Books on South and North Korea

1.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,905 ratings
2.
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 β€” 70,873 ratings
3.
Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,607 ratings
4.
Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart 4.24 avg rating β€” 555,895 ratings
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The New Koreans: The Story of a Nation
The New Koreans: The Story of a Nation 3.89 avg rating β€” 439 ratings
6.
Korea: The Impossible Country
Korea: The Impossible Country 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,972 ratings
7.
Year of Impossible Goodbyes
Year of Impossible Goodbyes 3.90 avg rating β€” 2,648 ratings
7.
I Have The Right To Destroy Myself
I Have The Right To Destroy Myself 3.22 avg rating β€” 5,469 ratings
7.
Etiquette Guide to Korea: Know the Rules that Make the Difference!
Etiquette Guide to Korea: Know the Rules that Make the Difference! 3.46 avg rating β€” 74 ratings
7.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,905 ratings
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating β€” 96,078 ratings
7.
North Korea Undercover: Inside the World's Most Secret State
North Korea Undercover: Inside the World's Most Secret State 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,372 ratings
13.
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki 3.22 avg rating β€” 83,778 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 β€” 1,282 ratings
13.
Star of the North
Star of the North
by: D.B. John
4.20 avg rating β€” 7,954 ratings
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Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,049 ratings
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When My Name Was Keoko
When My Name Was Keoko 4.16 avg rating β€” 7,503 ratings
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The Dog Who Dared to Dream
The Dog Who Dared to Dream 3.75 avg rating β€” 3,617 ratings
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Three Korean Fairy Tales: Beloved Stories and Legends
Three Korean Fairy Tales: Beloved Stories and Legends
by: Kim So-un
4.22 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
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The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating β€” 102,959 ratings
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The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly 3.98 avg rating β€” 21,050 ratings
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North Korean Graphic Novels: Seduction of the Innocent?
North Korean Graphic Novels: Seduction of the Innocent? 3.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop
Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop 4.28 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
24.
Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea: Reflections and Future Directions
Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea: Reflections and Future Directions 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 4.17 avg rating β€” 179,689 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 β€” 11,223 ratings
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Princess Bari
Princess Bari 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,765 ratings
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Dear Leader: From Trusted Insider To Enemy of The State, My Escape from North-Korea
Dear Leader: From Trusted Insider To Enemy of The State, My Escape from North-Korea 4.33 avg rating β€” 9,248 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 β€” 1,069 ratings
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TrΓ€ume in der Morgenstille: Korea 1964/65
TrΓ€ume in der Morgenstille: Korea 1964/65 did not like it 1.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Korean BBQ: Master Your Grill in Seven Sauces [A Cookbook]
Korean BBQ: Master Your Grill in Seven Sauces [A Cookbook]
by: Bill Kim
4.19 avg rating β€” 124 ratings
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Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea 4.31 avg rating β€” 6,897 ratings
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Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,607 ratings
34.
Countdown in Korea: Der gefΓ€hrlichste Konflikt der Welt und seine HintergrΓΌnde (Beck Paperback 6307) (German Edition)
Countdown in Korea: Der gefΓ€hrlichste Konflikt der Welt und seine HintergrΓΌnde (Beck Paperback 6307) (German Edition) 3.50 avg rating β€” 22 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 β€” 21,803 ratings
34.
Meeting Mr Kim : or How I Went To Korea And Learned To Love Kimchi
Meeting Mr Kim : or How I Went To Korea And Learned To Love Kimchi 3.19 avg rating β€” 243 ratings
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The Comfort Women: Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture)
The Comfort Women: Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture) 4.38 avg rating β€” 125 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 3.70 avg rating β€” 418 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 β€” 1,490 ratings
37.
My Brilliant Life
My Brilliant Life 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,713 ratings
41.
Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea (Harvard East Asian Monographs) 3.53 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Arts of Korea: Histories, Challenges, and Perspectives (David A. Cofrin Asian Art Manuscript Series)
Arts of Korea: Histories, Challenges, and Perspectives (David A. Cofrin Asian Art Manuscript Series) 4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Winter in Sokcho
Winter in Sokcho 3.54 avg rating β€” 26,198 ratings
44.
A Concise History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present
A Concise History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present 4.33 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War 4.22 avg rating β€” 9,183 ratings
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Lemon
Lemon 3.26 avg rating β€” 13,349 ratings
47.
Korea: A History
Korea: A History 3.77 avg rating β€” 77 ratings
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea 3.88 avg rating β€” 28,308 ratings
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Violets
Violets 3.56 avg rating β€” 3,777 ratings
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Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,030 ratings
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At Dusk
At Dusk 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,080 ratings
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Kleine Geschichte Koreas
Kleine Geschichte Koreas 3.33 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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The Korean Cinderella
The Korean Cinderella 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,187 ratings
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Geschichte Koreas nach 1945: Korea, das geteilte Land nach dem 2. Weltkrieg
Geschichte Koreas nach 1945: Korea, das geteilte Land nach dem 2. Weltkrieg 3.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles
Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles 3.59 avg rating β€” 929 ratings
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Shoko's Smile
Shoko's Smile 3.91 avg rating β€” 6,447 ratings
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South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (A Council on Foreign Relations Book)
South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (A Council on Foreign Relations Book) 3.86 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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The War in Korea 1950-1953
The War in Korea 1950-1953 4.30 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
57.
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
by: Axie Oh
4.09 avg rating β€” 88,588 ratings
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Stitching the 24-Hour City: Life, Labor, and the Problem of Speed in Seoul
Stitching the 24-Hour City: Life, Labor, and the Problem of Speed in Seoul it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 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 β€” 256 ratings
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Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories 3.74 avg rating β€” 6,709 ratings
63.
South Korea's Rise: Economic Development, Power, and Foreign Relations
South Korea's Rise: Economic Development, Power, and Foreign Relations
by: Uk Heo
3.91 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
63.
Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo 4.24 avg rating β€” 712 ratings
63.
Greek Lessons
Greek Lessons
by: Han Kang
3.61 avg rating β€” 34,591 ratings
66.
The Nine Cloud Dream
The Nine Cloud Dream 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,009 ratings
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Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom
Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom 4.36 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop 3.92 avg rating β€” 69,159 ratings
69.
Your Republic Is Calling You
Your Republic Is Calling You 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,801 ratings
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Korea: As Seen by Magnum Photographers
Korea: As Seen by Magnum Photographers 3.62 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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On Such a Full Sea
On Such a Full Sea 3.49 avg rating β€” 11,749 ratings
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Bill Mauldin in Korea
Bill Mauldin in Korea 3.73 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Comfort Woman
Comfort Woman 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,903 ratings
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The Korean War: A History
The Korean War: A History 3.76 avg rating β€” 1,334 ratings
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Fox Girl
Fox Girl 3.74 avg rating β€” 810 ratings
75.
White Tigers: My Secret War in North Korea
White Tigers: My Secret War in North Korea 4.21 avg rating β€” 75 ratings
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The Island of Sea Women
The Island of Sea Women
by: Lisa See
4.32 avg rating β€” 154,882 ratings
77.
The Korean Popular Culture Reader
The Korean Popular Culture Reader really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
79.
The Court Dancer
The Court Dancer 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,509 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 β€” 1,477 ratings
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Please Look After Mom
Please Look After Mom 3.91 avg rating β€” 46,615 ratings
81.
Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes
Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes
by: Robin Ha
4.35 avg rating β€” 1,837 ratings
83.
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating β€” 96,078 ratings
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Korea Gegenwart und Zukunft eines geteilten Landes
Korea Gegenwart und Zukunft eines geteilten Landes liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Witnessing Gwangju: A Memoir
Witnessing Gwangju: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
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Korean War
Korean War really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3,581 ratings
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Reisegast in Korea
Reisegast in Korea 3.67 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Stranger in a Stranger Land: My Six Years in Korea
Stranger in a Stranger Land: My Six Years in Korea 4.83 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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A Geek in Korea: Discovering Asia's New Kingdom of Cool
A Geek in Korea: Discovering Asia's New Kingdom of Cool 3.40 avg rating β€” 509 ratings
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Understanding Everyday Life in Korea
Understanding Everyday Life in Korea 3.07 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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The Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture
The Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture 3.46 avg rating β€” 158 ratings
92.
The White Book
The White Book
by: Han Kang
3.81 avg rating β€” 29,873 ratings
93.
Human Acts
Human Acts
by: Han Kang
4.27 avg rating β€” 61,962 ratings
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Miracle on Cherry Hill
Miracle on Cherry Hill 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,381 ratings
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The Mermaid from Jeju: A Novel
The Mermaid from Jeju: A Novel
by: Sumi Hahn
3.89 avg rating β€” 4,100 ratings
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The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating β€” 320,790 ratings
97.
If I Had Your Face
If I Had Your Face 3.74 avg rating β€” 57,030 ratings
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Emmi in Korea: Urlaub mit Folgen (Emmi in Korea, #1)
Emmi in Korea: Urlaub mit Folgen (Emmi in Korea, #1) liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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The Story of Hong Gildong
The Story of Hong Gildong
by: Unknown
3.51 avg rating β€” 1,161 ratings
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The Plotters
The Plotters
by: Kim Un-Su
3.57 avg rating β€” 7,314 ratings
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