JF Best Sellers of April 季風四月書榜

娜拉出走以後》

暉/
探討現代女性主體形成歷程東西文化對「娜拉出走」命運詮釋差異,批判傳統父權制虛偽解放,進一步思索當代性別自由張力。也對中國歷史的「娜拉們」展開批判回顧,既是性別論述,社會啟蒙。

複眼人》

益/經典文化
一部跨越時空種族小說,藉由南洋戰場士兵生物學家視角,建構一段關於記憶、認同自然關係敘事奇觀。故事融合歷史,展現戰爭自然共生深刻凝視。

飄零呼》

和/OXFORD
優雅筆觸一代文化人的命運,既是私人記憶流露,也是時代風雲靜靜見證;流露出逝去世界緬懷不甘。書名寓意人事飄搖,鳥聲依舊,象徵記憶中的文化幽魂。

機器中的達爾文主義:全球智能進化》

(美) 喬治・森/浙江大學出版社
科技歷史學喬治・靈機、網際網路當代人工智慧進程,剖析「思維機器」演化如何反映挑戰人類自身認知倫理邊界。計算機起源談到意識未來,科技哲學深度對話。

莽莽 vol.3 好彩!酷儿声音》

莽莽雜誌社

《莽莽》雜誌第三期持續關注中國與華語世界邊緣書寫與新銳觀點,本期雜誌收錄了1份中國LGBT運動小史、9篇報導、訪談、翻譯等文字作品、1篇漫畫,以及1冊驕傲月街頭影像集;凝聚了10多個社群的攝影投稿,15位圖文創作者的心力;最終匯聚成一本176頁的全彩刊物。

中國柏拉圖》

力雄/時代
力雄柏拉圖《理想國》鏡,對照當代中國權力運作政治現實,鋒利剖析體制中的理性虛構,挑戰讀者現代專制理解容忍。哲學視角,揭示「理想」如何現實扭曲利用。

道:早期中國政治想像》

升/廣西師範大學出版社
本書儒家、道家思想根源出發,描繪早期中國政治秩序不同想像,揭示古典思想潛藏現代啟示制度原型。結合理論史料,理解中國治理傳統提供深刻參照。

記》

華/北京出版集团
筆下觀,是在困頓不斷「血」求生中國縮影;本書幽默殘酷筆法呈現個體時代中的堅忍荒謬。家庭、社會命運,揭示一個普通如何極限掙扎存。

植物妻子》

韓江/四川文藝出版社
韓江獨特視角描寫女性孤獨反抗,一段介於現實象徵之間婚姻敘事,展現女性壓抑生長、沉默開花複雜情感風景。文字克制,探討性別、欲望身份認同張力。

民主啟蒙對話錄:良英、通信集》

出版
透過這本通信集,讀者兩位自由主義知識分子晚年民主、中國現狀未來可能深度探討,當代政治啟蒙思想重要文本。他們筆談跨越時代,留下深刻人格見證。

Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China

Emily Feng / Crown
An intimate, deeply reported exploration of how nationalism, surveillance, and state ideology are reshaping the lives of Chinese citizens—especially those on the cultural or ethnic margins.

Patterns That Remain: A Guide to Healing for Asian Children of Immigrants

Stacey Diane Arañez Litam / Oxford University Press
This groundbreaking guide blends psychology, memoir, and cultural analysis to help Asian diaspora readers confront intergenerational trauma and reclaim their voices.

Voice for the Voiceless

Dalai Lama / William Morrow
A timeless call for compassion and justice, this volume gathers speeches and writings that reflect the Dalai Lama’s moral vision for global harmony and individual freedom.

On Tyranny (Graphic Edition): Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder (Author), Nora Krug (Illustrator) / Ten Speed Graphic
A powerful graphic adaptation of Snyder’s bestselling manifesto against authoritarianism—made visually arresting through Krug’s evocative, hand-drawn illustrations.

Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine

Lucian Kim / Columbia University Press
Journalist Lucian Kim unpacks the ideological and historical undercurrents that led to Russia’s war in Ukraine, offering essential context to understand Europe’s most urgent crisis.

Perfect Day to Be Alone

Nanae Aoyama / MacLehose Press
Winner of Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize, this quietly luminous novel examines solitude, emotional fragility, and the human need for connection in a fragmented world.

The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism

Keyu Jin / Viking
Harvard-trained economist Keyu Jin challenges dominant Western narratives about China’s rise and offers a nuanced analysis of its evolving economic and political strategies.

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence – An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution

R.F. Kuang / Harper Voyager
A genre-bending epic blending fantasy and historical fiction, "Babel" investigates colonialism, language, and academic power through the story of a secret revolution in 1830s Oxford.

China in Ten Words

Yu Hua, translated by Allan H. Barr / Vintage
Ten deceptively simple words—like “People,” “Leader,” “Disparity”—anchor this candid, humorous, and often sobering portrait of contemporary China from one of its most incisive writers.

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata / Grove Atlantic
A modern classic of Japanese literature, this novel follows a woman who finds peace in her meticulously ordered convenience store job—until the outside world demands she change.