季風讀者最喜歡的月度榜單 · 2026年10月
十月的季風書單，以季風出版的第一本書開場：澳籍記者成蕾的獄中回憶錄《如果牆能說話》於10月5日面世，隨即登上中文榜首——當國家機器以「間諜」之名吞沒一個人，她如何在1154天裡守住尊嚴，也是整份書單反覆迴響的問題。沈棟的《紅色賭盤》中英文版同時上榜，從權貴與財富的內部揭開另一種「被消失」；文革六十週年的回望仍在繼續，丁學良口述的紅衛兵告白、王曉林的《陳伯達年譜另編》與張戎新版的《鴻》，分別從群眾、權力核心與一個家族三代人的角度重訪那段歷史。吳思增訂的《血酬定律》與查建英、加藤嘉一的對話錄《新十日談》，把目光從歷史拉回制度與自由的追問；野夫的散文、劉宗坤的《異鄉故人》與張愛玲的《小團圓》，則為這份沉重的書單留下記憶、離散與愛情的溫度。英文書單同樣精彩：李翊雲（Yiyun Li）的新長篇《Music Against the Night》（本店備有作者親簽本）與她獲PEN/Faulkner獎的《The Book of Goose》雙雙上榜；甫獲2026年諾貝爾文學獎的安・卡森（Anne Carson）以《The Beauty of the Husband》入列；扶霞（Fuchsia Dunlop）的新食譜、Emily Feng追蹤維吾爾流亡武裝的調查、Logan Wright剖析中國經濟困局的《Broken China》、《柏青哥》作者Min Jin Lee的新作，以及一冊恰逢萬聖節的京都怪談集，構成這個月最多元的閱讀版圖。
October's list opens with a milestone for us: Cheng Lei's account of her 1,154 days in Chinese state-security detention — the first book from JF Publishing — went straight to No. 1 on the Chinese list. Desmond Shum's Red Roulette charted in both Chinese and English, and the sixtieth anniversary of the Cultural Revolution continues to shape our readers' choices, from Ding Xueliang's memoir of his Red Guard youth and a new chronology of Chen Boda to a fresh edition of Jung Chang's Wild Swans. Wu Si's expanded study of "blood pay" in Chinese history, Zha Jianying and Kato Yoshikazu's dialogues on freedom, essays by Ye Fu and Liu Zongkun, and Eileen Chang's posthumous Little Reunions round out the list. On the English side, Yiyun Li has two titles — her new novel Music Against the Night (signed copies in store) and the PEN/Faulkner-winning The Book of Goose — while Anne Carson's The Beauty of the Husband returns in the wake of her 2026 Nobel Prize. Fuchsia Dunlop's new cookbook, Emily Feng's reporting on Uyghur fighters in Syria, Logan Wright on China's stalled economy, Min Jin Lee's American Hagwon and, just in time for Halloween, eighty-seven ghost stories from Kyoto complete a richly varied month.
【中文書單 Top 10】
《如果牆能說話：她在國安牢獄的1154天》
成蕾／季風出版
季風出版的第一本書。二〇二〇年八月，曾任CNBC亞洲頻道與CCTV英文頻道主播的澳籍華裔記者成蕾，被中國國安人員蒙面帶走，以涉嫌「間諜」罪羈押——起因只是她在三個月前的兩會期間，比官方解禁時間提前七分鐘透露了政府工作報告的內容。此後一千一百五十四天，她經歷了「指定居所監視居住」與國安看守所的生活，直到二〇二三年十月經澳洲政府斡旋獲釋。書中以真誠坦率、時而幽默疏離的筆觸，記下國安體系的荒謬與殘酷，也記下一個女性如何在幾乎被抹去性別的孤絕環境裡，憑著對食物、陽光與每一次呼吸的感知，形成內心的抵抗，在獄中為自己「發明自由」。張戎、嚴歌苓、袁莉、慕容雪村、李明哲、巴丟草等聯名推薦。
《紅色賭盤》
沈棟／今周刊出版社
《經濟學人》《金融時報》2021年度好書。沈棟出身被列為「黑五類」的家庭，在歧視與貧困中長大，赴美完成學業後回國經商，與同樣出身寒微、敢衝敢做的段偉紅結為夫妻與事業夥伴。兩人憑藉與溫家寶夫人張培莉的合作關係晉身富豪階層，主導興建北京首都機場的大型航空貨運物流中心，也近距離見識了紅色家族的奢華生活與高層之間的權力鬥爭。二〇一七年九月，段偉紅與三名同事突然「被消失」；四年後本書出版前夕，她才突然來電。這部回憶錄揭示了中國政商關係如何依賴「人脈」與檯面下的角力，也是作者明知危險、仍要與中共進行的一場「俄羅斯輪盤」。英文原版《Red Roulette》本月亦同時上榜。（本書約4週到貨）
《鴻：三代中國女人的故事》
張戎 著、張樸 譯／麥田出版
這部全球銷量逾千萬冊、至今在中國大陸仍無法出版的家族史，以外祖母、母親與作者自己三代女性的命運，串起整個二十世紀的中國：外祖母玉芳生於清朝覆亡前夕，自幼纏足，十五歲便成為軍閥的姨太太；母親德鴻在日本佔領下的東北長大，十五歲投身中共地下工作，在那裡遇見作者的父親，兩人後來都成為四川的中共高幹；生於一九五二年的作者，在接二連三的政治運動中成長，最終與父母一同被捲入文化大革命的浩劫。張戎以極為個人的家族記憶，寫出國家體制的每一次更迭如何重塑普通人的一生，以及人在苦難中求生存、追求幸福的韌性。麥田今年推出新版，適逢文革發動六十週年再度上榜。
《從大饑荒到文化大革命：一個紅衛兵的告白》
丁學良 口述、戴志勇 整編／聯經出版
丁學良出身皖南農村，童年從大饑荒的「死人堆裡」活了下來；十幾歲便帶頭成立紅衛兵組織，印傳單、辦戰報、外出大串聯，親歷了文革從校園蔓延到社會、從批鬥走向武鬥的全過程。他寫批鬥會可以事先「協商條件」，一句口號喊錯卻可能讓人瞬間淪為「現行反革命」；寫上山下鄉、縣革委會與工農兵學員的歲月，直到考入復旦大學哲學系研究生，才得以回望這段親身參與的歷史。全書最後，這位哈佛社會學博士、香港科技大學榮休教授反思毛澤東何以能繞開整個黨政體系發動文革、文化激進主義與「烏托邦」目標的來由，並附上給大學生的文革書目。這是一份來自「內部參與者」的告白，也是照見群眾政治與極權動員本質的一面鏡子。
《塵世挽歌》
野夫／讀道社
野夫的散文自選集，收錄其寫作生涯中最經典的篇章。他的第一本散文集《江上的母親》在台灣出版後，獲台北國際書展非虛構類大獎與獨立中文筆會「自由寫作獎」；此後在中國出版的《塵世・挽歌》《鄉關何處》則先後遭禁。本書篇目與以往版本互有重疊，但更突出「挽歌」部分，且為無刪節版，並新增序言與「野夫年譜」，日文版同步推出。野夫寫母親，寫故鄉，寫那些被時代碾壓的親友與無名者；在他看來，自由寫作並非什麼高危難攀的技藝，只需在時光的塵沙裡撿回丟失的正直。這些在醉後仍隱隱作痛的故事，是一個時代的私人證詞。
《異鄉故人》
劉宗坤／壹嘉出版
旅美律師、作家劉宗坤，網名「徒步的騎手」，多年來在財新網與社交媒體上書寫人生回憶、旅途見聞、異國觀察與時事思考，以獨立的思考與克制真誠的文字，積累了一批願意等待他更新的讀者。本書精選他歷年寫人的文章，分為「故鄉」「異鄉」「旅途」三輯：有在記憶深處教會他為人處世的師長親友，有在異國生活中偶然相逢、卻長留心底的普通人，也有旅途中萍水相逢、從此念念不忘的面孔。一個個生命片段，拼成一幅跨越故鄉與異鄉的人生圖卷。他說，能讓我們身心安頓的地方，才稱得上「故鄉」；真正走進生命的人，才稱得上「故人」。對身在海外的讀者而言，這是一本會讓人想起自己的故鄉與故人的書。
《血酬定律：中國歷史中的生存遊戲（增訂版）》
吳思／壹嘉出版
二十多年前，吳思提出「潛規則」與「血酬」兩個概念，從此成為無數讀者理解中國歷史的鑰匙，也進入了學術研究與公共討論。所謂「血酬」，就是「拼命所得的報酬」：當資源稀缺、規則失靈，人們便以暴力、冒險乃至性命去換取利益——從這一角度出發，吳思重新解釋了中國歷史中權力、利益與規則之間的關係。增訂版新收七篇重要文章與新版序、後記，作者進一步提出「元規則—規則—潛規則」的規則體系模型，把原有的分析擴展為「血酬—法酬—規酬」的框架，並嘗試將其納入更廣闊的報酬理論。可與他剖析「官家主義」的新作《頂殘》對讀。
《小團圓》
張愛玲／北京十月文藝出版社
張愛玲生前未能出版的長篇小說。一九七六年完稿後，她將六百多頁手稿寄給香港好友宋淇、鄺文美夫婦，因種種顧慮擱置三十多年，直到二〇〇九年才經遺產執行人宋以朗授權面世。小說以女作家盛九莉為主角，從香港淪陷時的大學生活寫到上海，寫她與母親蕊秋、姑姑楚娣之間冷熱交織的親情，以及與在汪偽政權任職的文人邵之雍那段萬轉千回、終至幻滅的愛情，被普遍視為張愛玲最具自傳色彩的作品。晚年的她以冷靜克制、穿插藏閃的筆法回望一生的愛與傷——用她自己的話說，這是一個熱情故事，想表達的是愛情完全幻滅之後，也還有點什麼東西在。
《新十日談：自由不是免費的》
查建英、加藤嘉一／局外人書店
一位是以《八十年代訪談錄》聞名、長年往返於中美之間的作家查建英，一位是曾在中國媒體上走紅的日本評論人加藤嘉一。兩人跨越世代、國籍與性別展開長篇對話，從各自的成長經歷出發，談性與愛、婚姻與家庭、女權主義與教育，也比較中、日、美（乃至印度）的政治體制、社會習俗、文化差異與國家關係，始終緊扣「自由」這一主題。本書曾在香港出版繁體版，此次在日本推出簡體版，不但恢復原貌，也延伸討論了疫情以來直至今天的變化。在一個愈發混亂、令人不知何去何從的時代，這份既輕鬆幽默又嚴肅深沉的對談，提醒我們更理性、更包容地看待世界——自由從來不是免費的。
《陳伯達年譜另編：「中馬」助產士的戲劇人生》
王曉林 編／讀道社
陳伯達曾是毛澤東的秘書與「筆桿子」，被視為將「毛澤東思想」理論化的重要推手；文革中他出任中央文革小組組長、躋身政治局常委，卻在一九七〇年廬山會議後倒台，最終被開除黨籍。今年余汝信推出《陳伯達年譜：中共頭號理論家的跌宕人生》，王曉林隨即以「另編」回應——一如他此前針對《康生年譜》所做的那樣，把官修與「正編」中同一事件、同一場景的記錄交叉對照，從增刪、跳繞、輕描與重墨之間尋找線索與真相。與前一本出於憤怒不同，作者說這一部更多出於一種想要理解上一代人情感與情懷的好奇。本書與《康生年譜另編》《江青年譜另編》構成文革六十週年的「另編三部曲」，可與九月上榜的余汝信《康生年譜》增訂本對讀。
【English Top 10】
Five Tastes: Delicious Recipes for Chinese Flavors
Fuchsia Dunlop 扶霞 / W. W. Norton & Company
In ancient China, the "five tastes" — sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty — stood not only for flavors on the tongue but for the whole palette at a cook's command, and a good chef was something of a magician who could bring them into harmony. Fuchsia Dunlop, the James Beard Award–winning author of The Food of Sichuan and Invitation to a Banquet, who trained as a chef in Chengdu in the 1990s, distills that philosophy into 120 approachable recipes for the home kitchen. Centered on vegetables but with some meat and fish, the book pairs regional classics with inventive dishes that marry Chinese seasonings to whatever you find at a farmers' market or supermarket — from green beans in "strange-flavor" sauce and a cool fish-fragrant eggplant salad to spicy peanut-butter noodles and Shanghainese seaweed cookies. Published October 20, it is a cookbook to read as much as to cook from.
Our Hearts Burned for Home: Uyghur Militants in Syria's Civil War
Emily Feng, with Abduweli Ayup / Columbia Global Reports
What drove a few thousand Uyghur men and women from the deserts and cities of western China to the front lines of Syria's civil war? Journalist Emily Feng traces their path from the crushed protests of 1990s Xinjiang to the Islamist battlegrounds of Idlib — and to the part they played in the eventual fall of Bashar al-Assad. At the heart of her reporting lies a paradox: Beijing's campaign of surveillance and cultural erasure, meant to stamp out dissent, instead scattered and radicalized a generation, while turmoil in the Middle East gave them somewhere to fight. Drawing on rare access to fighters and their families, and written with the Uyghur writer Abduweli Ayup, the book explores how a stateless people came to take up arms far from home, and how their controversial revolution now bears on Syria's fragile future.
Music Against the Night (Signed by Yiyun Li)
Yiyun Li 李翊雲 / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Yiyun Li's new novel brings two real figures of the Romantic era vividly back to life. In late-eighteenth-century Dublin, the awkward, prodigiously gifted John Field is groomed by his family as the next Mozart; his talent carries him to England, France, and finally Russia, where he becomes a celebrated pianist and composes the dreamy pieces he calls nocturnes — a form Chopin would later make immortal. Oceans away in Pondicherry, in French India, the orphaned Adelaide Percheron, raised by an imperious grandmother and set apart from her cousins by her parents' differing ancestry, nurses a secret love of the pianoforte and engineers her escape to Paris and then Moscow, just as Napoleon's armies march across the continent. Destined to become husband and wife, the two must weigh talent against genius, success against legacy, and decide what — and whom — art is worth sacrificing. Signed copies available.
Broken China: How the Economic Miracle Shattered and What it Means for the World
Logan Wright / Polity
After decades of breakneck growth, China's economy has stalled — and Logan Wright, who has spent years analyzing the Chinese financial sector on the ground, argues that the roots of the slowdown lie in finance: an unprecedented credit expansion that has finally run its course. Challenging the popular image of Beijing's leaders as master long-term planners, he shows that no grand strategy ever anticipated the boom and bust that now constrains their options. The result is not a sudden crisis or collapse but a slow decay of the state's economic policy tools — arriving just as mounting pressure at home and abroad makes a global backlash against Chinese exports the last thing Beijing can afford. A clear-eyed account of how the economic miracle broke, and why the consequences will be felt far beyond China's borders.
The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li 李翊雲 / Picador
Winner of the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. When Agnès, now living quietly in Pennsylvania, learns that her childhood friend Fabienne has died, she is finally free to tell their story. As girls in a war-ravaged village in the French countryside, the two built a private world no one else could see — until Fabienne hatched a plan that turned Agnès into a literary sensation and carried her from rural France to Paris and an English boarding school, through fame, fortune, and terrible loss. A story of disturbing intimacy and obsession, of exploitation and strength of will, it shares with this month's Music Against the Night Li's enduring fascination with talent, authorship, and the price a gifted life exacts.
American Hagwon
Min Jin Lee / Cardinal
From the author of Pachinko. Once comfortably middle-class in Korea, John and Helen Koh and their three children — Bo, DH, and Mido — see their lives upended, first by a shocking betrayal from John's oldest friend and then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. They leave Seoul for Sydney and eventually settle in Southern California, where new opportunities open for the children even as their parents, whose experience and education count for little in a strange land, resolve to do whatever it takes for their futures. Taking its title from the Korean word for a private cram school, the novel ranges across schools and churches, nail salons and law firms, cramped apartments and gated communities, tracing an immigrant family's almost all-consuming faith in education — and how bonds of family and memory fray but rarely break.
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
Anne Carson 安・卡森 / Vintage
On October 8, the Swedish Academy awarded Anne Carson the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, honoring a bold, inventive body of work that converses playfully with the classical tradition and has created new forms for contemporary writing. This book, winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize, is the ideal way in. Told in twenty-nine "tangos" of narrative verse — which, like a marriage, must be danced to the end — it follows a wife's love for a beautiful, faithless husband through tender, painful, and darkly funny scenes as their long marriage comes apart, all while wrestling with Keats's idea that beauty is truth. Clear-eyed, brutal, and moving, it takes on the oldest lyric subject of all and makes it feel entirely new.
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Conversations with My Psychiatrist
Baek Sehee; translated by Anton Hur / Bloomsbury
Baek Sehee had a successful job as a social media director at a publishing house, yet she felt persistently low and anxious, endlessly doubting herself while judging everyone around her — and still, somehow, she always craved her favorite street food, spicy tteokbokki rice cakes. Was this simply what life was like? Recording twelve weeks of conversations with her psychiatrist and expanding each session into short reflective essays, she begins to untangle the habits of thought that kept her locked in a cycle of self-criticism. Part memoir and part self-help, this Korean phenomenon, translated by International Booker–shortlisted Anton Hur, speaks with disarming honesty to anyone living with depression or quiet unhappiness. Its sequel is also available in store.
Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
Desmond Shum 沈棟 / Scribner
The English original of this month's No. 2 Chinese title. Desmond Shum grew up poor in China, earned an American college degree, and returned home to build a business alongside his future wife, the brilliant and equally ambitious Whitney Duan. Through ties to the "red aristocracy" at the top of the Communist Party, they vaulted into the billionaire class, developing a vast air-cargo facility at Beijing's airport and one of the city's premier hotels, flying private jets and collecting homes and art. Then in 2017, while Shum was living abroad with their son, Duan vanished along with three colleagues. Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist and the Financial Times, this explosive memoir shows how the Chinese state keeps business in line — and its publication led to Duan's dramatic reemergence after four years of silence.
Ghostly Kyoto: 87 Supernatural Tales from Japan
Éric Faure / Shambhala
Just in time for Halloween. In Kyoto, ghosts are not merely stories but neighbors, warnings, and sometimes protectors. This atmospheric collection gathers eighty-seven supernatural legends from Japan's old capital, where every shrine, bridge, and cherry tree seems to harbor a haunting: Obon fires guiding the ancestors home, the Demon's Gate, wells said to lead straight to Hell, vengeful onryō, insatiable Hungry Ghosts, monks who bargain with the King of Hell, statues that bleed or move, and women whose longing lingers for centuries. Drawn from old chronicles, temple lore, and the whispered warnings of Kyoto cab drivers, and told with a local's intimacy and a folklorist's curiosity, it is a rare English-language treasury of Japanese ghost tales that will change how you see the city's shadowed lanes.
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