CITY · SOUTH KOREABooks set in Seoul
37.566, 126.978
17 books · 14 authors · 1978–2025
17 books here
Most-set authors
Han Kang (3) · Kim Young-ha (2) · Sohn Won-pyung (1) · Hwang Sok-yong (1) · Miye Lee (1) · Min Jin Lee (1)
Genres
literary fiction (3)
Books set here
Set in Seoul (16)
Almond
Sohn Won-pyung
Seoul bookstore coming-of-age
At Dusk
Hwang Sok-yong
Urban development
Dallergut Dream Department Store
Miye Lee
Magical department store
Free Food for Millionaires
Min Jin Lee
Korean immigrant life
Greek Lessons
Han Kang
Greek language classroom
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
Kim Young-ha
1990s urban Seoul
If I Had Your Face
Frances Cha
Cosmetic surgery salons
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-joo
Jiyoung life as Korean woman
Love in the Big City
Sang Young Park
primary setting
Our Happy Time
Gong Ji-young
Domestic violence memoir
Please Look After Mom
Shin Kyung-sook
family searches for lost mother
The Court Dancer
Kyung-sook Shin
Royal court dancer
The Dwarf
Cho Se-hui
Post-war urban reconstruction
The Plotters
Un-su Kim
Primary setting
The Vegetarian
Han Kang
primary setting
Your Republic Is Calling You
Kim Young-ha
single-day Seoul spy thriller
