Chinese Original Works

Nominated for the 2024 Taiwan Literature Awards This book focused on the elderly at Taishi Village, Changhua County. Taishi Village is an aging community and one of Taiwan’s many declining rural areas. The villagers of Taishi are marginalized in terms of economy, education, infrastructure, health, and population structure. In such a rural area, how do the elderly live out their later years?

Is it possible to grasp the many faces of love—or to accept that sometimes, love is simply a tangle of unspeakable emotions? Twenty-nine-year-old Fuyu-shan and her childhood companion Lin Xuanyong have been intertwined since before their births—literally companions in their mothers' wombs. Since childhood, they roamed freely—from forests to fertile fields, from babbling streams to endless shores. As they grew, unspoken feelings shimmered quietly between them. What appears to be profound destiny, however, conceals deeper truths that are anything but coincidental.

Rights Sold: Thai In an old neighborhood, nestled on the first floor of a nondescript building, stands a seemingly ordinary breakfast shop. But here, the warm-hearted owner possesses an extraordinary memory and a keen eye for detail. Alongside her, a dedicated cook and a cheerful young worker—who just happens to see ghosts—serve more than just morning meals.

English Translation Available Nominated for the 2023 Openbook Awards

“Through their back-and-forth correspondence, we witness their profound self-examination, fragmented experiences of suffering, and the wonder of discovering "another world" through their pain.”–HenBook’s review Sometimes, when pain reaches its peak, even language loses its power—spoken words become redundant in the face of such profound suffering.

From Million-Copy Bestselling Author Si Yi Bestselling author Si Yi's 10th anniversary milestone work Film/TV adaptation confirmed

From Million-Copy Bestselling Author Si Yi Film/TV adaptation confirmed

From Million-Copy Bestselling Author Si Yi Inspired by real criminal cases from Taiwan and Korea Healing Fiction x Detective Thriller

The eldest daughter often bears a wide range of expectations. She is expected to understand how hard her parents work and help maintain the cleanliness of the household. She must also take care of her younger siblings—and ideally, be a role model for them. Even though she is just one of the children, the eldest daughter is expected to excel, show empathy toward her parents, and help manage family affairs.

Find compassion for your imperfect self and allow yourself to fail gracefully! One of the biggest sources of modern anxiety, perfectionism is a disconnection between self-esteem and self-expectations and you may also be a victim of perfectionism without knowing so. Checking details obsessively, people pleasing, approval seeking, making empty promises, procrastination…etc. could all be symptoms of perfectionism. In chasing perfection, we’ve let perfectionism become a mental cage and set ourselves up for disappointment.

A viral sensation that captivated 90,000 readers In this bustling metropolis of Seoul, where traffic never slows down and international cultures collide, along the winding hillside roads of Hannam-dong by the Han River, sits a small guesthouse that welcomes new stories every single day.

Why do we give up on the things that we used to feel so passionate about? After years of art training and comparing comparison with others, Hank put down his pencils and gave up on his greatest passion. He didn’t draw anything for 2 years. Then one day, while looking through his old sketchbook, he decided to give drawing another chance.