錄。文學方面，台灣與華人離散佔據了重要位置：邱妙津的遺作《蒙馬特遺書》繼八月的《鱷魚手記》之後再度上榜，匡靈秀（R. F. Kuang）的新作寫一位華裔美國大學生在台北的語言、哀悼與尋根，《Goodbye Chinatown》則在倫敦唐人街的廚房裡安放香港的離散；藍詩玲（Julia Lovell）新譯的《西遊記》、阿富汗女性的流亡紀實、一冊禪語錄與一部韓國百年短篇小說選，共同構成這個月最多元的閱讀版圖。
September's list is shaped by two anniversaries. Thirty years after Taiwan's first direct presidential election, both of Lin Hsiao-ting's archival histories of the Chiang Ching-kuo and Lee Teng-hui eras made the Chinese list; sixty years after the Cultural Revolution began, a biography of Mao Yuanxin, Zheng Yi's investigation of massacre and cannibalism in Guangxi, an expanded chronology of Kang Sheng, and Yang Kuisong's collected histories of the Chinese revolution sit alongside two testimonies of June Fourth. On the English side, Orville Schell's undercover account of China's forced-labor camps leads the way, joined by Audrye Wong on Beijing's economic statecraft and Francis Fukuyama's intellectual memoir. The fiction ranges from Qiu Miaojin's final novel and R. F. Kuang's Taipei Story to Kit Fan's London Chinatown, Julia Lovell's Monkey King, and a century of Korean short stories.
【中文書單 Top 10】
《台灣的李登輝時代：意外國度的重塑》
林孝庭／蓋亞文化
史丹佛大學胡佛檔案館東亞館藏部主任林孝庭繼《意外的國度》《蔣經國的台灣時代》之後，戰後台灣史三部曲的最終卷。本書運用美國白宮國安會、國務院、中央情報局，以及美、日、英、法等國駐台外交官的解密檔案與往來電報，重探李登輝主政的十二年：一九九〇年底起兩岸互派密使的高層對話、六四前後國民黨在中國各地佈建卻不到一年即遭破獲的情報網、俄國與賴比瑞亞的軍購秘辛、作為台灣認同分水嶺的一九九五至九六年台海危機，乃至二〇〇〇年大選前美方一度考慮的對台準軍事同盟。他究竟是不是「台獨教父」？是「創造了今日的台灣」，還是「打開了今日台灣的問題」？適逢總統直選三十週年，這是重新理解這位首任民選總統的必讀之作。
《毛遠新傳》
滕敘兗／博登書屋
毛澤東之姪毛遠新的人生，猶如一趟悲歡起落的過山車：幼年隨母親在新疆坐了三年牢，三十五歲後又坐了十二年大牢。若不是伯父把他拖進那場十年浩劫，他的人生本該是另一番模樣。本書寫一個優秀的大學畢業生如何一步步陷入政治泥沼、最終走進鐵門牢房，又如何在獄中逐步覺醒、坦然面對審判。作者多年採訪、蒐集史料，在嚴格保密中審慎落筆，堅持「實事求是，言必有據，無徵不信」，並言明此書的寫作與傳主本人毫無關係。適逢文革爆發六十週年、結束五十週年，本書從一個人的命運俯瞰中國現代史，令人無限感慨，也發人深省。
《紅色紀念碑》
鄭義／華視文化
一九八〇年代後期，《老井》作者鄭義兩度深入廣西，追查文革期間的大規模屠殺與「吃人」事件。他走訪武宣等縣，訪談加害者、倖存者與基層幹部，並取得官方內部的調查資料，記錄下在階級鬥爭的狂熱中，人們如何被批鬥、殺害，乃至被剖腹挖心、分食其肉——這一切並非出於饑荒，而是出於仇恨與政治表態。六四之後鄭義遭到通緝，隱匿近三年後輾轉流亡海外，本書於一九九三年在台灣出版。三十多年過去，它仍是理解文革暴力本質最令人不寒而慄、也最無法迴避的見證之一。
《康生年譜：一個中國共產黨人的一生 1898–1975（增訂本）》
余汝信 編、秦暉 唐少杰 作序／新世紀出版社
文革史學者余汝信編纂的《康生年譜》二〇二三年初版後，不到兩年即告售罄，仍有不少讀者不惜高價求購。增訂本補入初版編纂時未見的二十六個條目、一萬一千字，包括一九六〇年代鄧拓評介康生（筆名魯赤水）繪畫的文章、康生就《聊齋志異》版本問題致金燦然等人的信函、他與西北局第一書記劉瀾濤的交往，以及文革期間對中共中央調查部的講話與指示。全書從家庭與求學、上海、莫斯科、延安一路編至文革前後期，並附康生身後大事年表；秦暉以〈「測不準」的康生〉為序。與八月上榜的《江青年譜》並讀，可以看見文革權力核心更完整的面貌。
《2084》
張貴興／時報出版
臺灣文學金典獎年度大獎、紅樓夢獎、美國紐曼華語文學獎得主張貴興的最新長篇，首度以台北為主要場景。黃保祿，又叫漢特，在台北這座城市穿梭、在情慾荒野上掠食，以月曆與日曆女郎記憶他邂逅的女子——直到梅兒闖入他的生命。故事回溯他出生的婆羅洲：自稱「三叉戟」的三個十八歲少年同時愛上邊境巡防員的女兒愛譜莉，為她深入盜獵者的地盤去拯救一隻紅毛猩猩。十七年後，兩座島嶼的故事匯合衝撞，迴盪著野獸與詩獸的次聲波。張貴興以幻麗的詩性語言翻新人們對台北的感官經驗，並跨及北極與非洲，既是他創作的全新里程碑，也擴展了華文文學的疆域。
《蔣經國的台灣時代》
林孝庭／遠足文化
二〇二〇年二月，史丹佛大學胡佛檔案館正式公開蔣經國私人日記。林孝庭以日記新材料與台、美、日、英新解密檔案為基礎，揭示一九七〇年代國府失去代表「中國」的正統地位後，台灣如何從威權統治逐步走向政治本土化與民主化。全書三篇十章，從軍事情報、政工、白色恐怖、外交與台獨運動，到民主化、本土化、民生經濟建設與兩岸關係，全方位剖析蔣經國的從政之路；最後一章則探討八〇年代起，小蔣如何成為兩岸融冰、終結四十年隔絕的關鍵推手。本月與《台灣的李登輝時代》同時上榜，兩書前後相續，恰好構成一部台灣從威權走向民主的完整敘事。
《血色中國》
蘇明／自由文化出版社
「阿聰下落不明，生不見人，死不見屍。」作者以好友在六四中失蹤、遭槍殺的現場為引子，回溯一九七〇年代上千萬知青被送往邊遠鄉村的歲月，朋友與親人如何被異化、扭曲、強暴乃至喪命；再寫文革後怪異的家庭生活，直到親眼目睹「男孩背後連中三槍」的六四血腥場面。此後他主管的國營科研機構陷入權力傾軋與貪腐，他隻身拋妻別子逃往香港，又遭追捕潛回廣州，被捕入獄，在獄中遭受電刑與性暴力；出獄後穿越邊境叢林，經柬埔寨、泰國、寮國，最終獲得政治庇護前往加拿大。這是一部見證式回憶錄，作者克服巨大的心理障礙寫下親歷的黑暗，令人不忍卒讀，卻也不容迴避。
《未燒書》
楊渡／聯經出版
「每個人的心中都有一本無法放下的未燒書。」三十多年前，詩人楊渡以台灣記者的身分站在六四現場；此後他流浪採訪大半個中國，探訪流亡的作家與知識分子，也結識了各地經歷那場劫難的朋友。一九九九年他寫下故事的開頭，終究寫不下去；二〇〇九年重走前門大街、同仁醫院與天壇醫院，街景早已全非。直到二〇一九年，他才真正明白自己的角色——不屬於任何一邊的見證者，一個安靜的記憶者。書中也藏著一段在廣場上萌生的戀情：記者遇上醫師，共同的經歷成了愛的暗號與密語。楊渡說，他所有的記錄不是為了表白事件的真相，而是探尋更幽微而脆弱的人心。
《楊奎松著作集：革命（全四冊）》
楊奎松／廣西師範大學出版社
中國現當代史研究名家楊奎松研究二十世紀中國革命的四部經典著作合集，精裝套封並配以珍貴插圖，作者親自校訂文字並撰寫長篇新序。《「中間地帶」的革命》與《毛澤東與莫斯科的恩恩怨怨》聚焦中共革命的國際背景，前者梳理宏觀線索，後者說明毛澤東個人在其中的經歷與作用；《國民黨的「聯共」與「反共」》與《西安事變新探》則處理國共兩黨在大陸近三十年的分合與勝負較量，前者解讀兩黨關係的總體變化，後者聚焦影響重大的關鍵事件。以紮實的檔案功夫見長，楊奎松為理解中共何以奪取政權提供了不可替代的視角。
《凱列班與女巫：婦女、身體與原始積累》
西爾維婭・費代里奇／上海三聯書店
如何解釋歐洲近代初期數十萬「女巫」被處死？為什麼資本主義的興起，與一場針對婦女的戰爭同時發生？費代里奇回顧三百年的歷史：從十五世紀以前農民與工人的日常鬥爭、土地私有化與擴張性的人口政策，到機械身體觀的興起、歐洲大陸的大規模獵巫，以及獵巫策略在美洲的重演與當地婦女的反擊。她指出，獵巫運動是資本主義將社會再生產「合理化」的過程，對女性生育與身體的控制，正是實現原始積累的關鍵一步。本書以女性視角與馬克思的原始積累學說、傅柯的身體理論對話，對傳統歷史敘事與理論範式構成強而有力的挑戰。
【English Top 10】
Inside China's Secret Prisons: An Undercover Exposé and Its Lasting Legacy
Orville Schell 夏偉 / Columbia University Press
In 1991, China analyst and journalist Orville Schell worked on an in-depth 60 Minutes investigation of the People's Republic's vast "reform through labor" camp system — revealing that goods made with forced labor were being surreptitiously and illegally sold to the United States. Working with a former prisoner, the team filmed inside penal colonies with hidden cameras and even caught prison officials selling products to CBS correspondents posing as American businessmen. Schell also confesses why he set aside his own account, originally written for The New Yorker: fear of reprisals against his Chinese-born wife, her family, and his career. The result is both a gripping piece of investigative history and a candid study of the self-censorship that Beijing's intimidation still produces — with fresh urgency in an age of Uyghur forced labor. Signed copies available.
Last Words from Montmartre (NYRB Classics)
Qiu Miaojin 邱妙津; translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich / NYRB Classics
When the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin took her own life in Paris in 1995 at the age of twenty-six, she left behind her unpublished masterpiece. Told through a series of letters that, Qiu tells us, can be read in any order, Last Words from Montmartre traces a passionate relationship between two young women — their awakening, their gradual breakup, and the devastating aftermath — leaping between Paris, Taipei, and Tokyo. At once a psychological thriller, a sublime romance, and the author's own farewell, it is a wrenching meditation on living between cultures, languages, and genders. Following Notes of a Crocodile on our August list, Qiu returns this month with her final, most luminous work.
Taipei Story (Deluxe Limited Edition)
R. F. Kuang 匡靈秀 / William Morrow
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Yellowface and Katabasis, a wryly funny and deeply moving coming-of-age novel. College freshman Lily Chen arrives in Taipei for a summer language program, hoping to connect with a culture she inherited but never fully understood. Her classes are grueling, her roommate is maddening, and a reckless trip to the hot springs sets classmates gossiping — until news arrives that her grandfather has died, leaving questions about her family's history that can no longer be answered. What if the diaspora fantasy of homecoming never comes true? What if learning a language can't bring you closer to the people you're trying to reach? This deluxe hardcover features stenciled edges, available on the first printing only.
Subversion and Seduction: China's Economic Statecraft
Audrye Wong / Oxford University Press
China has consistently sought to wield its economic clout in pursuit of geopolitical influence — but with far less success than is commonly assumed. Audrye Wong sorts Beijing's many inducements into two strategies, "subversive carrots" and "legitimate seduction," and shows that their effectiveness depends on the political setting of the target country, above all on its mechanisms of public accountability. Drawing on detailed case studies, extensive fieldwork, and a survey experiment, she diagnoses China's setbacks in gaining lasting geoeconomic influence while highlighting its successes in securing short-term transactional goals and driving wedges between and within countries — and emphasizes the role recipient countries themselves can play in constraining Beijing.
In the Realm of the Last Man: A Memoir
Francis Fukuyama / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The author of The End of History and the Last Man turns, for the first time, to his own story. Fukuyama charts five decades of political and intellectual evolution: from the circle of students around Allan Bloom at Cornell to the halls of power in Washington and the RAND Corporation, and into private conversations with figures from Muammar Qaddafi to China's ruling elite. He recounts his family's history, including his relatives' internment with other Japanese Americans during the Second World War, and reflects candidly on his public break with the neoconservative movement over the invasion of Iraq. Returning to the ideas that have defined his work — recognition, thymos, trust, identity, institutions — he offers personal history as political history, illuminating the troubled fate of liberal democracy over the past half-century.
Goodbye Chinatown
Kit Fan / World Editions
As her native Hong Kong seethes, torn between two world powers, Amber Fan — a young, Oxford-educated chef — opens the first Chinese fusion restaurant in London's Chinatown after the failure of her father's traditional one. When her parents return to Hong Kong, taking her young brother Bobby and the haunting secret surrounding his birth, Amber is left alone in London — until a woman named Celeste hires out the restaurant, paying three thousand pounds for a dinner for one. Set in the aftermath of the handover, Kit Fan's novel portrays a family divided between two countries, and an émigré who, faced with divided loyalties, invents her own language for home through cooking. The tastes and smells leap off every page.
Monkey King: Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩; translated by Julia Lovell 藍詩玲 / Penguin Classics
Before there was The Lord of the Rings, there was China's Monkey King. Sun Wukong — a shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, beloved by fans of Dragon Ball and Black Myth: Wukong — is pinned beneath a mountain by the Buddha for raiding Heaven's Orchard of Immortal Peaches, and freed five hundred years later on one condition: to protect the pious monk Tripitaka on his fourteen-year journey to India in search of Buddhist sutras. Joined by Pigsy and Sandy, he survives eighty-one trials against dragons, ogres, wizards, and femmes fatales. Julia Lovell's lively one-volume translation captures what makes the most popular of China's Four Great Classical Novels endure: a rollicking adventure, a comic satire of bureaucracy, and a spring of spiritual insight.
The Last Free Women
Rebecca Blumenstein / Grand Central Publishing
Kabul, August 15, 2021. It was supposed to be Marwa's first day back at medical school; instead the streets filled with desperate crowds and the Taliban were hours away. As a top editor at The New York Times, Rebecca Blumenstein helped coordinate the evacuation of the paper's Afghan staff and their families — more than two hundred people, 124 of them resettled in the United States, the largest privately sponsored refugee group in modern American history. This book follows four remarkable young women — Marwa, Mursal, Maryam, and Samira — as they build new lives in a new land, language, and culture. Stories of resilience, setback, ambition, and joy, it asks what America owes those who seek freedom on its shores.
Zen Wisdom
Abbie Headon / Amber Books
"Zen is not something to achieve. Just relax, relax so deeply that you become a revelation to yourself." Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding, this compact volume gathers more than eighty succinct sayings from Zen masters including Bankei Yōtaku, Matsuo Bashō, and the Buddha himself. Zen — the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese chán, "meditation" — passes on wisdom from master to disciple rather than through formal doctrine, and these quotations range across purpose, concentration, mindfulness, tranquility, learning, kindness, and the finding of joy. A small book to keep close, and a lovely gift.
The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories
Edited by Bruce Fulton; introduction by Kwon Youngmin / Penguin Classics
The essential introduction to Korean literature, this eclectic and moving collection journeys through Korea's dramatic twentieth century — from the Japanese colonial era to the devastating war between North and South, and on through the rapid, disorienting urbanization of later decades. Here are peddlers and donkeys crossing moonlit fields, artists drinking and debating in the tea-houses of 1920s Seoul, soldiers fighting to survive, exiles who can never go home, and lonely men and women searching for connection in the modern city. Featuring giants such as Pak Wanso, O Chonghui, and Cho Chongnae alongside brilliant contemporary voices including P'yon Hyeyong, Han Yujoo, and Kim Aeran, it captures a century of a vibrant short-story tradition.
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