Korea

Books set in Korea.

Pachinko
The Vegetarian
82년생 김지영
Please Look After Mom
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Human Acts
Crying in H Mart
The Island of Sea Women
If I Had Your Face
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Almond
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story
The Orphan Master's Son
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie OhLast of the Talons by Sophie   KimProphecy by Ellen OhWicked Fox by Kat ChoA Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh
Korean Fantasy Books
26 books — 34 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerEmpress of All Seasons by Emiko JeanEon by Alison GoodmanThe Poppy War by R.F. KuangThe Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
503 books — 306 voters

Carrying Cambodia by Hans KempSacred Skin by Tom VaterBikes of Burden by Hans KempCHINA by Tom  CarterVietnam Zippos by Sherry Buchanan
Best Asia Photography Books
30 books — 23 voters
In Limbo by Deb J.J. LeeDog Days by Keum Suk Gendry-KimMoms by Yeong-shin MaUmma's Table by Yeon-Sik HongGrass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Graphic Novels Set in Korea
8 books — 2 voters


Myun Haing Kim
In town, during the week, I pocketed my emotions—silent and screaming anguish in all shades of red—Father’s way. But on these trips out of town, the neung-jae grasses that skimmed my body ripped holes in my pockets and emptied all the red I had saved.
Myun Haing Kim

But,” began the Zainichi North Korean man, “even if we know all that stuff, isn’t it pointless if the people discriminating against you don’t?” “What matters is that we know,” I said. “Those ignorant haters who discriminate based on nationality and ethnicity are pathetic. We need to educate ourselves and make ourselves stronger and forgive them. Not that I’m anywhere near that yet.
Kazuki Kaneshiro, Go

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