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) 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.

AuthorTitleRatingLKLCMTM
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
AnccoNineteen
Bad Friends
Bae Myung-hoonTowerscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKLTM
Launch Something!
The Proposal
Bae SuahRecitationTM
Highway with Green Applesscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0CMTM
North Stationscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0TM
Nowhere to be Foundscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0TM
A Greater Musicscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0TM
Milena, Milena, Ecstaticscore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0TM
Time in Gray (Bi-lingual, Vol 44 – Avant Garde)TM
Untold Night and Dayscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKLTM
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-1LKLTM
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 Jovian Sayings
The Unforgotten War
Bong Joon-hoParasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards
Chae Man-sikJuvesenility (Bi-lingual, Vol 101 – Before and After Liberation)
Korean Drama Under Japanese Occupation
Sunset: A Ch’ae Manshik ReaderTM
My Innocent Uncle
Peace Under Heavenscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Turbid River
Chang Kang-myoungFired (K-Fiction 013)TM
The World You Want to See (K-Fiction 031)
Chang Yong-hakThe Poetry of John (Bi-lingual, Vol 108 – Korea After the Korean War)
Cheon Hee-rahnFive Preludes and a FugueTM
Cheon Kwang-yongKapitan Ri (Bi-lingual, Vol 105 – Before and After Liberation
Cheon Myeong-kwanWhalescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
Homecoming (K-Fiction 008)CMTM
Modern Familyscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKLTM
Cheon Seon-ranOne Thousand Blues
Cheon Un-yeongThe Catcher in the Loftscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKLTM
Chopstick Woman (Bi-lingual, Vol 74 – Taboo and Desire)
Cho Hae-ilAmericaCM
Cho Hae-jinI Met Loh Kiwan
Cho Nam-jooMiss Kim Knows and Other Stories
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982score-2score-2score-1score-0score-0LKL
Sahascore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKL
Run Away (K-Fiction 023)
Cho Se-huiThe DwarfTM
A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball
Insult (Bi-lingual, Vol 79 – Fate)
Cho Son-jakThe Preview and Other StoriesCM
Cho YeeunThe New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre
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 Stories
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 Hanak’o (Bi-lingual, Vol 13 – Women)CMTM
There a Petal Silently Falls: 3 storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
The Last Of HanakoCM
MannequinTM
Choi Eun-youngShoko’s Smilescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1
The Summer (K-Fiction 016)score-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
Choi Gyu-seok100°C: South Korea’s 1987 Democracy Movement
The Hellbound
Choi In-hoTower of Ants (bilingual)CM
Deep Blue NightCM
Another Man’s CityTM
Choi In-hunHouse of IdolsCM
The Daily Life of Ku-Poh the Novelist
The SquareTM
A Grey Man
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 Jin-youngTo the Warm Horizonscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0TM
Choi Min-wooDishonored (K-Fiction 005)CMTM
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 ChungCursed Bunnyscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1TM
Your Utopia
Grocery List
The Midnight Timetable
Chung Eul-byongA Divided Time
Chung Han-ahLast Night, in My Dream (K-Fiction 032)
Halloween (K-Fiction 018)TM
Serang ChungTake My Voice
Chung Yeun-heeOne Human Family and Other Stories
DjunaCounterweightTM
Everything Good Dies Here: Tales from the Linker Universe and Beyond
Eun Hee-kyungBeauty Looks Down on Me
Poor Man’s Wife (Bi-lingual, Vol 15 – Women)CM
Nobody Checks the Time When They’re Happy
Keum Suk Gendry-KimGrass
The Naked Tree
The Waiting
Geum HeeOk-hwa (K-Fiction 009)TM
Gong Ji-youngMy Sister Bongsoon
Human Decency
Human Decency (Bi-lingual, Vol 14 – Women)CM
Our Happy Timescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKLCM
ToganiTM
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 KnifeTM
The Story of P.C. (K-Fiction 019)TM
Ha IljiThe Republic of Užupisscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
Ha Keun-chanThe Suffering of Two Generations (Bi-lingual, Vol 27 – South and North)CM
Ha Seong-nanTraversing Afternoon (Bi-lingual, Vol 32 – Seoul)CM
Flowers of Mold and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0TM
Bluebeard’s First Wifescore-2score-2score-1score-0score-0
Wafers
Ham Se-dokPlays of Colonial Korea
Han Chang-hoonToday’s Fortune (Bi-lingual, Vol 56 – Humour)
Han JunghyunKyoko and Kyoji
Han KangGreek Lessonsscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKLTM
EuropaTM
Convalescence (Bi-lingual, Vol 24 – Love and Love Affairs)CMTM
We Do Not Part
The Vegetarianscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKLTM
The White Bookscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0TM
Human Actsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKLTM
Han Mal-sukHymn of the Spirit
Chocolate Friend and Other Stories
Hahn Moo-SookThe Running Water Hermitage
In the DepthsCM
Encounter
The House of Pomegranate Trees
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 YujooThe Impossible Fairy Talescore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKLTM
Left’s Right, Right’s LeftTM
Heo KyunThe Story of Hong Gildongscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
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 Bookshop
Hwang JungeunOne Hundred Shadowsscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKLTM
I’ll Go Onscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKLTM
Kong’s Garden (K-Fiction 006)TM
dd’s Umbrella
Years and Years
Kong’s Garden (Yeoyu)TM
Hwang Sok-yongThe Shadow of Armsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0TM
Princess Bariscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
At Duskscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKLTM
Familiar Thingsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0TM
The Road to Sampo (Bi-lingual, Vol 7 – Industrialization)TM
Mater 2-10TM
The Old Gardenscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
The Guestscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKLCMTM
Hwang Sun-miMiracle on Cherry Hill
The Dog Who Dared to Dream
The Hen who Dreamed she could Flyscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKLCMTM
Hwang Sun-wonThe Descendants of Cainscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLCM
Sunlight, Moonlight
Lost Souls: Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKLCM
Shadows of a Sound
The Stars and other Korean short stories
The Moving FortressCMTM
The Book of Masks
The Cloudburst (Bi-lingual, Vol 106 – Korea After the Korean War)
A ManCM
Trees on the Cliff: a novel of Korea and two storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLCMTM
Trees on a Slopescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLCMTM
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-youngOne Spoon on This EarthTM
Suni Samchon (Bi-lingual, Vol 3 – Division)score-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKLCM
Aunt SuniCM
Hyun Kil-unDead Silencescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Im BangKorean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
Im Cheol-wooStraight Lines and Poison Gas – At the Hospital Wards (Bi-lingual, Vol 18 – Liberty)CM
The Island
With her oil lamp on, that nightCM
Farewell Valley
The Dog Thief: Short Stories by Chul-Woo Lim
Im Seong-sunThe Consultant
Jang Eun-jinNo One Writes Backscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKLCMTM
Jang Jung-ilWhen Adam Opens His Eyesscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKLTM
Jang Ryu-jinMaya in Tokyo (K-Fiction 027)
Jang Se-ahRunaway
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-taeWolvesscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKLTM
Bird (Bi-lingual, Vol 57 – Humour)
Old WrestlerTM
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 Yi-hyunIn the Trunk (Bi-lingual, Vol 25 – Love and Love Affairs)
Jeong You-jeongSeven Years of Darknessscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
The Good Sonscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
Jo Jung-raeThe Land of the BanishedCM
The Human JungleCMTM
How in Heaven’s Namescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKLTM
The Land of the Banished (Bi-lingual, Vol 5 – Division)CM
Playing with Fire
Jo Kyung-ranBlowfish
I Live in Bongcheon-dong (Bi-lingual, Vol 33 – Seoul)TM
Tonguescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLCM
Jung ChanThe Cozy Path
Jung Mi-kyungHe Gave Me Roses of the Balkans (Bi-lingual, Vol 72 – Taboo and Desire)
My Son’s GirlfriendTM
Jung Young-moonSeven Samurai Swept Away in a RiverTM
Arriving in a Thick Fog
A Chain of Dark Talesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
A Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other StoriesTM
A Contrived WorldTM
Vaseline BuddhaTM
Mrs. Brown (Bi-lingual, Vol 45 – Avant Garde)
Kang Hwa-gilDemonsTM
Another Person
Seo-u / Thou (K-Fiction 022)
Kang Kyong-aeFrom Wonso Pondscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
The Underground VillageTM
The Underground Village (Bi-lingual, Vol 90 – The Naked in the Colony)
Kang Shin-jaeThe Waves
The Dandelion of the Imjin River
Kang Sok-kyongThe Valley Nearbyscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
Kang Young-sookTruck (Bi-lingual, Vol 67 – Discovering Everyday Life)
Rina
At Night he Lifts Weights
RinaTM
Kim AeranChristmas Specials (Bi-lingual, Vol 35 – Seoul)CMTM
Where Would You Like To Go? (K-Fiction 014)TM
My Brilliant Lifescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1TM
Kim Bo-youngI’m Waiting for You: And Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL
On the Origin of Species and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKL
Kim Byeol-ahSakmae and Jami (Bi-lingual, Vol 84 – Aesthetic Priests)
Kim Byung-jinChunchu: The Genocide Fiend
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 StoriesTM
Kim Dong-niTŭngsin-bul (Bi-lingual, Vol 107 – Korea After the Korean War)
Ulhwa the Shaman: a novel of Korea and three short stories
The Cross of Shaphan
The Shaman Sorceress
The Cry Of The MagpiesCM
Kim EwhanThe Black Orb
Kim Ha-keeGingko Love (Bi-lingual, Vol 30 – South and North)
Kim HoonAlone Over There (Bi-lingual, Vol 85 – Aesthetic Priests)
Kim Hye-jinConcerning My Daughterscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
Kim HyeokChunja’s Nanjing
Kim Hyo-eunI am the Subway
Kim In-sukStab (Bi-lingual, Vol 23 – Love and Love Affairs)CM
The Long Roadscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKLCMTM
Kim Jae-youngThe Elephant (Bi-lingual, Vol 49 – Diaspora)CM
Kim JianIt’s OK, Slow Lizard
Kim JiyunYeonnam-Dong’s Smiley Laundromat
Kim Joo-youngRobbery Training (Bi-lingual, Vol 61 – Relationship)
A Trip Through the Mirror
Stingrayscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKLCMTM
The Sound Of Thunder
Kim Jung-hyukThe Glass Shield (Bi-lingual, Vol 59 – Humour)
The Library of Musical Instruments
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 DreamTM
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)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-0LKLTM
Kim Sa-ryangInto the Light (Bi-lingual, Vol 95 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)
Kim Sagwab, Book, and Mescore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKLTM
Minascore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKLTM
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 SoomOne Leftscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
DivorceTM
The Night Nobody Returns Home (Bi-lingual, Vol 73 – Taboo and Desire)
Kim Sung-ilBlood of the Old Kings
Kim Sung-jaeChunchu: The Genocide Fiend
Hanami International Love Story
Kim Tae-woongThe Clowns
Kim Un-suThe Cabinetscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0
The Plottersscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Kim WonilThe Scorpionscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL
Evening GlowCM
The House with a Sunken CourtyardCMTM
The Wind And The River
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-0LKLTM
Kim Young-haPhoto Shop MurderCMTM
I Hear Your Voicescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0TM
Your Republic Is Calling Youscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKLCMTM
Diary of a Murderer, and other storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKLTM
I have the right to destroy myselfscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLCMTM
Black Flowerscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKLCMTM
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 Earth
Kwon Yeo-sunSpring Night (Bi-lingual, Vol 55 – Family)
Lemonscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
An Unknown Realm (K-Fiction 020)
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-haToy City
Outside the Door (Bi-lingual, Vol 53 – Family)
A Toy CityCM
Shrapnel and Other Stories: Selected Stories of Dong-ha Lee
Lee Gee-eunMy GrandMom
Lee Geum-yiThe Picture Bride
Can’t I go instead?
Lee Gun-samA Grand Retreat and Other Plays
Lee Hye-kyungA House on the Road
And Then the Festival (Bi-lingual, Vol 54 – Family)
Lee Jang-wookOld Man River (K-Fiction 011)TM
Lee Ji-minWalk With A Goddess
Marilyn and Mescore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL
Lee JuckOne Day
JM LeeThe Boy who Escaped Paradisescore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
Broken Summerscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
Painter of the Windscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKL
The Investigationscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKLCMTM
Lee Ki-hoAt Least we can Apologizescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKLCMTM
Kwon Sun-chan and Nice People (K-Fiction 012)CMTM
So Far, and Yet So Near (Bi-lingual, Vol 58 – Humour)
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 Store
Lee Mu-youngFarmers
Lee Myung-jinRagnarokscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL
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-0
The Private Life of PlantsTM
Magnolia Park (Bi-lingual, Vol 22 – Love and Love Affairs)
Lee Sun-wonLooking for a Horse (Bi-lingual, Vol 82 – Aesthetic Priests)
Susaek
Lee Young-doThe Bird that Drinks Tears
Lee Yun-taekFour Contemporary Korean Plays
Ma Yeong-shinMoms
Dolki MinWalking Practice
Na Do-hyangSamnyong the Mute (Bi-lingual, Vol 97 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces)
Nam Jung-hyunLand of Excrement (Bi-lingual, Vol 28 – South and North)CM
O Se-yeongBuja’s Diary
O Yong-suThe Good People: Korean StoriesCM
Seaside Village (Bi-lingual, Vol 100 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces)
Oh Han-kiMy Clint Eastwood (K-Fiction 004)CMTM
Oh Jung-heeThe Birdscore-2score-1score-0score-0score-0LKLTM
Chinatown (Modern Korean Short Stories)
River of Fire and Other StoriesTM
Chinatown (Bi-lingual, Vol 11 – Women)
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-0LKLTM
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”)
Park Duk-kyuThe Rabbit’s Tale 2020score-2score-0score-0score-0score-0
Hyesu ParkUnderstanding Hallyu: The Korean Wave Through Literature, Webtoon, and Mukbang
Park Hyoung-suArpan (K-Fiction 002)TM
Park Hyun-jooRomancing on Jeju
Park Joong-kiShaman Warrior
Park Kyung-niLand (Vols 1, 2 and 3)score-2score-1score-0score-0score-0LKL
The Age of DoubtTM
The Curse of Kim’s Daughtersscore-2score-0score-0score-0score-0LKL
Land (Vol 1)
Park Min-gyuIs That So? I’m a Giraffe (Bi-lingual, Vol 34 – Seoul)
Dinner with Buffett (K-Fiction 001)CMTM
Pavane for a Dead Princessscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
Park Min-jungLike A Barbie
Park Sang-ryoongAkeldama (Bi-lingual, Vol 41 – Avant Garde)CM
Sang Young ParkKnockoff Viagra & Jeje
Love in the Big Cityscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1TM
Park SangseekLand of Tears
Park SeolyeonA Magical Girl Retires
Park SeongwonWhat Makes a City
Park Wan-suhWho Ate Up All the Shinga?score-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKLTM
The Naked Tree
Was that Mountain Really There?
My Very Last Possession and Other Stories
Three Days in That AutumnCM
Mother’s Stake I (Bi-lingual, Vol 4 – Division)CM
For That Which Cannot Be Restored
A Sketch of the Fading Sun
Weathered Blossom (bilingual)CM
Lonesome Youscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2LKLCMTM
PlusHanami International Love Story
Pu Hee-ryoungFlowers (Bi-lingual, Vol 69 – Discovering Everyday Life)
Pyun Hye-youngThe Canning Factory (Bi-lingual, Vol 68 – Discovering Everyday Life)score-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
The Holescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
Holiday Home (K-Fiction 028)
Evening Proposalscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
City of Ash and Redscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKL
To the Kennels, and other stories
The Law of Linesscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL
The Owl Cries
Seo Chong-inThree Days of Autumn, 1948 (Bi-lingual, Vol 36 – Tradition)
Seo HajinHong GildongCM
A Good Family
Seo IjeTowards 0%
Seo Jang-wonHappy Together (K-Fiction 029)
Seo MiaeThe Only Childscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKL
Seo Su-jinKorean Teachersscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
Gold Rush (K-Fiction 030)
Seo Young-eunA Walk In The Mountains (bilingual)
Shin Kyung-sookThe Girl who Wrote Lonelinessscore-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKLTM
VioletsTM
I Went to See My FatherTM
The Court DancerTM
Please Look After Motherscore-2score-2score-2score-1score-0LKLTM
I’ll be right therescore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKLCMTM
The Place Where the Harmonium Was (Bi-lingual, Vol 12 – Women)score-2score-2score-2score-0score-0LKLCM
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-pyungApril Snow (K-Fiction 021)
AlmondTM
Son Bo-miHot Air Balloon (K-Fiction 003)CMTM
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 YongDiary of a Vagabond
Drumbeat (Bi-lingual, Vol 71 – Taboo and Desire)
Soyoung ParkSnowglobe
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 Record of the Black Dragon Year
Traditional Korean Theatre
The Song of Ch’unhyang: Musical Text as compiled by Master Singer Kim Yŏn-su
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 Story of Hong Gildongscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLTM
The Tale of Cho Ungscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1TM
Woo Da-youngChang-mo (K-Fiction 025)
Yang Gui-jaA Distant and Beautiful PlaceTM
ContradictionsCMTM
RustCMTM
The poet of Wonmi-dong (Bi-lingual, Vol 10 – Industrialization)CM
Strength from Sorrow
Yeon Sang-hoThe Hellbound
Yeon SominThe Healing Season of Pottery
Yi Cheong-junSeopyeonje, the Southerners’ Songsscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-2
The WoundedCM
The Snowy Road (bilingual)CM
The Prophet and Other Storiesscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1
Two Stories From Korea: The Wounded & The Abjectscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0
Your Paradisescore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0
The Wounded (Bi-lingual, Vol 1 – Division)CM
Yi Deok-muThe Aphorisms of Yi Deok-mu: Musings of a Grateful Reader
Yi Ho-cheolPanmunjom (Bi-lingual, Vol 26 – South and North)
Panmunjom and Other Stories
Southerners, Northerners
Yi Hyo-seokLeaves of Grass (Bi-lingual, Vol 103 – Before and After Liberation)
Endless Blue SkyTM
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
Kashil and Best Essays by Yi Kwang-su
The Soilscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-1LKLTM
Yi Mun-guA Brief Biography of Yuja (Bi-lingual, Vol 37 – Tradition)
Yi Mun-yolOur Twisted Heroscore-2score-2score-0score-0score-0LKLTM
The Poetscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKLCMTM
Appointment with my brotherCMTM
Meeting with my brotherTM
Hail To The Emperor!
Twofold Song (bilingual)
Pilon’s Pig (Bi-lingual, Vol 16 – Liberty)CMTM
Son of ManTM
Yi RyukKorean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
Yi SangWings (Bi-lingual, Vol 91 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)score-2score-0score-0score-0score-0
Stories of Yi Sang
The WingsCM
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-1LKLTM
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 Market
Youn Dae-nyeongSong of Everlasting Spring (Bi-lingual, Vol 83 – Aesthetic Priests)
Between Heaven and Earth
Yu Chi-jinKorean Drama Under Japanese Occupation
Three Plays: The Cow – The Mud Hut – The Donkey
Yu Chin-oLecturer Kim and Professor T (Bi-lingual, Vol 92 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)
Yun Heung-gilThe Man Who Was Left as Nine Pairs of Shoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 8 – Industrialization)CM
The Rainy SpellCM
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 Laundry
Yun Ko-eunThe Disaster Touristscore-2score-2score-2score-2score-0LKL
Table for One: Stories
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.