Korean prose literature in English translation

Here is a list of Korean literature in translation, in alphabetical order of author, where that author is the sole author represented in the publication. It includes collections of short stories by that author. A listing of multi-author anthologies can be found here. If you think I’ve missed a title, let me know via the contact form at the bottom of this page.

To find short stories by a particular author that have been included in multi-author anthologies, click on the author’s name and you’ll be taken to that author’s page on this site which has more detail on short stories (if any) that have been anthologised.

The listing contains links to reviews, where available, written by LKL, Charles Montgomery (CM – mainly on KTLit.com), Paul Fulcher (PF – mainly on Goodreads.com) and Tony Malone (TM – on Tony’s Reading List). The star rating, where given, is LKL’s. As explained here, the rating system is entirely unscientific.

AuthorTitleLKL ratingReviews
Ahn Do-hyunThe Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higherscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Ahn Jung-hyoWhite Badge: A Novel of Koreascore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL
Silver Stallionscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL
AmilThe Forest Called You
Roadkill
AnccoBad Friends
Nineteen
Bae Myung-hoonThe Proposalscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF TM
Launch Something!score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Towerscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
Bae SuahTime in Gray (Bi-lingual, Vol 44 – Avant Garde)PF TM
Milena, Milena, Ecstaticscore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF TM
RecitationPF TM
Nowhere to be Foundscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0PF TM
North Stationscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0PF TM
A Greater Musicscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0PF TM
Highway with Green Applesscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0CM PF TM
Untold Night and Dayscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL PF TM
Suyeon BaePehera’s Curse
Baek HeenaMoon Pops
Magic Candies
Baek Young-okHow to Break Up Like a Winner (K-Fiction 024)
Baik Sou-linneTime Difference (K-Fiction 010)TM
BandiThe Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Koreascore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL TM
Bang Hyeon-seokLove in Sa Pa (K-Fiction special)
Off to Battle at Dawn (Bi-lingual, Vol 20 – Liberty)CM
Time to Eat Lobster: Contemporary Korean Stories on Memories of the Vietnam War
Bok Geo-ilThe Unforgotten War
The Jovian Sayings
Bong Joon-hoParasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards
Chae Man-sikKorean Drama Under Japanese Occupation
Juvesenility (Bi-lingual, Vol 101 – Before and After Liberation)
My Innocent Uncle
Peace Under Heavenscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Turbid River
Sunset: A Ch’ae Manshik ReaderTM
Chang Kang-myoungThe World You Want to See (K-Fiction 031)
Fired (K-Fiction 013)PF TM
Chang Yong-hakThe Poetry of John (Bi-lingual, Vol 108 – Korea After the Korean War)
Cheon Hee-rahnFive Preludes and a FuguePF TM
Cheon Kwang-yongKapitan Ri (Bi-lingual, Vol 105 – Before and After Liberation
Cheon Myeong-kwanWhalescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
Homecoming (K-Fiction 008)CM TM
Modern Familyscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL TM
Cheon Seon-ranThe Midnight ShiftPF
A Thousand BluesPF
Cheon Un-yeongChopstick Woman (Bi-lingual, Vol 74 – Taboo and Desire)
The Catcher in the Loftscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL PF TM
Cheong YeOrange and the Bread Knife
Cho Hae-ilAmericaCM
Cho Hae-jinSimple Heart
I Met Loh KiwanPF
Cho Nam-jooMiss Kim Knows and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Sahascore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL PF
Run Away (K-Fiction 023)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982score-2score-2score-1score-0score-0LKL PF
Cho Se-huiA Dwarf Launches a Little Ball
Insult (Bi-lingual, Vol 79 – Fate)
The DwarfTM
Cho Son-jakThe Preview and Other StoriesCM
Cho YeeunThe New Seoul Park Jelly MassacrePF TM
Choe Cheong-huiThe Cry of the Harp and other Korean short storiesCM
The Cry of the Harp: Selected Works of Choe Chung-Hui
Ch'oe Myong-ikPatterns of the Heart and Other StoriesPF TM
Walking in the Rain (Bi-lingual, Vol 94 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)
Ch'oe SohaeEscape (Bi-lingual, Vol 88 – The Naked in the Colony)
Choe YunThe Last Of HanakoCM
The Last of Hanak’o (Bi-lingual, Vol 13 – Women)CM TM
MannequinPF TM
There a Petal Silently Falls: 3 storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
Choi Eun-youngThe Summer (K-Fiction 016)score-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
Shoko’s Smilescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1
Choi Gyu-seok100°C: South Korea’s 1987 Democracy Movement
The Hellbound
Choi In-hoAnother Man’s CityPF TM
Deep Blue NightCM
Tower of Ants (bilingual)CM
Choi In-hunHouse of IdolsCM
The Daily Life of Ku-Poh the Novelist
A Grey Man
The SquarePF TM
Reflections on a Mask: Two Novellasscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL
Choi In-seokA Well in My Soul (Bi-lingual, Vol 42 – Avant Garde)
Choi Jae-hoonThe Call of the FriendPF
Choi Jin-youngHungerPF
To the Warm Horizonscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0PF TM
Choi Min-wooDishonored (K-Fiction 005)CM TM
Chong Han-sookBridge
Iyo IslandCM
Chu Yo-seopMama and the Boarder (Bi-lingual, Vol 99 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces)
Chun Seung-seiHye-ja’s Snow-Flowers (Bi-lingual, Vol 51 – Family)
Bora ChungRed Swordscore-2score-1score-0score-0score-0PF TM
Grocery ListPF
Midnight Timetable
Your Utopiascore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0PF TM
Cursed Bunnyscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1PF TM
Chung Eul-byongA Divided Time
Chung Han-ahLast Night, in My Dream (K-Fiction 032)
Halloween (K-Fiction 018)TM
Serang ChungTake My Voicescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0PF
Chung Yeun-heeOne Human Family and Other Stories
DjunaEverything Good Dies Here: Tales from the Linker Universe and BeyondPF
Counterweightscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF TM
Eun Hee-kyungPoor Man’s Wife (Bi-lingual, Vol 15 – Women)CM
Nobody Checks the Time When They’re Happy
Beauty Looks Down on MeTM
Keum Suk Gendry-KimDog Days
The Naked Tree
Grass
The Waiting
Geum HeeOk-hwa (K-Fiction 009)TM
Gong Ji-youngToganiscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1PF TM
Human Decency (Bi-lingual, Vol 14 – Women)CM
Human Decency
My Sister Bongsoon
Our Happy Timescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL CM PF
Gong Sun-okPeople I Left in Shanghai (Bi-lingual, Vol 47 – Diaspora)
James H GraysonMyths and Legends from Korea: An Annotated Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials
Gu Byeong-moThe Wizard’s BakeryPF
Your Neighbour’s TablePF
The Old Woman with the Knifescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0PF TM
The Story of P.C. (K-Fiction 019)TM
Ha IljiThe Republic of Užupisscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
Ha Keun-chanThe Suffering of Two Generations (Bi-lingual, Vol 27 – South and North)CM
Ha Seong-nanWafers
Traversing Afternoon (Bi-lingual, Vol 32 – Seoul)CM
Flowers of Mold and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0PF TM
Bluebeard’s First Wifescore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF
Ham Se-dokPlays of Colonial Korea
Han Chang-hoonToday’s Fortune (Bi-lingual, Vol 56 – Humour)
Han JunghyunKyoko and Kyojiscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0PF
Han KangWe Do Not Partscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Greek Lessonsscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL PF TM
EuropaPF TM
Convalescence (Bi-lingual, Vol 24 – Love and Love Affairs)CM PF TM
The Vegetarianscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
Human Actsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL PF TM
The White Bookscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0PF TM
Han Mal-sukChocolate Friend and Other Stories
Hymn of the Spirit
Hahn Moo-SookThe Running Water Hermitage
The House of Pomegranate Trees
Encounter
In the DepthsCM
And So Flows History
Han Seol-yaTransition (Bi-lingual, Vol 89 – The Naked in the Colony)
Han Sorya and North Korean Literature (+ Jackals)
Han SoosanFloating Grass
Han Sung-wonFather and Son
Han YujooLeft’s Right, Right’s LeftPF TM
The Impossible Fairy Talescore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF TM
Heo KyunThe Story of Hong Gildongscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
Her Tae YeonHakuda Photo Studio
Hong Hee-damThe Flag (Bi-lingual, Vol 19 – Liberty)
Hong Sung-hwaFirst Kyu
Hong Yeon-sikUncomfortably Happily
Umma’s Tablescore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0
Heuijung HurFailed Summer VacationPF
Hwang Bo-reumWelcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshopscore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF
Hwang JungeunYears and YearsPF
dd’s UmbrellaPF
Kong’s Garden (K-Fiction 006)TM
Kong’s Garden (Yeoyu)PF TM
One Hundred Shadowsscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF TM
I’ll Go Onscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF TM
Hwang Sok-yongMater 2-10score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF TM
The Road to Sampo (Bi-lingual, Vol 7 – Industrialization)PF TM
The Guestscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL CM TM
The Old Gardenscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
The Shadow of Armsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0TM
Familiar Thingsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0PF TM
Princess Bariscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
At Duskscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
Hwang Sun-miMiracle on Cherry Hill
The Dog Who Dared to Dream
The Hen who Dreamed she could Flyscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL CM PF TM
Hwang Sun-wonTrees on the Cliff: a novel of Korea and two storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM TM
The Stars and other Korean short stories
Sunlight, Moonlight
A ManCM
The Cloudburst (Bi-lingual, Vol 106 – Korea After the Korean War)
The Book of Masks
Shadows of a Sound
The Moving FortressCM TM
Trees on a Slopescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM TM
The Descendants of Cainscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM
Lost Souls: Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL CM
Hwang Yeo-jungThe Specters of AlgeriaPF TM
Hyeon Jin-geonA Lucky Day (Bi-lingual, Vol 87 – The Naked in the Colony)score-2score-2score-1score-0score-0LKL
Hyun Ki-youngAunt SuniCM
One Spoon on This EarthTM
Suni Samchon (Bi-lingual, Vol 3 – Division)score-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL CM PF
Hyun Kil-unDead Silencescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Im BangKorean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
Im Cheol-wooWith her oil lamp on, that nightCM
Straight Lines and Poison Gas – At the Hospital Wards (Bi-lingual, Vol 18 – Liberty)CM
The Island
The Dog Thief: Short Stories by Chul-Woo Lim
Farewell Valley
Im Seong-sunThe Consultantscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Jang Eun-jinNo One Writes Backscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL CM PF TM
Jang Jin-yeongThe Crustacean
Jang Jung-ilWhen Adam Opens His Eyesscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL PF TM
Jang Ryu-jinTo the MoonPF
Maya in Tokyo (K-Fiction 027)
Jang Se-ahA Twist of Fatescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0PF
Jang Young-jinA Mark of Red Honor
Jeon Gyeong-rinI Drift on Unknown Waters in a Glass Boat
Jeon Sang-gukAhbe’s Family (Bi-lingual, Vol 52 – Family)
Jeon Sung-taeOld WrestlerPF TM
Bird (Bi-lingual, Vol 57 – Humour)
Wolvesscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL TM
Jeong Do-sangSpring at Silsangsa Temple (Bi-lingual, Vol 29 – South and North)
Jeong Ho-seungLonesome Jar
Loving
Jeong Ji-aThe Black Room (K-Fiction 026)
Spring Afternoon, Three Widows (Bi-lingual, Vol 63 – Relationship)
Jeong MuA Mirror for The Blind: Reflections of a Digital Seoul
Jeong Yi-hyunIn the Trunk (Bi-lingual, Vol 25 – Love and Love Affairs)
Jeong You-jeongBonobo
Perfect HappinessPF
The Good Sonscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL PF
Seven Years of Darknessscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF
Jo Jung-raeThe Land of the BanishedCM
The Land of the Banished (Bi-lingual, Vol 5 – Division)CM
Playing with Fire
The Human JungleCM TM
How in Heaven’s Namescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL TM
Jo Kyung-ranBlowfish
I Live in Bongcheon-dong (Bi-lingual, Vol 33 – Seoul)TM
Tonguescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM
Jung ChanThe Cozy Path
Jung Mi-kyungHe Gave Me Roses of the Balkans (Bi-lingual, Vol 72 – Taboo and Desire)
My Son’s GirlfriendCM PF TM
Jung Young-moonMrs. Brown (Bi-lingual, Vol 45 – Avant Garde)PF
Vaseline BuddhaPF TM
Seven Samurai Swept Away in a RiverTM
A Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other StoriesPF TM
Arriving in a Thick Fog
A Contrived WorldTM
A Chain of Dark Talesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
Kang Hwa-gilAnother Personscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
DemonsPF TM
Seo-u / Thou (K-Fiction 022)PF
Kang JiyoungMrs Shim Is a Killer
Kang Kyong-aeThe Underground Village (Bi-lingual, Vol 90 – The Naked in the Colony)
From Wonso Pondscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
The Underground VillagePF TM
Kang Shin-jaeThe Dandelion of the Imjin River
The Waves
Kang Sok-kyongThe Valley Nearbyscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
Kang Young-sookRina
At Night he Lifts WeightsPF
Truck (Bi-lingual, Vol 67 – Discovering Everyday Life)
RinaPF TM
Kim AeranWhere Would You Like To Go? (K-Fiction 014)PF TM
Christmas Specials (Bi-lingual, Vol 35 – Seoul)CM TM
My Brilliant Lifescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1PF TM
Kim Bo-youngA Plagued Sea
On the Origin of Species and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL PF
I’m Waiting for You: And Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF
Kim Byeol-ahSakmae and Jami (Bi-lingual, Vol 84 – Aesthetic Priests)
Kim Byung-jinChunchu: The Genocide Fiend
Kim Cho-yeopGreenhouse at the End of the World
If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light
Kim Chong-kwangThe Pawnshop Chase (Bi-lingual, Vol 60 – Humour)
Kim Dong-inPotatoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 86 – The Naked in the Colony)
Sweet Potato: Collected Short StoriesPF TM
Kim Dong-niThe Cross of Shaphan
The Cry Of The MagpiesCM
Tŭngsin-bul (Bi-lingual, Vol 107 – Korea After the Korean War)
Ulhwa the Shaman: a novel of Korea and three short stories
The Shaman Sorceress
Kim Eui-kyungHello Baby
Eunae KimBlurred Lines
Kim EwhanThe Black Orbscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Kim Ha-keeGingko Love (Bi-lingual, Vol 30 – South and North)
Kim Hae-solJuniper Tree
Ho-Yeon KimThe Second Chance Convenience StorePF
Kim HoonAlone Over There (Bi-lingual, Vol 85 – Aesthetic Priests)
Kim Hye-jinCounsel Culture
Concerning My Daughterscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL PF
Kim HyeokChunja’s Nanjing
Kim Hyo-eunI am the Subway
Hyun Sook KimNo Rules Tonight
Banned Book Club
Kim In-sukStab (Bi-lingual, Vol 23 – Love and Love Affairs)CM
The Long Roadscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL CM TM
Jabi KimThe Butterfly Dance
Kim Jae-youngThe Elephant (Bi-lingual, Vol 49 – Diaspora)CM
Kim Jee HyeSoyangri Book KitchenPF
Kim JianIt’s OK, Slow Lizard
Kim JiyunYeonnam-Dong’s Smiley LaundromatPF TM
Kim Joo-youngA Trip Through the Mirror
The Sound Of Thunder
Robbery Training (Bi-lingual, Vol 61 – Relationship)
Stingrayscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL CM TM
JooWook KimPlastic Rice
Waltzing with Mosquitoes
Kim Jung-hyukThe Glass Shield (Bi-lingual, Vol 59 – Humour)
The Library of Musical InstrumentsPF
Kim Keum-heeEverything About Chess (K-Fiction 017)TM
Kim Kyung-juBred from the Eyes of a Wolf
Kim Kyung-ukGod Has No Grandchildren
Kim Man-jungThe Cloud Dream of the Nine, a Korean Novel: A Story of the Times of the Tangs of China About 840 A.D
The Nine Cloud DreamPF TM
Kim Mi-wolWhat Has Yet to Happen (Bi-lingual, Vol 75 – Taboo and Desire)CM
Kim Min-jeongThe World’s Most Expensive Novel (K-Fiction 015)PF TM
Kim Moon-sooThe Chronicle of Manchwidang
Kim Nam-ilUnderwear (Bi-lingual, Vol 46 – Diaspora)
Kim NamcheonBarley (Bi-lingual, Vol 104 – Before and After Liberation)
Scenes from the Enlightenmentscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL PF TM
Kim Ryeo-ryeongThe TrunkPF TM
Kim Sa-ryangInto the Light (Bi-lingual, Vol 95 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)
Kim SagwaMinascore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL PF TM
b, Book, and Mescore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL PF TM
Kim SanSong of Arirang: The Story of a Korean Rebel Revolutionary in China
Kim Seong-dongMandalascore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL
Kim Seung-okRecord of a journey to Mujin (Bi-lingual, Vol 6 – Industrialization)CM
Kim Seung-younOne Day
Kim Si-seupTales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk: Kŭmo sinhwa by Kim Sisŭp
Kim So-jinThe Dark Jar within the Snowman (Bi-lingual, Vol 31 – Seoul)
Kim Sok-pomDeath of a Crow
Kim SoomNo Hand Held Mine
DivorcePF TM
The Night Nobody Returns Home (Bi-lingual, Vol 73 – Taboo and Desire)
One Leftscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
Kim Sung-ilBlood for the Undying ThronePF
Blood of the Old KingsPF
Kim Sung-jaeHanami International Love Story
Chunchu: The Genocide Fiend
Kim Tae-woongThe Clowns
Kim Un-suThe Cabinetscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0PF
The Plottersscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF
Kim WonilSoul of Darkness (Bi-lingual, Vol 2 – Division)CM
The Wind And The River
The Scorpionscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL
Evening GlowCM
The House with a Sunken CourtyardCM PF TM
Kim Yeon-suHappy New Year to Everyone – To Raymond Carver (Bi-lingual, Vol 48 – Diaspora)CM
Kim YideumBlood Sistersscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL PF TM
Kim Young-haPhoto Shop MurderCM TM
Diary of a Murderer, and other storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
I have the right to destroy myselfscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM TM
I Hear Your Voicescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0TM
Black Flowerscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL CM TM
Your Republic Is Calling Youscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL CM TM
Kim Young-ohBanya: The Explosive Delivery Man
Kim Yu-jeongThe CamelliasCM
Spring, Spring (Bi-lingual, Vol 96 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces)score-2score-0score-0score-0score-0
Ko UnLittle Pilgrim
Ku Hyo-seoRelics (Bi-lingual, Vol 78 – Fate)
Kwak JaesikThe Greatest Gamble On EarthPF
Kwon ParkThe Governor’s Case File
Kwon Yeo-sunLemonscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
An Unknown Realm (K-Fiction 020)
Spring Night (Bi-lingual, Vol 55 – Family)
Youngin KwonMolting
Lee BeomseonA Stray Bullet (Bi-lingual, Vol 110 – Korea After the Korean War)
Lee Chang-dongSnowy Day and Other StoriesPF
Lee Dae-hwanSlow Bullet (Bi-lingual, Vol 17 – Liberty)CM
Lee Dong-haA Toy CityCM
Outside the Door (Bi-lingual, Vol 53 – Family)
Toy City
Shrapnel and Other Stories: Selected Stories of Dong-ha Lee
Lee Gee-eunMy GrandMom
Lee Geum-yiCan’t I go instead?score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
The Picture Bridescore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF
Lee Gun-samA Grand Retreat and Other Plays
Lee HeejooHoly Boy
Lee Hye-kyungAnd Then the Festival (Bi-lingual, Vol 54 – Family)
A House on the Road
Hyeonji LeeThe Butterfly Disease
Lee Jang-wookOld Man River (K-Fiction 011)TM
Lee Ji-minWalk With A GoddessPF
Marilyn and Mescore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL PF
Lee JuckOne Day
JM LeeArtificial Truth
Broken Summerscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
Painter of the Windscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF
The Investigationscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL CM PF TM
The Boy who Escaped Paradisescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
Lee Ki-hoKwon Sun-chan and Nice People (K-Fiction 012)CM TM
So Far, and Yet So Near (Bi-lingual, Vol 58 – Humour)
At Least we can Apologizescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL CM PF TM
Lee Kyun-youngThe Other Side of Dark RemembranceCM
Lee KyungDust Star (Bi-lingual, Vol 50 – Diaspora)
Lee Kyung-jaLosing a Sister (Bi-lingual, Vol 76 – Fate)CM
Mi-ye LeeBreak RoomPF
Return to the DallerGut Dream Department StorePF
DallerGut Dream Department StorePF
Lee Mu-youngFarmers
Lee Myung-jinRagnarokscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL
Ohdee LeeThe Daily Prophet
Lee OisooGrand Master (Bi-lingual, Vol 81 – Aesthetic Priests)
Lee OnhwaA Midnight Pastry Shop Called HwawoldangPF
Lee OyoungThe General’s Beard: Two Novellas
Philip Onho LeeOlympic Boulevard
Lee Seung-uMagnolia Park (Bi-lingual, Vol 22 – Love and Love Affairs)PF
The Private Life of PlantsPF TM
The Reverse Side of Lifescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0PF
Lee Soo-hyunAlien GodsPF
Lee Sun-wonLooking for a Horse (Bi-lingual, Vol 82 – Aesthetic Priests)
Susaek
Lee Young-doThe Heart of the Nhaga (The Bird that Drinks Tears vol 1)
Lee Yun-taekFour Contemporary Korean Plays
Lee YuriBroccoli PunchPF
Lim SunwooWith the Heart of a Ghost: Stories
Ma Yeong-shinMoms
Dolki MinWalking Practicescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0PF
Na Do-hyangSamnyong the Mute (Bi-lingual, Vol 97 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces)
Jishim NamThe Whisper of the Breeze from Pine Trees and Flowing Streams
Nam Jung-hyunLand of Excrement (Bi-lingual, Vol 28 – South and North)CM
O Se-yeongBuja’s Diary
O Yong-suSeaside Village (Bi-lingual, Vol 100 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces)
The Good People: Korean StoriesCM
Oh Han-kiMy Clint Eastwood (K-Fiction 004)CM TM
Oh Jung-heeChinatown
Chinatown (Modern Korean Short Stories)
Chinatown (Bi-lingual, Vol 11 – Women)
Chinatown (Jimoondang ed)CM
River of Fire and Other StoriesPF TM
The Birdscore-2score-1score-0score-0score-0LKL TM
Oh Soo-yeonI Am Food (Bi-lingual, Vol 66 – Discovering Everyday Life)
Oh Tae-seokThe Metacultural Theater of Oh T’ae-Sok: Five Plays from the Korean Avant-garde
Paek Nam-nyongFriendscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
Pahk Yon-heeThe Man she Loved
Paik Ga-huimPuy, Thuy, Whatever (Bi-lingual, Vol 65 – Relationship)
Pak ChiwonThe Novels of Park Jiwon: Translation of Overlooked Worlds
Pak Chong-whaKing Sejong: A Novel
Pak Pom-sinThe Fragrant Well (Bi-lingual, Vol 38 – Tradition)
Pak Tae-wonA Day in the Life of Kubo the Novelist (Bi-lingual, Vol 93 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)PF
Scenes from Ch’onggye Stream
Park Duk-kyuThe Rabbit’s Tale 2020score-2score-0score-0score-0score-0
Esther ParkThe Legend of Lady Byeoksa
Park Hyoung-suArpan (K-Fiction 002)PF TM
Park Hyun-jooRomancing on JejuPF
Park Joong-kiShaman Warrior
Park Kyung-niThe Age of Doubtscore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF TM
Land (Vol 1)
Land (Vols 1, 2 and 3)score-2score-1score-0score-0score-0LKL
The Curse of Kim’s Daughtersscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL
Park Min-gyuDinner with Buffett (K-Fiction 001)CM TM
Is That So? I’m a Giraffe (Bi-lingual, Vol 34 – Seoul)
Pavane for a Dead Princessscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
Park Min-jungLike A BarbiePF
Park Sang-ryoongAkeldama (Bi-lingual, Vol 41 – Avant Garde)CM
Sang Young ParkKnockoff Viagra & JejePF
Love in the Big Cityscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1PF TM
Park SangseekLand of Tears
Park SeolyeonCapitalists Must Starve
A Magical Girl RetiresPF
Park SeongwonWhat Makes a CityPF
Park Wan-suhFor That Which Cannot Be Restoredscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1PF
Three Days in That AutumnCM
Mother’s Stake I (Bi-lingual, Vol 4 – Division)CM
Weathered Blossom (bilingual)CM
Was that Mountain Really There?
My Very Last Possession and Other Stories
The Naked Tree
A Sketch of the Fading Sun
Who Ate Up All the Shinga?score-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL TM
Lonesome Youscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL CM TM
PlusHanami International Love Story
Pu Hee-ryoungFlowers (Bi-lingual, Vol 69 – Discovering Everyday Life)
Pyun Hye-youngTo the Kennels, and other storiesPF
The Owl CriesPF
Holiday Home (K-Fiction 028)
The Canning Factory (Bi-lingual, Vol 68 – Discovering Everyday Life)score-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Evening Proposalscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
The Holescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
City of Ash and Redscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL PF
The Law of Linesscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF
Seo Chong-inThree Days of Autumn, 1948 (Bi-lingual, Vol 36 – Tradition)
Seo DongwonThe Moon Glow Bookshop
Seo HajinHong GildongCM
A Good Family
Seo IjeTowards 0%score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Seo Jang-wonHappy Together (K-Fiction 029)
Seo MiaeThe Only Childscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF
Seo Su-jinKorean Teachersscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
Gold Rush (K-Fiction 030)
Seo Young-eunA Walk In The Mountains (bilingual)
Shin Kyung-sookI Went to See My Fatherscore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF TM
Violetsscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF TM
The Place Where the Harmonium Was (Bi-lingual, Vol 12 – Women)score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL CM
The Girl who Wrote Lonelinessscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL TM
I’ll be right therescore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL CM PF TM
Please Look After Motherscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL TM
The Court DancerPF TM
Shin Sang-ungThree Voices at MidnightCM
Our Friend’s Homecoming (Bi-lingual, Vol 9 – Industrialization)CM
Sohn Jang-soonA Floating City on the Water
Sohn So-hiThe Wind from the South
Sohn Won-pyungCounterattacks at ThirtyPF
April Snow (K-Fiction 021)
AlmondPF TM
Son Bo-miSwell
Hot Air Balloon (K-Fiction 003)CM TM
Son Chang-seopRainy Days (Bi-lingual, Vol 109 – Korea After the Korean War)
Son Hong-kyuTuesday River (Bi-lingual, Vol 80 – Fate)
The Muslim Butcher
Song Ki-wonA Journey under the Moonlight (Bi-lingual, Vol 39 – Tradition)
Song KijoDebasement and Other Stories
Song SokzeIn the Shade of the Oleander (Bi-lingual, Vol 40 – Tradition)
The Amusing Lifescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Song YongDrumbeat (Bi-lingual, Vol 71 – Taboo and Desire)
Diary of a Vagabond
Song Yu-jeongThe Memory Bookshop
Soyoung ParkSnowglobe 2PF
Snowglobescore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Suh Ki-wonThe Image of Virgin Mary in Chosun White Porcelain
The Ma Rok BiographiesCM
Sulmi BakPetty Lies
Trad / anonSukhyang’s Tale & Sugyŏng’s Tale: Two Romantic Novels from Old Korea
Unyŏng-jŏn: A Love Affair at the Royal Palace of Chosŏn Korea
The Record of the Black Dragon Year
Traditional Korean Theatre
The Foresight of Dark Knowing: Chŏng Kam Nok and Insurrectionary Prognostication in Pre-Modern Korea
The Korean Singer of Talesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0
The Song of Ch’unhyang: Musical Text as compiled by Master Singer Kim Yŏn-su
The Story of Hong Gildongscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
The Tale of Cho Ungscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1TM
Woo Da-youngChang-mo (K-Fiction 025)
Yang Gui-jaRustCM TM
The poet of Wonmi-dong (Bi-lingual, Vol 10 – Industrialization)CM
ContradictionsCM TM
Strength from Sorrow
A Distant and Beautiful PlaceTM
Yeon Sang-hoThe Hellbound
Yeon SominThe Healing Season of Potteryscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0PF
Yi Cheong-junThe Wounded (Bi-lingual, Vol 1 – Division)CM
The Snowy Road (bilingual)CM
The WoundedCM
Your Paradisescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0
Two Stories From Korea: The Wounded & The Abjectscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0
The Prophet and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1
Seopyeonje, the Southerners’ Songsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2
Yi Deok-muThe Aphorisms of Yi Deok-mu: Musings of a Grateful Reader
Yi Ho-cheolPanmunjom (Bi-lingual, Vol 26 – South and North)
Southerners, Northerners
Panmunjom and Other Stories
Yi Hyo-seokLeaves of Grass (Bi-lingual, Vol 103 – Before and After Liberation)
Endless Blue SkyPF TM
Yi IlloPoems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness: P’ahan chip by Yi Illo
Yi In-hwaEverlasting Empirescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL
Yi In-seongOn You (Bi-lingual, Vol 43 – Avant Garde)
Yi Kang-baekAllegory of Survival: The Theater of Kang-baek Lee
Yi Kwang-suKashil and Best Essays by Yi Kwang-su
The Soilscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
Mujong (The Heartless): Yi Kwang-Su and Modern Literaturescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1TM
Yi Kyu-boNot Everything Unfolds as Anticipated: Selections from Yi Kyubo’s Tongguk Yi Sangguk chip
Yi Mun-guA Brief Biography of Yuja (Bi-lingual, Vol 37 – Tradition)
Yi Mun-yolAppointment with my brotherCM TM
Pilon’s Pig (Bi-lingual, Vol 16 – Liberty)CM TM
Hail To The Emperor!
Twofold Song (bilingual)
Meeting with my brotherPF TM
Son of ManPF TM
Our Twisted Heroscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL TM
The Poetscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM PF TM
Yi RyukKorean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
Yi SangStories of Yi Sang
The WingsCM
Wings (Bi-lingual, Vol 91 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)score-2score-0score-0score-0score-0
Yi Sang: Selected WorksPF
Yi SeoyoungCome Down to a Lower PlacePF
Yi Tae-junAn Idiot’s Delight (Bi-lingual, Vol 98 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces)
Dust and other storiesTM
Yom Sang-seopTwo Bankruptcies (Bi-lingual, Vol 102 – Before and After Liberation)
Three Generationsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL TM
Yoon Jung-moFather and Son (Bi-lingual, Vol 77 – Fate)
Yoon Sung-heeBurying a Treasure Map at the U-turn (Bi-lingual, Vol 64 – Relationship)
Yoon YeorimIt’s OK, Slow Lizard
You Yeong-gwangThe Rainfall MarketPF
Youn Dae-nyeongBetween Heaven and Earth
Song of Everlasting Spring (Bi-lingual, Vol 83 – Aesthetic Priests)
Yu Chi-jinThree Plays: The Cow – The Mud Hut – The Donkey
Korean Drama Under Japanese Occupation
Yu Chin-oLecturer Kim and Professor T (Bi-lingual, Vol 92 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)
Yun Dong-juSky, Wind and StarsCM
Yun Heung-gilThe House of Twilight
The Rainy SpellCM
The Man Who Was Left as Nine Pairs of Shoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 8 – Industrialization)CM
Yun Hu-myeongThe Love of Dunhuang
With the Love for the Stars (Bi-lingual, Vol 21)
Yun I-hyeongDanny (K-fiction 007)TM
Bloody-Sunday (Bi-lingual, Vol 70 – Discovering Everyday Life)
Jungeun YunMarigold Mind LaundryPF
Yun Ko-eunArt on Fire
The Disaster Touristscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF
Table for OnePF TM
Yun Mi-kyungBride of the Water God
Yun Young-suLove, Hopelessly (Bi-lingual, Vol 62 – Relationship)

We think the above list is pretty comprehensive as at March 2022, though we might have missed a couple in the back catalogue. Help keep this resource complete and up-to-date by letting us know of Korean fiction titles in English translation that aren’t listed above.

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