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Books set in Taiwan:


Forget Sorrow by Belle Yang
Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood
Heaven Lake: A Novel by John Dalton
The Butcher's Wife by Li Ang
The Red Heart of Jade by Marjorie M. Liu
The Fig Tree: Memoirs of a Taiwanese Patriot by Zhuoliu Wu
The Lady And The Tiger: A Memoir Of Taiwan, The Republic Of China by Patricia Linder
Orphan of Asia by Zhuoliu Wu
A Thousand Moons on a Thousand Rivers by Hsiao Li-Hung
Taipei People by Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai
The Foreigner: A Novel by Francie Lin
Notes from the Other China by Troy Parfitt
Three-Legged Horse by Cheng Ch'ing-Wen
Taiwan: A Political History by Denny Roy
Wild Kids by Chang Ta-chun
Emperor can Wait: Memories and Recipes from Taiwan by Emma Chen
Running Mother and Other Stories by Songfen Guo
Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan by Margery Wolf
Bamboo Shoots After the Rain by Ann C. Carver
Death in a Cornfield: and Other Stories from Contemporary Taiwan by Chiu-kuei Wang
Tales from a Taiwan Kitchen by Cora Cheney
Tales from the Taiwanese by Gary Marvin Davison
Forbidden Nation: The History Of Taiwan by Jonathan Manthorpe
Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan by Fran Martin
Taiwan Folktales: Proverbs, Folk Sayings, and Folktales from Taiwan by Fred Lobb

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Dumpling Days by Grace Lin
Setting Out: The Education of Li-Li by Tung Nien
Beyond the Narrow Gateby Leslie Chang
Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse by Shelley Rigger
Zero and Other Fictions by Fan Huang
The Old Capital: A Novel of Taipei by Chu T'ien-hsin

Harmony in Conflict by Richard W. Hartzell

Typhoon Season by James C. Campbell

Hey, thanks Ian. I was going to do that ;)

I was also going to add a collection of short stories by Tsai Wen-fu called The Ferryman and the Monkey that I picked up while I was in Tapei, but it was published by a small press in Taiwan and it's not listed here in Goodreads.

This is it here: http://books.google.md/books/about/Th...

Though the family name is spelled differently than my version.

The Third Son by Julie Wu

Taiwan, by Christopher Wood. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98...

A thriller, about a group of criminals organising an art heist. And a very thrilling opening, may I say.

Christopher Wood has an interesting story: under a pseudonym, he wrote borderline soft porn in the 70s that led to a series of massively successful British movies with titles like 'Confessions of a Window Cleaner'. Cherie Blair, wife of the former Prime Minister, is the daughter of the star of all those movies. Wood later wrote some very well-received novelisations of the non-canonical James Bond movies. The Guardian have a recent interview with him here: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ent...

Taipei by Tao Lin

My Last Summer by Kerem Mermutlu

Ghost Month by Ed Lin

Hey all ... just wanted to let you know that my book, Typhoon Season, is now only $2.99 on the Kindle store.

Or, if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, feel free to make it one of your downloads for the month :)

Memories of Mount Qilai: The Education of a Young Poet by Mu Yang

The Bear Whispers to Me

Great list of books!

I'd like to add

Fiction:

Jade Phoenix by Syd Goldsmith
Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan
Crystal Boys and Taipei People by Pai Hsien-yung
Formosa voorgoed verloren by Joyce Bergvelt - just out in Dutch, don't know whether there will be an English translation
Formosa voorgoed verloren by Wu Ming-Yi
When Tangerines Turn Red 橘子紅了 by Jun Qi 琦君

And for non-fiction I recommend:

Formosa Betrayed by George H. Kerr
Barbarian at the Gate: From the American Suburbs to the Taiwanese Army by T.C. Locke
Fireproof Moth: A Missionary in Taiwan's White Terror by Milo L. Thornberry
The Generalissimo's Son: Chiang Ching-Kuo and the Revolutions in China and Taiwan by Jay Taylor
Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory Over the West by Tonio Andrade
Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory Over the West
Vignettes of Taiwan: Short Stories, Essays & Random Meditations about Taiwan by Joshua Samuel Brown
The Real Taiwan and the Dutch; Traveling Notes from the Netherlands Representative by Menno Goedhart
Taiwan Mod by Marc Gerritsen

Happy reading!

Sorry!

The book by Wu Ming-Yi is called The Man with the Compound Eyes

Thank you Josine for adding my book 'Formosa, voorgoed verloren', which appeared in October. This is a novel closely based on the true story of Holland's colonisation of seventeenth-century Taiwan, and of course, Zheng Cheng-Gong's role in the fall of the colony. If you click on the title you will also find info on the book (and a brief bio) in English. Just scroll down! You're right, so far it has only been published in Dutch, but there is an English (original) version that is awaiting publishing, we're hoping to find a publisher soon.

Joyce wrote: "Thank you Josine for adding my book 'Formosa, voorgoed verloren', which appeared in October. This is a novel closely based on the true story of Holland's colonisation of seventeenth-century Taiwan,..."

Hallo Joyce,
Mooi dat een Engelse uitgave in de maak is! Hart verloren aan Taiwan na er vijf jaar gewoond te hebben, probeer hier en daar wat aan Taiwan-promotie te doen.
Groet, Josine

Josine wrote: "Joyce wrote: "Thank you Josine for adding my book 'Formosa, voorgoed verloren', which appeared in October. This is a novel closely based on the true story of Holland's colonisation of seventeenth-c..."
Hi Josine, ja, zou mooi zijn als de Engelse versie ook komt Ik heb zelf anderhalf jaar in Taiwan gewoond met m'n ouders, alweer meer dan 30 jaar geleden. Daarna Chinees gaan studeren. De roman is gebaseerd op de scriptie die ik destijds over het onderwerp schreef. Prachtig verhaal. Ik hoop dat je het gaat lezen. Heb begrepen dat het einde van de eerste druk in zicht is, dus gaat redelijk, maar alle promotie helpt natuurlijk. Groet, Joyce

Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan.



Which is up for the Goodreads choice award in Historical Fiction (2016)

Ed Lin's Incensed (Taipei Market #2) Notably a travelogue of Taipei set in a modern light crime mystery, with a bit of political commentary.

Remains of Life by Wuhe

More books set in Taiwan:


Between Heaven and Earth by William Marr
Between Landscapes by wai-lim Yip
The Black Bearded Barbarian by Marian Keith Pseud
The Book of Sins by Chen Xiwo
Bound feet: stories of contemporary Taiwan by Catherine Dai
A Chance of Clouds by Lianna Shen
The City Trilogy: Five Jade Disks, Defenders of the Dragon City, Tale of a Feather
The Deaths of Tao by Wesley Chu
The Drowning of an Old Cat, and Other Stories by Huang Chunming
The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories
Forbidden Games and Video Poems: The Poetry of Yang Mu and Lo Ch'ing
Frontier Taiwan: An Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry by Michelle Yeh
A Hand I Let You Hold by Tung Tung
Hunt for Jade Dragon by Richard Paul Evans (4th book of Michael Vey series)
I Love My Mum by Chen Xiwo
Incensed by Ed Lin (Taipei Night Market series)
Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays, and Poems
The Isle Full of Noises: Modern Chinese Poetry from Taiwan by Dominic Cheung
The Last of the Whampoa Breed: Stories of the Chinese Diaspora
The Lost Garden by Li Ang
Love and Revolution: A Novel by Ping Lu
Modernist Aesthetics in Taiwanese Poetry Since the 1950s by Chung-To Au
My South Seas Sleeping Beauty: A Tale of Memory and Longing

More books set in Taiwan:


The Old Man: And Other Stories by Chen Ruoxi
Poems of a Period by Bo Yang
Retribution: The Jiling Chronicles by Li Yongping
Rose, Rose, I Love You by Wang Zhenhe
Slow Boat to China and Other Stories by Ng Kim Chew
Snake Alley by Inara Cedrins
Taiwan Tales by J.J. Green
Taroko Gorge by Jacob Ritari
The Taste of Apples by Huang Chunming
A Tragic Beginning: The Taiwan Uprising of February 28, 1947 by Tse-han Lai
The Ugly Chinaman and the Crisis of Chinese Culture by Bo Yang
What Is Modernity?: Writings of Takeuchi Yoshimi by Yoshimi Takeuchi
Wintry Night by Li Qiao
Women's Movements in Twentieth-Century Taiwan by Doris Chang

Notes of a Desolate Man

Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin.

Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise by Lin Yi-Han.

Travels in Taiwan: Exploring Ilha Formosa by Gary Heath(non-fiction)

Jade wrote: "Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin.

[book:Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise|2050304..."

sounds stunning

I'm New Here

I detail a tour in 1968.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CUT-CRUSHED-...

The Mermaid's Tale