Jiā suǒ: huá rén jiā tíng zhè gè jù shòu
Native title: 家鎖：華人家庭這個巨獸
Translated title: Home Locks: The Behemoth of Chinese Families
Author: Huiyun, Tan
Genre: Social Novel
Year: 2025 | Pages: 456 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786267478721
To outsiders, this was a model of a happy family. The parents possessed middle-class economic power; the daughter excelled in public examinations, earning the title of 'top scorer in the HKCEE.' These favorable conditions allowed them to immigrate to Canada before 1997. Later, the author returned to Hong Kong to study and work, becoming a highly regarded journalist and a professor in the journalism department of a top university.
Yet, deep down, she was constantly tormented by the stark contrast between the outward appearance and the inner reality of her family of origin. Her brother already had emotional problems before leaving Hong Kong, and in Canada, the culture shock and the emphasis on saving face within Chinese families prevented him from continuing his medical treatment.
The family members didn't actively integrate into immigrant society; their isolated large house fostered a tense yet boundless interaction, accumulating into an overly entangled and unhealthy structure. Each time she visited, the author could clearly sense the deteriorating situation at home, but her parents chose to avoid it. Her father, while proud of her professional achievements, also demanded that she not mention the family's situation or her brother's illness in her reports. This was a gag order from her father, the authority figure in the family, to his youngest daughter.
Due to age and the pandemic, her elderly parents could no longer care for their middle-aged son, who had been ill for many years, and the carefully maintained facade finally shattered. In 2020, as Hong Kong residents once again emigrated in large numbers due to the dramatic changes, the author went against the tide, returning to Hong Kong with three elderly and ailing family members. She faced a double photo, a mentally ill brother trapped for nearly thirty years, and the accumulated mental and physical stress and pain within this family
Qiān nián guǐ
Native title: 千年鬼
Translated title: A Thousand-Year-Old Demon
Author: Saijo, Naka
Genre: Social Novel / Fantasy
Year: 2025 | Pages: 256 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9789861339535
Translated
This is a story that can be understood even by the hardest heart or the most worn-out life.
Breaking down fixed notions of good and evil, author Naka Saijo, like telling a thousand-year-old allegory, returns to a time before we defined the world, before we were trapped by our own knowledge, a time when we could love the world so purely, for a single person or a single thing.
Only as we grow older do we realize that what we see is fleeting, and that our lives are but a series of events
Nv shi ye
Native title: 女師爺
Author: Ji, Qiu
Genre: Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 288 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786263853331
The strongest mind across time and space meets the super prince of the Tianchen Dynasty, and together, they shake the empire!
Huangfu Qinglan, the emperor's most trusted prince, isn't hungry for power. Instead, he seeks to relieve the emperor's burdens. When court troubles arise, he goes undercover as a humble county magistrate to resolve them - kidnapping the beloved granddaughter of Tutor Fan to be his legal advisor.
Fan Jiuyang, a brilliant and daring noblewoman, is known for her wit and fearlessness. Having known Huangfu since childhood, they are childhood sweethearts - though they often clash, they understand each other better than anyone else. Their ability to cause chaos and clean up messes is unmatched.
Though Huangfu hides his feelings for her, he subtly supports her, teasing her, and even going as far as protecting her from the capital's prison. Fan Jiuyang excels in both politics and banditry, but she remains oblivious to his love and the lengths he goes to keep her close
Fu ren bu bu gao sheng
Native title: 夫人步步糕升
Author: Lei, Enna
Genre: Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 288 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786263853287
She wanted to live like she was dying, and when death came, she was reborn as a notorious fool in the capital. He, a Duke terrified of ghosts, was engaged to her.
Once a spy, she knew death awaited her, whether she escaped her organization or not. She invited Wu Guogong Pei Yanxue to her First Flower Party, intending to expose the truth while pretending to pursue him as a lover. But when the organization attacked, she blocked a poison needle meant for him, sacrificing herself.
When Pei Yanxue opened his eyes, she had become a famous idiot and was married to him. Confused, he sought a doctor for her, but after just two visits, she miraculously recovered. When she fought back against noblewomen bullying her, he realized something was amiss - and an incredible thought struck him
Liang shang hao hun
Native title: 梁上好婚
Author: Shi, Luo
Genre: Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 288 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786263853324
While attempting to catch a flower thief, Mu Zhisheng accidentally found himself in a compromising position on the roof, inadvertently causing Yan Huatang, the daughter of the esteemed doctor of the Ministry of Rites, to spend the night with him. As the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Mu Zhisheng felt obligated to take full responsibility for the incident.
When he proposed marriage, his stepmother's mocking tone and blatant attempts to establish a relationship with him left his grandmother furious. However, a heartfelt conversation on their wedding night led Mu Zhisheng to a profound realization: he would protect Yan Huatang for the rest of his life.
Thus, when his grandmother delivered a warning during the bride's tea ceremony, Mu Zhisheng stood up without hesitation to defend her. He also found small, meaningful ways to show his affection - secretly ordering a delicate hairpin for her during a trip to the market, and saving her from a frightened horse on the street. Together, they built a life filled with sweet moments. She even baked chestnut cakes for him, the very same treat his late mother used to make.
But not everyone was happy with their love. Jealous rivals sent a concubine to Mu Zhisheng's house, and worse, malicious whispers began to spread that an epidemic had been secretly unleashed. Mu Zhisheng believed he had everything under control - until the worst happened: his beloved wife contracted the disease, and her life hung in the balance
7 ge nv peng you
Native title: 7格女朋友
Author: Li, Min
Genre: Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 240 | Origin: HK | ISBN: 9789629507671
A manic man crosses paths with a relentlessly positive woman - two opposites who, against all odds, find harmony in each other. Ah Sheng is convinced that Cai Ning is his life's only lucky goddess, the one who can heal him from the scars of his childhood. To him, it's all destined.
But as Ah Sheng falls deeper into the warmth of love, he soon discovers that gentleness and peace are only one side of his girlfriend. Her soul is shared by seven different personalities! And yet, doesn't true love mean embracing all of someone, flaws and all? Ah Sheng, unwavering in his belief that real love is unconditional, steps into a relationship of profound redemption - where love is both healing and perilous, and every moment feels life or death
Yue lao zai shang
Native title: 月老在上
Translated title: By the God of Marriage
Author: A. Z.
Genre: Romance / Fantasy
Year: 2025 | Pages: 256 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786267578278
A brand new fantasy romance masterpiece by award-winning author AZ, featuring the divine assistance of four matchmakers from Tainan to save the most troubled marriage in history!
Cai Taohua, a matchmaker cursed with bad luck in love, is frustrated with her failed matchmaking attempts. After angrily yelling at the god of love, Yue Lao, he descends to Earth to take responsibility!
Teaming up with this cold, venomous, yet oddly charming matchmaker, strange things begin to happen in the theater troupe, including stolen scripts and mysterious occurrences. Is it a ghost or something else?
Yue Lao, despite his lack of magical powers, must now work with Taohua to solve the mystery, while she hopes to send him back after the case is closed.
A fun, romantic comedy with a touch of suspense and fantasy, infused with Tainan's local culture!
Ni hao, lu mi
Native title: 妳好，陸彌（上）
Translated title: Hello, Lu Mi
Series: Part 2 of 2
Author: Lin, Buda
Genre: Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 320 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786264021692
The stirrings of a young heart are like a lone tree in the wilderness, growing wildly and untamed when no one is around, brimming with primal vitality.
Lu Mi becomes a teacher, gradually gaining the trust and affection of the children. And that seventeen-year-old boy from that year has now grown into a man, accompanying her, embracing her, and protecting her.
This makes Lu Mi want to believe that she still deserves love. A phone call shatters her peaceful life. Lu Mi returns to Nancheng, pushes open the door to the hospital room, and lies inside the director of the orphanage, the one who raised her - and the reason she left.
That late night at the orphanage, the broken bamboo dragonfly - besides the director and Jiang Hanzheng, no one knows why she left, not even Qi Xingzhi...
Yet it was Qi Xingzhi who, across seven years, came close to her. He made her no longer timid, no longer indifferent, and no longer living with the past. She wants to love the grown-up boy bravely and honestly
Ni hao, lu mi
Native title: 妳好，陸彌（上）
Translated title: Hello, Lu Mi
Series: Part 1 of 2
Author: Lin, Buda
Genre: Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 320 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786264021685
Upon returning home, Lu Mi encountered someone amidst the crowds at tourist attractions during her travels.
It was Qi Xingzhi - her tutor student from when she was nineteen.
Lu Mi found a teaching job, and on her first day, she discovered that Qi Xingzhi was also there. The bright young man from back then was now a teacher to children. These were very special children. How would Lu Mi, a newcomer, win their hearts, facing their wary gazes?
Here, too, was someone hoping to win her heart... That year, Qi Xingzhi was seventeen. When the girl entered his attic, the summer sun shone through the window, illuminating her face, and he saw her light brown eyes.
At that moment, he knew that Lu Mi had entered his heart. He remembered her bright smile, the sweetness of her red bean popsicle. He only dared to secretly let their shadows overlap, letting the moonlight witness that they had once held hands.
He would also forever remember how powerless the seventeen-year-old boy was; he couldn't protect the girl he wanted to protect, nor could he stop Lu Mi from leaving
Ni shi wo de gui tu
Native title: 你是我的歸途
Translated title: You Are My Way Home
Author: Misa
Genre: Short Stories / Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 288 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9789577419965
No matter how far I go, when I look back, you're always behind me.
I'm about to embark on my journey in my favorite season - have traversed countless mountains and rivers, seen all the world's wonders, but your embrace is the place I most long to return to.
I've strolled through fields of daylilies, watched flowers bloom beneath red iron towers, explored historic European towns, and played beside houses bursting with morning glories.
I've witnessed miles of spring sunshine, traversed countless rainstorms, crossed the entire world, until the very end, and we will meet again under the most beautiful aurora borealis
Mei you yu yan de sheng huo
Native title: 沒有語言的生活
Translated title: Life Without Language
Author: Dong, Xi
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 208 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786267671382
Five short stories, five plays, five dramatic life events, five thought-provoking emotional shocks.
- A Life Without Language
- Guessing the End
- The Beautiful Gilded Clothes
- Our Father
- Old Zhao's Double Portion
This book includes five short stories by Lu Xun Literary Prize winner Dong Xi (Tian Dailin) that have been adapted into film and television works. It combines text with stills from the films, creating a complementary reading experience and allowing readers to appreciate the beauty of the interaction between novels and film art. The author introduces characters through the plot, and the characters advance the plot, layering together in a tightly woven manner that compels the reader to turn the page
Dui bu qi qing xie xie ni
Native title: 緩步
Translated title: Sorry Please Thank you
Author: Chaokai, Yu
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 288 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786269913633
The book is divided into four main sections based on the titles: 'I'm Sorry', 'Please', 'Thank You', and 'All of the Above', containing thirteen short stories.
All the stories begin with everyday life, yet are infused with a variety of wildly fantastical and whimsical elements. The most acclaimed story, 'The Standard Lonely Set', satirizes the helplessness of humanity by offering a packaged service of emotions.
'Opening' alludes to the superficiality of married life through a floating door.
'A Note to Myself' reiterates Yu Chaokai's fondness for parallel universes through numerous self-dialogues.
'The Book of Categories' showcases his experimental spirit in creative forms.
The eponymous story at the end, 'I'm Sorry, Please, Thank You', is like a heartbreaking yet timeless elegy he wrote for our time
Huan bu
Native title: 緩步
Author: Ban, Yu
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 304 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786267421574
Short stories
Mu qin dian xia
Native title: 母親陛下
Author: Cao, Mingxia
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 220 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786264120227
Short stories
Chu bi gu shi ji
Native title: 初筆故事集
Author: Peng, Shiwei
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 160 | Origin: TAI | ISBN: 9786269948444
Short stories
