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The New York Times bestseller from the Grammy-nominated indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, deeply moving memoir about growing up mixed-race, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her...

A Reckoning on Race and the Asian ConditionChosen as a Guardian BOOK OF 2020, picked by AnOther as a Book You Should Read This Year, BBC Best Books of 2020...

Translated by Jamie ChangThe multi-million copy selling, international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation that has got the whole world talking.The life story of one young...

TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HURTHE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLERPSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?ME: I don't know, I'm what's the word depressed? Do I have to go into...

Set in Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, this evocative YA debut follows a sixteen-year-old indentured servant within the police bureau who becomes entangled in the politically-charged investigation into the murder of a...

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman— a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French-Korean author.It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North...

Translated by Janet HongThis is not a murder story. It is the story of those left behind. Parasite meets The Good Son in this piercing psychological portrait of three women...

A victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations. 'This is a captivating book ... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight.In 1872,...

A seductive, disorienting, and wholly original story about parallel lives, unfolding over a day and a night in the sweltering heat of Seoul's summer.'As cryptic and compelling as a fever...

1426, Joseon, Korea. Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest, near a gruesome crime...

Translated by Sung RyuA bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writersIn crisp, unembellished prose, Choi Eun-young paints intimate portraits of the lives of...

Translated from the Korean by Sandy Joosun Lee.The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and...

'Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. If you see her, you are safe.'This is the story of Hana and her little sister Emi, who are part of...

We join San in 1970s rural South Korea, a young girl ostracised from her community. She meets a girl called Namae, and they become friends until one afternoon changes everything....

From internationally renowned K-pop legend Jessica Jung comes a fresh YA novel that peels back the curtain on the intense world of K-pop from the perspective of a Korean American...

A glitteringly dark and unsettling debut novel set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of South KoreaIf I Had Your Face plunges us into the mesmerising world of contemporary...

A stunning collection of short fiction by one of South Korea's most treasured writers, available in English for the first time.In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant...

who are youwhen you're aloneStarry Night, Blurry Dreams is a collection of graphic poetry about loneliness, love and existing in our world.a heavy heart is hard to carryhold onWhen words...

A POPSUGAR Best Book of December 2020A SHE READS Best Historical Fiction Novel Winter 2021A BUSTLE Most Anticipated Winter 2021 ReadA LIBRO.FM Influencer Pick, December 2020Inspired by true events on...

Translated by Jamie ChangThe Prize-Winning International BestsellerWhen a mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers might say they want for...

The Magical Language of Others is a powerful and aching love story in letters, from mother to daughter. After living in America for over a decade, Eun Ji Koh's parents...

The celebrated chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious gets uncomfortably real in his debut memoir.In 2004, Momofuku Noodle Bar opened in Manhattan's East Village.Its young chef-owner, David...

An epic story of love, war and redemption, set against the backdrop of the Korean independence movementIn 1917, deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local hunter...

A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean American girl's coming-of-age story — and a coming-home story — set between a New Jersey suburb and Seoul, South Korea.Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee...

Translated by Anton HurSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION GRANTA woman is haunted by her own bodily waste. A pregnant woman is told she must...

Translated by Aneesa Abbas HigginsFrom the author of Winter in Sokcho, which won the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature.The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is...

Translated by Chi-Young KimA whip-smart, taut and compelling novel about a 60-something female assassin navigating the vulnerabilities posed by her ageing body, and a meditation on loss and loneliness.She never...

'The queen of crime . . . You-Jeong Jeong is shaking up the world of suspense' — Glamour'You-Jeong Jeong is a certified international phenomenon . . . one among the...

An addictive fantasy-romance set in modern-day Seoul.Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret — she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive....

Translated by Danny LimFear and panic spread as a sinister phenomenon marks individuals for certain death.One day, you will receive a message from an unknown sender. The message will only...

In Sunpo, nobody gets out alive. A year ago, assassin Shin Lina botched a mission and her entire beloved street gang was murdered. Their deaths still weigh heavy on her,...

An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After Mother; centering on a woman's efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held...

Jenny’s never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. But when she finds herself falling for a K-pop idol, she...

Translated by Shanna Tan There was only one thing on her mind.'I must start a bookshop.' Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man,...

Translated by Chi-Young KimShortlisted for the 2023 International Booker PrizeA sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce, and fantasy — a masterpiece of modern fiction perfect for fans of One Hundred...

THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLDIn a mysterious town that lies hidden in our collective subconscious, there's a quaint little store where all kinds of dreams...

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the Korean by Anton Hur, Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and...

Mia Kim's debut novel, set in ‘60s post-war Korea, is a harrowing story of Su-young's life with her aunt and her family. After a series of disastrous stays in various...

Translated by Sora Kim-RussellHow friendship, European literature, and a charismatic professor defy war, oppression, and the absurdSet in 1980s South Korea amid the tremors of political revolution, I'll Be Right...

Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-PopThere is a vast cultural movement emerging from beyond the Western world. Truly global in its range and allure, it is the biggest challenge yet...

A sweeping account of modern Korean history told through one writer's imprisonment in time, in language, and in a divided country from Korea's most acclaimed novelist.In 1993, writer and democracy...

Translated by Lizzie BuehlerA satirical Korean eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility.Yona has been stuck behind a desk for years working as a programming coordinator for Jungle, a travel company...

At a time when every disagreement turns toxic, world champion debater Bo Seo reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion.When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and...

New romance and dangers abound in this K-Drama-inspired companion to the crowd-pleasing Wicked Fox — now in paperback!After the events of Wicked Fox, Somin is ready to help her friends...

New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns with the second instalment of her new sumptuous, sultry and romantic series, The Beautiful.Following the events of The Beautiful, Sebastien Saint Germain...

Within living memory, South Korea has transformed into a leading cultural powerhouse of the 21st century.South Korea has transformed from a country devastated by war in the late 1950s to...

Surreal, hilarious, and shrewdly poignant — a novel about a Korean American woman living in Berlin whose obsession with a K-pop idol sends her to Seoul on a journey of...

A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek...

Translated by An Seon JaeTwo women's lives and identities are intertwined — through World War II and the Korean War — revealing the harsh realities of class division in the...