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-hyoSilver Stallionscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL
White Badge: A Novel of Koreascore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL
AmilRoadkill
AnccoNineteen
Bad Friends
Bae Myung-hoonTowerscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
Launch Something!score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
The Proposalscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Bae SuahA Greater Musicscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0PF TM
Time 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
Untold Night and Dayscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL PF TM
Highway with Green Applesscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0CM PF TM
Suyeon BaePehera’s Curse
Baek HeenaMagic Candies
Moon Pops
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-seokOff to Battle at Dawn (Bi-lingual, Vol 20 – Liberty)CM
Love in Sa Pa (K-Fiction special)
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-sikTurbid River
Juvesenility (Bi-lingual, Vol 101 – Before and After Liberation)
Korean Drama Under Japanese Occupation
Peace Under Heavenscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
My Innocent Uncle
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-ranA Thousand BluesPF
The Saviour at Night / The Midnight Shift
Cheon Un-yeongChopstick Woman (Bi-lingual, Vol 74 – Taboo and Desire)
The Catcher in the Loftscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL PF TM
Cho Hae-ilAmericaCM
Cho Hae-jinI Met Loh KiwanPF
Cho Nam-jooRun Away (K-Fiction 023)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982score-2score-2score-1score-0score-0LKL PF
Miss Kim Knows and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Sahascore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL PF
Cho Se-huiInsult (Bi-lingual, Vol 79 – Fate)
The DwarfTM
A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball
Cho Son-jakThe Preview and Other StoriesCM
Cho YeeunThe New Seoul Park Jelly MassacrePF
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 YunMannequinPF TM
The Last of Hanak’o (Bi-lingual, Vol 13 – Women)CM TM
There a Petal Silently Falls: 3 storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
The Last Of HanakoCM
Choi Eun-youngThe Summer (K-Fiction 016)score-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
Shoko’s Smilescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1
Choi Gyu-seokThe Hellbound
100°C: South Korea’s 1987 Democracy Movement
Choi In-hoTower of Ants (bilingual)CM
Deep Blue NightCM
Another Man’s CityPF TM
Choi In-hunReflections on a Mask: Two Novellasscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL
The SquarePF TM
A Grey Man
House of IdolsCM
The Daily Life of Ku-Poh the Novelist
Choi In-seokA Well in My Soul (Bi-lingual, Vol 42 – Avant Garde)
Choi Jin-youngTo 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 ChungYour UtopiaPF TM
The Midnight Timetable
Grocery ListPF
Cursed Bunnyscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1PF TM
Red Sword
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 Me
Keum Suk Gendry-KimThe Waiting
Grass
The Naked Tree
Dog Days
Geum HeeOk-hwa (K-Fiction 009)TM
Gong Ji-youngHuman Decency
Human Decency (Bi-lingual, Vol 14 – Women)CM
My Sister Bongsoon
Our Happy Timescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL CM PF
Toganiscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1PF TM
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 Old Woman with the Knifescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0PF TM
The Story of P.C. (K-Fiction 019)TM
Your Neighbour’s TablePF
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-nanFlowers of Mold and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0PF TM
Bluebeard’s First Wifescore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF
Wafers
Traversing Afternoon (Bi-lingual, Vol 32 – Seoul)CM
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 KangThe Vegetarianscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
Greek Lessonsscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL PF TM
Convalescence (Bi-lingual, Vol 24 – Love and Love Affairs)CM PF TM
We Do Not PartPF
The White Bookscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0PF TM
EuropaPF TM
Human Actsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL PF TM
Han Mal-sukChocolate Friend and Other Stories
Hymn of the Spirit
Hahn Moo-SookThe House of Pomegranate Trees
And So Flows History
The Running Water Hermitage
In the DepthsCM
Encounter
Han Seol-yaHan Sorya and North Korean Literature (+ Jackals)
Transition (Bi-lingual, Vol 89 – The Naked in the Colony)
Han SoosanFloating Grass
Han Sung-wonFather and Son
Han YujooThe Impossible Fairy Talescore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF TM
Left’s Right, Right’s LeftPF TM
Heo KyunThe Story of Hong Gildongscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
Hong Hee-damThe Flag (Bi-lingual, Vol 19 – Liberty)
Hong Sung-hwaFirst Kyu
Hong Yeon-sikUmma’s Tablescore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0
Uncomfortably Happily
Hwang Bo-reumWelcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshopscore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF
Hwang JungeunI’ll Go Onscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF TM
One Hundred Shadowsscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF TM
Kong’s Garden (Yeoyu)PF TM
Kong’s Garden (K-Fiction 006)TM
dd’s UmbrellaPF
Years and YearsPF
Hwang Sok-yongThe Guestscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL CM TM
The Road to Sampo (Bi-lingual, Vol 7 – Industrialization)PF 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
Mater 2-10score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF TM
At Duskscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
Hwang Sun-miThe Dog Who Dared to Dream
The Hen who Dreamed she could Flyscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL CM PF TM
Miracle on Cherry Hill
Hwang Sun-wonThe Moving FortressCM TM
Trees on a Slopescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM TM
Lost Souls: Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL CM
The Descendants of Cainscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM
Shadows of a Sound
The Cloudburst (Bi-lingual, Vol 106 – Korea After the Korean War)
A ManCM
Sunlight, Moonlight
The Stars and other Korean short stories
Trees on the Cliff: a novel of Korea and two storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM TM
The Book of Masks
Hwang Yeo-jungThe Specters of AlgeriaTM
Hyeon Jin-geonA Lucky Day (Bi-lingual, Vol 87 – The Naked in the Colony)score-2score-2score-1score-0score-0LKL
Hyun Ki-youngSuni Samchon (Bi-lingual, Vol 3 – Division)score-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL CM
One Spoon on This EarthTM
Aunt SuniCM
Hyun Kil-unDead Silencescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Im BangKorean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
Im Cheol-wooThe Dog Thief: Short Stories by Chul-Woo Lim
With her oil lamp on, that nightCM
Farewell Valley
The Island
Straight Lines and Poison Gas – At the Hospital Wards (Bi-lingual, Vol 18 – Liberty)CM
Im Seong-sunThe Consultantscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Jang Eun-jinNo One Writes Backscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL CM PF TM
Jang Jung-ilWhen Adam Opens His Eyesscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL PF TM
Jang Ryu-jinMaya in Tokyo (K-Fiction 027)
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-seungLoving
Lonesome Jar
Jeong Ji-aSpring Afternoon, Three Widows (Bi-lingual, Vol 63 – Relationship)
The Black Room (K-Fiction 026)
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-jeongSeven Years of Darknessscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF
The Good Sonscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL PF
Jo Jung-raeHow in Heaven’s Namescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL TM
The Land of the Banished (Bi-lingual, Vol 5 – Division)CM
The Land of the BanishedCM
Playing with Fire
The Human JungleCM TM
Jo Kyung-ranI Live in Bongcheon-dong (Bi-lingual, Vol 33 – Seoul)TM
Blowfish
Tonguescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM
Jung ChanThe Cozy Path
Jung Mi-kyungMy Son’s GirlfriendCM PF TM
He Gave Me Roses of the Balkans (Bi-lingual, Vol 72 – Taboo and Desire)
Jung Young-moonA Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other StoriesPF TM
Vaseline BuddhaPF TM
Seven Samurai Swept Away in a RiverTM
A Chain of Dark Talesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
Mrs. Brown (Bi-lingual, Vol 45 – Avant Garde)PF
Arriving in a Thick Fog
A Contrived WorldTM
Kang Hwa-gilDemonsPF TM
Seo-u / Thou (K-Fiction 022)PF
Another Personscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
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 Waves
The Dandelion of the Imjin River
Kang Sok-kyongThe Valley Nearbyscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
Kang Young-sookRinaPF TM
Truck (Bi-lingual, Vol 67 – Discovering Everyday Life)
At Night he Lifts WeightsPF
Rina
Kim AeranWhere Would You Like To Go? (K-Fiction 014)PF TM
My Brilliant Lifescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1PF TM
Christmas Specials (Bi-lingual, Vol 35 – Seoul)CM TM
Kim Bo-youngOn 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-inSweet Potato: Collected Short StoriesPF TM
Potatoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 86 – The Naked in the Colony)
Kim Dong-niTŭngsin-bul (Bi-lingual, Vol 107 – Korea After the Korean War)
The Cry Of The MagpiesCM
The Cross of Shaphan
The Shaman Sorceress
Ulhwa the Shaman: a novel of Korea and three short stories
Eunae KimBlurred Lines
Kim EwhanThe Black Orbscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Kim Ha-keeGingko Love (Bi-lingual, Vol 30 – South and North)
Ho-Yeon KimThe Second Chance Convenience Store
Kim HoonAlone Over There (Bi-lingual, Vol 85 – Aesthetic Priests)
Kim Hye-jinConcerning 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-sukThe Long Roadscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL CM TM
Stab (Bi-lingual, Vol 23 – Love and Love Affairs)CM
Jabi KimThe Butterfly Dance
Kim Jae-youngThe Elephant (Bi-lingual, Vol 49 – Diaspora)CM
Kim JianIt’s OK, Slow Lizard
Kim JiyunYeonnam-Dong’s Smiley LaundromatPF TM
Kim Joo-youngThe Sound Of Thunder
Robbery Training (Bi-lingual, Vol 61 – Relationship)
A Trip Through the Mirror
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 Nine Cloud DreamPF TM
The Cloud Dream of the Nine, a Korean Novel: A Story of the Times of the Tangs of China About 840 A.D
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 Sagwab, Book, and Mescore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL PF TM
Minascore-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 SoomThe Night Nobody Returns Home (Bi-lingual, Vol 73 – Taboo and Desire)
One Leftscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
DivorcePF TM
Kim Sung-ilBlood of the Old KingsPF
Kim Sung-jaeChunchu: The Genocide Fiend
Hanami International Love Story
Kim Tae-woongThe Clowns
Kim Un-suThe Plottersscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF
The Cabinetscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0PF
Kim WonilThe Wind And The River
The Scorpionscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL
Evening GlowCM
The House with a Sunken CourtyardCM PF TM
Soul of Darkness (Bi-lingual, Vol 2 – Division)CM
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-haI have the right to destroy myselfscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM TM
Your Republic Is Calling Youscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL CM TM
Photo Shop MurderCM TM
I Hear Your Voicescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0TM
Diary of a Murderer, and other storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
Black Flowerscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL CM TM
Kim Young-ohBanya: The Explosive Delivery Man
Kim Yu-jeongSpring, Spring (Bi-lingual, Vol 96 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces)score-2score-0score-0score-0score-0
The CamelliasCM
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-sunAn Unknown Realm (K-Fiction 020)
Spring Night (Bi-lingual, Vol 55 – Family)
Lemonscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
Youngin KwonMolting
Lee BeomseonA Stray Bullet (Bi-lingual, Vol 110 – Korea After the Korean War)
Lee Dae-hwanSlow Bullet (Bi-lingual, Vol 17 – Liberty)CM
Lee Dong-haShrapnel and Other Stories: Selected Stories of Dong-ha Lee
Outside the Door (Bi-lingual, Vol 53 – Family)
A Toy CityCM
Toy City
Lee Gee-eunMy GrandMom
Lee Geum-yiThe Picture Bridescore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF
Can’t I go instead?score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Lee Gun-samA Grand Retreat and Other Plays
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-minMarilyn and Mescore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL PF
Walk With A GoddessPF
Lee JuckOne Day
JM LeeBroken Summerscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
The Boy who Escaped Paradisescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
The Investigationscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL CM PF TM
Painter of the Windscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF
Lee Ki-hoAt Least we can Apologizescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL CM PF TM
So Far, and Yet So Near (Bi-lingual, Vol 58 – Humour)
Kwon Sun-chan and Nice People (K-Fiction 012)CM 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 LeeDallerGut Dream Department StorePF
Return to the 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 OyoungThe General’s Beard: Two Novellas
Philip Onho LeeOlympic Boulevard
Lee Seung-uThe Reverse Side of Lifescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0PF
Magnolia Park (Bi-lingual, Vol 22 – Love and Love Affairs)PF
The Private Life of PlantsPF TM
Lee Sun-wonSusaek
Looking for a Horse (Bi-lingual, Vol 82 – Aesthetic Priests)
Lee Young-doThe Bird that Drinks Tears
Lee Yun-taekFour Contemporary Korean Plays
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-heeThe Birdscore-2score-1score-0score-0score-0LKL TM
River of Fire and Other StoriesPF TM
Chinatown
Chinatown (Bi-lingual, Vol 11 – Women)
Chinatown (Modern Korean Short Stories)
ChinatownCM
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-wonScenes from Ch’onggye Stream
A Day in the Life of Kubo the Novelist (Bi-lingual, Vol 93 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)PF
Park Duk-kyuThe Rabbit’s Tale 2020score-2score-0score-0score-0score-0
Park Hyoung-suArpan (K-Fiction 002)PF TM
Park Hyun-jooRomancing on JejuPF
Park Joong-kiShaman Warrior
Park Kyung-niThe Curse of Kim’s Daughtersscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL
The Age of Doubtscore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF TM
Land (Vols 1, 2 and 3)score-2score-1score-0score-0score-0LKL
Land (Vol 1)
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 SeolyeonA Magical Girl RetiresPF
Park SeongwonWhat Makes a CityPF
Park Wan-suhThree Days in That AutumnCM
Who Ate Up All the Shinga?score-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL TM
Lonesome Youscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL CM TM
My Very Last Possession and Other Stories
The Naked Tree
For That Which Cannot Be Restoredscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1PF
Mother’s Stake I (Bi-lingual, Vol 4 – Division)CM
A Sketch of the Fading Sun
Weathered Blossom (bilingual)CM
Was that Mountain Really There?
PlusHanami International Love Story
Pu Hee-ryoungFlowers (Bi-lingual, Vol 69 – Discovering Everyday Life)
Pyun Hye-youngHoliday Home (K-Fiction 028)
The Law of Linesscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL PF
The Owl CriesPF
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
To the Kennels, and other stories
The Canning Factory (Bi-lingual, Vol 68 – Discovering Everyday Life)score-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Seo Chong-inThree Days of Autumn, 1948 (Bi-lingual, Vol 36 – Tradition)
Seo HajinA Good Family
Hong GildongCM
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-jinGold Rush (K-Fiction 030)
Korean Teachersscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF TM
Seo Young-eunA Walk In The Mountains (bilingual)
Shin Kyung-sookI Went to See My Fatherscore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0PF TM
The Girl who Wrote Lonelinessscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL TM
I’ll be right therescore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL CM PF TM
Violetsscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF TM
Please Look After Motherscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL TM
The Court DancerPF TM
The Place Where the Harmonium Was (Bi-lingual, Vol 12 – Women)score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL CM
Shin Sang-ungOur Friend’s Homecoming (Bi-lingual, Vol 9 – Industrialization)CM
Three Voices at MidnightCM
Sohn Jang-soonA Floating City on the Water
Sohn So-hiThe Wind from the South
Sohn Won-pyungApril Snow (K-Fiction 021)
AlmondPF TM
Counterattacks at Thirty
Son Bo-miHot 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 SokzeThe Amusing Lifescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
In the Shade of the Oleander (Bi-lingual, Vol 40 – Tradition)
Song YongDrumbeat (Bi-lingual, Vol 71 – Taboo and Desire)
Diary of a Vagabond
Soyoung ParkSnowglobescore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0PF
Snowglobe 2
Suh Ki-wonThe Ma Rok BiographiesCM
The Image of Virgin Mary in Chosun White Porcelain
Trad / anonUnyŏng-jŏn: A Love Affair at the Royal Palace of Chosŏn Korea
The Song of Ch’unhyang: Musical Text as compiled by Master Singer Kim Yŏn-su
The Record of the Black Dragon Year
Traditional Korean Theatre
The Korean Singer of Talesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0
The Foresight of Dark Knowing: Chŏng Kam Nok and Insurrectionary Prognostication in Pre-Modern Korea
The Tale of Cho Ungscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1TM
The Story of Hong Gildongscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL TM
Woo Da-youngChang-mo (K-Fiction 025)
Yang Gui-jaStrength from Sorrow
RustCM TM
ContradictionsCM TM
The poet of Wonmi-dong (Bi-lingual, Vol 10 – Industrialization)CM
A Distant and Beautiful PlaceTM
Yeon Sang-hoThe Hellbound
Yeon SominThe Healing Season of Potteryscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0PF
Yi Cheong-junThe Prophet and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1
Seopyeonje, the Southerners’ Songsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2
The Snowy Road (bilingual)CM
Two Stories From Korea: The Wounded & The Abjectscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0
The Wounded (Bi-lingual, Vol 1 – Division)CM
The WoundedCM
Your Paradisescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0
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-seokEndless Blue SkyPF TM
Leaves of Grass (Bi-lingual, Vol 103 – Before and After Liberation)
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-suMujong (The Heartless): Yi Kwang-Su and Modern Literaturescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1TM
The Soilscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL PF TM
Kashil and Best Essays by Yi Kwang-su
Yi Mun-guA Brief Biography of Yuja (Bi-lingual, Vol 37 – Tradition)
Yi Mun-yolHail To The Emperor!
Pilon’s Pig (Bi-lingual, Vol 16 – Liberty)CM TM
The Poetscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL CM PF TM
Meeting with my brotherPF TM
Our Twisted Heroscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL TM
Appointment with my brotherCM TM
Twofold Song (bilingual)
Son of ManPF TM
Yi RyukKorean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
Yi SangThe WingsCM
Wings (Bi-lingual, Vol 91 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)score-2score-0score-0score-0score-0
Yi Sang: Selected WorksPF
Stories of Yi Sang
Yi Tae-junDust and other storiesTM
An Idiot’s Delight (Bi-lingual, Vol 98 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces)
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 Rainy SpellCM
The Man Who Was Left as Nine Pairs of Shoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 8 – Industrialization)CM
Yun Hu-myeongWith the Love for the Stars (Bi-lingual, Vol 21)
The Love of Dunhuang
Yun I-hyeongBloody-Sunday (Bi-lingual, Vol 70 – Discovering Everyday Life)
Danny (K-fiction 007)TM
Jungeun YunMarigold Mind LaundryPF
Yun Ko-eunThe Disaster Touristscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL PF
Table for One: StoriesPF
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.