Books on North Korea

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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating — 96,061 ratings
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 4.01 avg rating — 70,869 ratings
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The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag 4.11 avg rating — 11,221 ratings
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The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating — 102,949 ratings
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The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story 4.43 avg rating — 98,743 ratings
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea 3.88 avg rating — 28,306 ratings
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In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom 4.49 avg rating — 99,413 ratings
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Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea
Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea 4.33 avg rating — 9,244 ratings
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Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by: Suki Kim
3.93 avg rating — 21,798 ratings
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Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty 4.06 avg rating — 2,164 ratings
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This Is Paradise! My North Korean Childhood
This Is Paradise! My North Korean Childhood
by: Hyok Kang
3.84 avg rating — 1,490 ratings
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Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home
Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home 4.05 avg rating — 5,133 ratings
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The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters 3.91 avg rating — 2,075 ratings
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The Beloved Daughter (Whispers of Refuge #1)
The Beloved Daughter (Whispers of Refuge #1) 4.21 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
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The Tears of My Soul
The Tears of My Soul 4.14 avg rating — 2,353 ratings
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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea 4.28 avg rating — 60,938 ratings
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Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad
Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad 3.88 avg rating — 667 ratings
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The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea
The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea 3.92 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
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North Korea: Another Country
North Korea: Another Country 3.61 avg rating — 353 ratings
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A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power 4.21 avg rating — 6,178 ratings
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Long Road Home: Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor
Long Road Home: Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor
by: Yong Kim
4.17 avg rating — 682 ratings
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North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea 3.93 avg rating — 591 ratings
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The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future
The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future 3.94 avg rating — 1,863 ratings
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The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History
The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History 3.97 avg rating — 937 ratings
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North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter
North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter 3.59 avg rating — 100 ratings
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A Capitalist in North Korea: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom
A Capitalist in North Korea: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom
by: Felix Abt
3.62 avg rating — 243 ratings
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The Silla Project
The Silla Project 3.76 avg rating — 168 ratings
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Eating with the Enemy: How I Waged Peace with North Korea from My BBQ Shack in Hackensack
Eating with the Enemy: How I Waged Peace with North Korea from My BBQ Shack in Hackensack 3.86 avg rating — 233 ratings
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A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea
A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea 3.97 avg rating — 8,066 ratings
30.
The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia 4.11 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
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Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country
Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country
by: Mike Kim
3.73 avg rating — 527 ratings
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Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman
Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman 3.90 avg rating — 324 ratings
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NORTH KOREA BEHIND THE VEIL. Inside stories and private, uncensored images.
NORTH KOREA BEHIND THE VEIL. Inside stories and private, uncensored images.
by: Felix Abt
3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea
The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea
by: Bandi
3.99 avg rating — 7,142 ratings
35.
Jia
Jia 3.79 avg rating — 550 ratings
36.
Kimjongilia
Kimjongilia 3.71 avg rating — 294 ratings
37.
My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth
My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth 3.67 avg rating — 2,484 ratings
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,826 ratings
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Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea
Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea 4.02 avg rating — 393 ratings
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The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War
The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War 3.92 avg rating — 151 ratings
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I Escaped North Korea
I Escaped North Korea 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Dentro do Segredo
Dentro do Segredo 3.97 avg rating — 2,720 ratings
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Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America
Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America 4.22 avg rating — 2,252 ratings
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The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un 4.12 avg rating — 5,580 ratings
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Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il
Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il 4.20 avg rating — 1,536 ratings
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Your Republic Is Calling You
Your Republic Is Calling You 3.59 avg rating — 1,801 ratings
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Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom
Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom 4.32 avg rating — 2,009 ratings
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The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and The Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom
The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and The Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom 4.05 avg rating — 1,477 ratings
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My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store
My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store 3.42 avg rating — 3,940 ratings
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Comrades and Strangers: Behind the Closed Doors of North Korea
Comrades and Strangers: Behind the Closed Doors of North Korea 3.49 avg rating — 165 ratings
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White Tigers: My Secret War in North Korea
White Tigers: My Secret War in North Korea 4.21 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The Limits Of The World
The Limits Of The World 4.06 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Not Forgotten: The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
Not Forgotten: The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea 4.11 avg rating — 957 ratings
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North Korea Journal
North Korea Journal 3.84 avg rating — 4,108 ratings
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Hope in Hungnam
Hope in Hungnam 4.33 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Sea of blood - The Novel
Sea of blood - The Novel 3.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
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In the Absence of Sun: A Korean American Woman's Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family
In the Absence of Sun: A Korean American Woman's Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family
by: Helie Lee
4.06 avg rating — 361 ratings
58.
Kim Il Sung - Legendary hero for all ages
Kim Il Sung - Legendary hero for all ages 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Kim Jong-Il: North Korea's Dear Leader
Kim Jong-Il: North Korea's Dear Leader 3.60 avg rating — 164 ratings
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The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom
The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom 3.58 avg rating — 192 ratings
61.
Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles
Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles 3.59 avg rating — 929 ratings
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North Korean Memoirs: The Life of An American Agent Who Defected to North Korea
North Korean Memoirs: The Life of An American Agent Who Defected to North Korea 3.77 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War: An Oral History of Korean War POWs
Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War: An Oral History of Korean War POWs 4.10 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Alla monster måste dö
Alla monster måste dö 3.24 avg rating — 334 ratings
64.
Tigerheart
Tigerheart
by: Hanneli
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
66.
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History 3.86 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
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WORK HARD FOR THE KIMS! An introduction to North Korean history, ideology, and culture through the country’s propaganda posters
WORK HARD FOR THE KIMS! An introduction to North Korean history, ideology, and culture through the country’s propaganda posters 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Understanding North Korea Demystifying the World's Most Misunderstood Country
Understanding North Korea Demystifying the World's Most Misunderstood Country really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea's Abduction Project
The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea's Abduction Project 3.87 avg rating — 676 ratings
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Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement (Century Foundation Book)
Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement (Century Foundation Book) 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
70.
S každou padající hvězdou
S každou padající hvězdou 4.31 avg rating — 6,891 ratings
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A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O, #1)
A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 1,746 ratings
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Hidden Moon (Inspector O, #2)
Hidden Moon (Inspector O, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 672 ratings
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Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator 3.76 avg rating — 1,282 ratings
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See You Again in Pyongyang: A Journey into Kim Jong Un's North Korea
See You Again in Pyongyang: A Journey into Kim Jong Un's North Korea 3.90 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
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North Korea: State of Paranoia: A Modern History
North Korea: State of Paranoia: A Modern History 3.64 avg rating — 271 ratings
77.
Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies
Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies 3.81 avg rating — 63 ratings
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King of Spies: The Dark Reign of America's Spymaster in Korea
King of Spies: The Dark Reign of America's Spymaster in Korea 3.71 avg rating — 417 ratings
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Evadés de Corée du Nord
Evadés de Corée du Nord 4.07 avg rating — 81 ratings
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An Oasis Remembered: An Indian Agency Sacaton, Arizona - A Pictorial & Historical Review About the Place and its People
An Oasis Remembered: An Indian Agency Sacaton, Arizona - A Pictorial & Historical Review About the Place and its People really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Inside North Korea
Inside North Korea 3.86 avg rating — 156 ratings
82.
Koreans to Remember: Fifty Famous People Who Helped Shape Korea
Koreans to Remember: Fifty Famous People Who Helped Shape Korea 3.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Scariest Place in the World: A Marine Returns to North Korea
The Scariest Place in the World: A Marine Returns to North Korea 3.31 avg rating — 68 ratings
84.
North Korea on the Brink: Struggle For Survival
North Korea on the Brink: Struggle For Survival
by: Glyn Ford
3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Dmz: A Story of the Panmunjom Axe Murder
Dmz: A Story of the Panmunjom Axe Murder 3.18 avg rating — 17 ratings
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التحضير لاختبار الايلتس خطوة بخطوة
التحضير لاختبار الايلتس خطوة بخطوة 3.75 avg rating — 311 ratings
87.
Koreaiak Magyarországon az 1950-es években
Koreaiak Magyarországon az 1950-es években 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and the Roots of North Korean Despotism, 1953-1964 (Cold War International History Project Series)
Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and the Roots of North Korean Despotism, 1953-1964 (Cold War International History Project Series) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
87.
While You Slept
While You Slept 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the World's Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations
The Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the World's Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations
by: Dom Joly
3.88 avg rating — 1,935 ratings
87.
Silence Broken: Korean Comfort Women
Silence Broken: Korean Comfort Women 4.29 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea
Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea 4.13 avg rating — 256 ratings
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North Korea.
North Korea. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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When Spring Comes to the DMZ
When Spring Comes to the DMZ 4.26 avg rating — 511 ratings
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North Korea's Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground Is Transforming a Closed Society
North Korea's Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground Is Transforming a Closed Society 3.95 avg rating — 434 ratings
87.
Friend: A Novel from North Korea
Friend: A Novel from North Korea 3.49 avg rating — 567 ratings
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The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies
The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies 3.64 avg rating — 355 ratings
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The Armed Forces of North Korea: On the Path of Songun
The Armed Forces of North Korea: On the Path of Songun 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Noord-Korea zegt nooit sorry
Noord-Korea zegt nooit sorry 3.80 avg rating — 454 ratings
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Made in North Korea: Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK
Made in North Korea: Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK 4.12 avg rating — 222 ratings
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