I can recommend some sources for sure!

The most obvious recommendations in my opinion are two books that together make up a very nice overview of Taiwan’s history:

Taiwan, A New History edited by Murray Rubinstein. This is an edited volume, with each chapter taking up a different topic and time period. These cover a wide range of topics as a result and offer a very good overview of the history. These are also academic-quality papers, so you can be assured of the due diligence.

However, that volume is a tad older now and doesn’t really discuss current trends enough, so to supplement it, add on Why Taiwan Matters by Shelley Rigger. This one is more lightweight and less academic, but is still written by an expert. I would say you should get both books to get a baseline.

Beyond those two, it really depends on what topics interest you. Do you want to learn about development of distinct Taiwanese culture and ethnicity, and how Chinese ethnicity is perceived? Then Melissa Brown’s Is Taiwan Chinese? is fantastic. Do you want to know why Taiwan counters racist rhetoric about Chinese culture and democracy? You can check out Alternate Civilities, where Robert Weller compares and contrasts Taiwanese and (PRC-) Chinese cultural changes and what Taiwan means to (ethnically-) Chinese democracy. If you are interested in economic development, definitely check out Governing The Market by Robert Wade, which uses primarily Taiwan as a case study on how East Asia developed so rapidly and successfully. I think all these books are great and important and frankly recommend all of them. These are just some examples. But definitely check out Rubinstein and Rigger at least to form your base knowledge.