Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

by Hwang Bo-Reum

The Catcher in the Rye Salinger

Insights of Eurasia Lee Byeong-han

Amy and Isabelle

Could it count as a good recommendation? Despite falling short of expectations, could a book, if enjoyed, be considered a good read? Is a good book always a good read?

“Could it count as a good recommendation? Despite falling short of expectations, could a book, if enjoyed, be considered a good read? Is a good book always a good read?” All great questions for a reader

When authors delve deep into their understanding of life to touch the hearts of readers, helping them to navigate life, isn’t that what a good book should be?

Small talk could be a considerate gesture, but most of the time, at your own expense. With nothing to say, squeezing the words dry leaves only an empty heart and a desire to escape.

Sharing space with Minjun taught her silence could also be a form of consideration, that it was possible to be comfortable without needing to fill the silence.

Every Day I Read Lee Ahreum

If more people read, I think the world would become a better place.

True, true “If more people read, I think the world would become a better place.”

Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel

The Guard of Light Cho Hae-jin

A small act of kindness in the eyes of others could be heard as ‘I’m your fan’. We’re all inadequate, weak and ordinary beings. But because we’re capable of being kind, for a moment – no matter how fleeting – we can be extraordinary.

I think to myself – I should stop labelling myself an inadequate person. I still have opportunities, don’t I? Opportunities to act kindly, to speak with compassion. Even a disappointing human like myself can still be, occasionally, a good person. The idea gives me strength. And for the days ahead, hope.

“I think to myself – I should stop labelling myself an inadequate person. I still have opportunities, don’t I? Opportunities to act kindly, to speak with compassion. Even a disappointing human like myself can still be, occasionally, a good person. The idea gives me strength. And for the days ahead, hope.” Everything has these opportunities, but how many people consider this so deeply yet in such simple terms?

Glimpses of World History

He needed courage. The courage not to waver in the face of disappointment from others, the courage to stick to his beliefs and choices.

Too Bright Outside for Love Shoko’s Smile Kim Keum-hee

Faust Goethe

The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work David Frayne

The problem here is not that the labour process presents no opportunities for expression and identification, but that the employer expects workers to become fully involved and invested in the job.”’6

there are many people around the world who, for some reason, cannot find work. Those who work can’t live a decent life because they’re exhausted all the time; those who don’t work also can’t live a decent life because they have no money. The book posits that if people work less, we can then redistribute some of that work to those who don’t have a job, and that it’s theoretically possible.’

To Have or To Be? Erich Fromm

The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle

The Evening’s Chance Encounter Park Wan-suh

A Standing Woman Park Wan-suh

Hermann Hesse’s Demian

Nikos Kazantzakis’s Zorba the Greek

‘A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day.’

the Minjun of the past and the Minjun of the present had finally come together for the first time in a long while. The Minjun of the past accepted him for who he was, and the Minjun of the present accepted who he had been. Life felt as though it had come full circle.

Kent Haruf’s Our Souls at Night

I had thought of work as stairs. Stairs to climb to reach the top. Now, I see work as food. Food that you need every day. Food that makes a difference to my body, my heart, my mental health, and my soul. There is food you just shove down your throat, and food that you eat with care and sincerity.

Franny and Zooey J.D. Salinger

A day well spent is a life well lived.

Kamome Diner

Little Forest

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan, How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry, b, Book, and Me by Kim Sagwa, The Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture by Boye Lafayette De Mente, The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work by David Frayne, Shoko’s Smile by Choi Eunyoung