Read the World: North Korea

Books by authors from North Korea or set in/about North Korea.

Updated February 1, 2024
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King of spies the dark reign of America's spymaster in Korea
Harden, Blaine
Paper Book
In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was repairing Jeeps on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the army's Counter Intelligence Corps. After just three months' training, he was sent to Korea. Though he lacked the pedigree of most U.S. spies -- Nichols was a 7th...
The rebel and the kingdom : the true story of the secret mission to overthrow the North Korean regime
Hope, Bradley
Paper Book
A gripping account of an Ivy League activist-turned-fugitive and his clandestine effort to subvert the North Korean regime, a heart-pounding tale of a self-taught operative and his high-stakes attempt to change the world.In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate...
The orphan master's son : a novel
Johnson, Adam
Paper Book
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling novel of North Korea: an epic journey into the heart of the world's most mysterious dictatorship. "Imagine Charles Dickens paying a visit to Pyongyang, and you see the canvas on which [Adam] Johnson is painting...
The aquariums of Pyongyang ten years in the North Korean gulag
Kang, Ch'ŏr-hwan, 1968-
Paper Book
"Destined to become a classic" (Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking), this harrowing memoir of life inside North Korea was the first account to emerge from the notoriously secretive country -- and it remains one of the most terrifying. Amid escalating nuclear...
North Korea confidential private markets, fashion trends, prison camps, dissenters and defectors
Tudor, Daniel, 1982- author.
Paper Book
**Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist** Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors. North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship...

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