COUNTRY
Books set in South Korea
36.500, 127.800
22 books · 16 authors · 1978–2025
22 books here
Most-set authors
Han Kang (4) · Hwang Sok-yong (2) · Min Jin Lee (2) · Kim Young-ha (2) · Susan Choi (1) · Yi Mun-yol (1)
Genres
literary fiction (5) · historical fiction (1)
Books set here
Set in South Korea (21)
Our Twisted Hero
Yi Mun-yol
provincial school, unnamed town
Human Acts
Han Kang
Gwangju Uprising 1980
The Guest
Hwang Sok-yong
Economic development
We Do Not Part
Han Kang
remote winter village, 1948 massacre haunts present
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
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
Sunja childhood home
