1. Harry Potter II (哈利波特 II)
By J.K. Rowling (Translated by Peng Chien-wen)
The long summer vacation has finally ended and Harry Potter can't wait to go back to magic school. But a string of strange and terrifying things begins to occur and Harry must find the culprit behind them.
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (哈利波特 -- 神秘的魔法)
By J.K. Rowling (Translated by Peng Chien-wen)
A series of mysterious letters lead 11-year-old Harry Potter into a kingdom of sorcerers, who send their mail by owl messengers and travel on brooms.
3. Platonic Sex (柏拉圖式性愛)
By Iijima Ai (飯島愛)
An autobiography by former Japanese "adult video" star Iijima Ai, who recounts the story of Ai's introduction to the porn industry.
4. La Rive Gauche d'Amour
(愛情左岸)
By Wu Ruo-chuan (吳若權)
As the title suggests, this book talks about history's most popular subject -- love. But despite its French title, the book is a Chinese original.
5. Say It To Your Heart
(把話說到心窩裡)
By Liu Yung (劉墉)
A meditation by the maestro of inspirational books -- this time about speech and the right ways to express oneself.
6. The Human Nature You Have To Know II (你不可不知道的人性)
By Liu Yung (劉墉)
The author reveals the dark side of human nature through stories of events that happened to people around him. The book also looks at human weakness from a constructive perspective.
7. Love Returns to the Beginning (愛回到最初)
By Kuang Yu (光禹)
A collection of 42 essays about love.
8. Soul Mountain (靈山)
By Gao Xingjian (高行健)
The best-known novel by Gao Xingjian, winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, is a patchwork of travel notes, magical tales, philosophical musings, and eroticism.
9. Stray Bird (pocket edition)
(漂鳥)
By Rabindranath Tagore
Another Chinese rendering of Tagore's classic poetry collection.
10. Subway (地下鐵)
By Jimmy (幾米)
Another collection of cartoon sketches and romantic musings from Jimmy -- about pet cats, subway trips, and lost innocence.
11. Endless Love (藍色生死戀)
By Oh Soo-yeon (吳水娟)
(Translated by Tung Yao)
A Chinese translation of a Korean soap opera series which has taken Taiwan's airwaves by storm.
12. Yesterday's Memories, A Clear Day's Leisure
(昨日歷歷，晴天悠悠)
By Wu Tan-ju (吳淡如)
An autobiographical piece about how Wu came out of her labyrinth of suicidal desires -- described in the light of her younger brother's suicide at the age of 24. The book also explores the social problems reflected in Taiwan's rising suicide rates.
13. Ruse of the Empty City
(空城計)
By Cheng Wen-chin (鄭文金)
A history of China's legendary minister Chu Keliang (諸葛亮) and his famous strategies against his enemies.
14. The Works of Shakespeare
(莎士比亞全集)
By William Shakespeare
A selection of the works of the bard in Chinese translation.
15. The Very First Love
(給最初的愛)
By Guang Yu (光禹)
The joys and travails of love, told through two diaries.
16. Aesop's Fables (pocket edition) (伊索寓言)
Another Chinese rendering of the eternal Aesop.
17. Little Prince (pocket edition) (小王子)
By Antoine De Saint-Exupery
A pocket-sized book with both Chinese and English translations of the simple, yet philosophically rich story of a little prince.
18. Interpreter of Maladies
(醫生的翻譯員)
By Jhumpa Lahiri
(Translated by Wu Mei-chen)
This is a Chinese rendering of Lahiri's Pulitzer-Prize-winning collection of nine short stories, which capture the nuances of being Asian in America without an overload of sentimentality.
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