1. Rose of the Night
By Tsai Jih-heng (
A romance between an engineer from southern Taiwan who came to work in Taipei, and his young landlady. Tsai has had at least two books on China's bestseller lists in the past three years.
2. Drops of the Soul
By Wu Tan-ju (
Forty-eight inspirational essays about love, workplace relations and success.
3. Pourquoi
By Jimmy (
"Pourquoi" is French for "why." Popular author Jimmy focuses on the question "Why?" to create a book rich in illustrations, asking extremely simple questions which are nevertheless hard to answer.
4. Be Humorous to the Core
By Liu Yung (
The latest installment from the master of the inspirational essay, who now has more than 50 books to his credit.
5. My Genius Dreams
By Hou Wen-yung (
A doctor turned writer shares his struggles with his vocation, revealing how he dropped the stethoscope and picked up the pen.
6. Listen to the Goldfish Singing
By Hiyawu (
A new novel about "square love" (as opposed to "triangular love") relationships from the man who has been on the bestselling list as long as anyone can remember.
7. Love Poison
By Hiyawu et al (
A collection of love stories written by Internet writers.
8. Tippi of Africa
By Tippi Degre, photos by Sylvia Robert and Alain Degre
Translated by Huang Tien-yuan (
A French girl who lived in Namibia until she was 10 tells of her childhood friendship with animals. The book contains more than 100 extraordinary photos of Tippi with animals and local people.
9. Better to Have Loved Than Never
By Wu Ruo-chuan (
A reprint of Wu's collection of 24 short stories about love, first published in 1996.
10. The Vampire's Assistant
By Darren Shan
Translated by He Hsi (
In the second installment of the series that started with Cirque du Freak, the hero returns to the old-fashioned freak show where, thanks to Mr. Crespley, he became a "half-vampire." Darren once again struggles against the urge to feed upon the human blood his health requires.
11. New Education of Love II
By Tai Cheng-chih (
A collection of heart-warming stories about teacher-student interaction on campus. Tai, who has a PhD in speech communication from the University of Oregon, gives his comments on each story.
12. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events 1)
By Lemony Snicket
Translated by Chou Szu-yun (
Misery and misadventure are in store when the Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, learn that their parents have perished in a fire at the family mansion. The author/narrator relates the sad saga with sympathy and enlightenment flecked with dashes of humor. Rated for ages nine and above on Amazon.com.
13. Sangdo Part I
By Choi Wan-kyu (
This is a TV soap adaptation of a popular Korean historical novel of the same title by writer Choi In-ho (崔仁浩). The novel, which sold more than three million copies in South Korea, depicts the rags-to-riches story of 19th Century businessman Im Sang-ok (林商沃).
14. Magician: Apprentice I
By Raymond Feist
Translated by Hsu Wen-ta (許文達)
The orphan Pug comes to the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles to study with the master magician Kulgan. Pug's strange sort of magic will one day change forever the fates of two worlds -- the forces of Order and Chaos.
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