The Book of Southern Tang, or sometimes called Ma's Book of Southern Tang (马氏南唐书) to distinguish it from the later Lu's Book of Southern Tang, was a Chinese history book on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state of Southern Tang. Containing 30 chapters, it was written by Ma Ling in the early 12th century. Ma Ling's grandfather Ma Yuankang (马元康) had been a resident of Southern Tang's capital Jinling (金陵; modern Nanjing, Jiangsu).

《南唐书》，马令撰，凡三十卷。

《南唐书》原有马令、胡恢、陆游三家。马令系宜兴人，其祖马元康世居金陵（今江苏南京），谙熟南唐旧事。宋徽宗崇宁四年（1105年）马令撰成《南唐书》。该书仿效《三国志·蜀书》之例，置先主书、嗣主书及后主书，共五卷。列传有二十二卷。灭国传两卷。谱一卷，专记南唐三十五州。

马令又仿欧阳修《新五代史》的春秋笔法，卷首文末序﹑论多以「呜呼」发端。后人评价不高，胡震亨称：「余始得马令《南唐书》，以为政可作酒后谈资耳。及得陆游新修《南唐书》读之，乃知正史稗官迥自悬别，未可以伪史忽之。」有嘉靖二十年（1541年）姚咨抄本。清初四库馆臣收入《四库全书》。

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