To study Sinophone historical writings in the twenty-first century, Shih Shu-ching and Ping Lu are two of the most important writers we should not leave out. In Shih’s Taiwan Trilogy, the time span extended from Tsing Dynasty to Japanese reign, Post-war period, and ＂February 28^(th) Incident.＂ The cross-ethnic characters in the novels included Han people, Japanese immigrants, aboriginals and ＂Wan-sen＂ (Taiwan born Japanese). In both aspects as discussed, Taiwan Trilogy has taken a significant position in the studies of Taiwan Literature. In Ping Lu’s two latest historical novels, Beyond the East (2011) and Island Formosa (2012), she recalls the time back to Taiwan under Holland’s occupation and Zheng Cheng-gong’s reign. She also depicts a cross-cultural context of Han people, aboriginals and colonial rulers. This paper attempts to focus on comparing and contrasting Shih Shu-ching’s Taiwan Trilogy and Ping Lu’s Island Formosa in light of the theoretical scheme of Sinophone Studies. The focus would be on these two so-called ＂cultural retrospective writers＂ who have spent years crossing borders of different countries and cultures with an attempt to look into the complicated and hybrid past of Taiwan. Eventually, through applying the Sinophone Studies’ vision of constructing and re-constructing Taiwan’s (new) history, this paper spells out women writers’ special power.