Read the World: South Korea

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

Updated February 2, 2024
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The vegetarian : a novel
Han, Kang
Paper Book
A beautiful, unsettling novel in three acts, about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul. Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize.
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 horizon
JH (Cartoonist), author, illustrator.
Paper Book
A world where everything has been lost. A boy and a girl alone together. All they can do is move forward. But against broken adults and devastating despair, how long will they be able to keep going ...?
The long season of rain
Kim, Helen, 1963-
Paper Book
"This first-person novel is a devastatingly clear-eyed view of societal restrictions and their effects on the young narrator's family in 1960s Seoul... . This is a universal novel, demonstrating the powerful effect the adult world has on children's lives." - The Horn Book, starred review

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