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Claire wants to read: I'm looking for books about South and/or North Korea, be they fiction or non-fiction of any genre. Thanks in advance! ...more

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Location: The United Kingdom

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Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
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A Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer

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Without You, There Is No Us by Suki Kim

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The Birth of Korean Cool by Euny Hong

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The Two Koreas by Don Oberdorfer

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The Korean War by Max Hastings

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Korea's Place in the Sun by Bruce Cumings

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The Impossible State by Victor Cha

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Korea by Daniel Tudor

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The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan

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North Korea by Bruce Cumings

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Hidden Moon by James Church

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The Reluctant Communist by Charles Robert Jenkins

The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea
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The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

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