Korea

Books set in Korea.

Pachinko
The Vegetarian
82년생 김지영
Human Acts
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Please Look After Mom
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
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanDescendant of the Crane by Joan HeThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie OhWicked Fox by Kat ChoThe Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow
YA East Asian Fantasy
174 books — 200 voters

XOXO by Axie OhI'll Be the One by Lyla LeeK-pop Confidential by Stephan  LeeASAP by Axie OhShine by Jessica  Jung
K-Pop & K-Dramas in YA Fiction
27 books — 50 voters
Vampires of Portlandia by Jason  TanamorAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiMist Bound by Daryl KhoDaughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanChinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Moss Roberts
Asian Mythology, Legends and Folklore
282 books — 57 voters

Young-ha Kim
Why does nothing change, even when you set out for a faraway place?
Young-Ha Kim, I Have The Right To Destroy Myself

Buddhism first came to Korea during the fourth century a.d. Virtually from its inception on the peninsula, the religion was a principal force behind social and technological change in Korea. Along with their religion, Buddhist missionaries introduced to Korea a wide cross-section of Sinitic culture and thought, including the Chinese writing system, calendrics, and architecture. Buddhist spiritual technologies were also considered to offer powers far superior to those of the indigenous religion o ...more
Robert E. Buswell Jr., The Zen Monastic Experience

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