Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1245)
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True Beauty Volume Three by Yaongyi EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
From the smash hit WEBTOON comic comes a story about self-esteem, love, and learning to accept yourself for who you are. Once bullied for being perceived as ugly, young Jugyeong Lim uses online video tutorials to transform into a beautiful popular girl. Caught in a love triangle between a mystery man and a bad boy, Jugyeong navigates both high school and her personal life, while her self-esteem, romantic life and career are constantly in flux.In this third book of the series, we focus on Seojun, Suho and Seyeon. . . Three guys whose painful pasts are about to be revealed. The three S's! Best F... continue
1035.
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop : A Novel by Hwang Bo-reum EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
The Korean smash hit available for the first time in English, a slice-of-life novel for readers of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library and Gabrielle Zevin's The Storied Life of AJ Fikry.
1036.
Tastes Like War : A Memoir by Grace M. Cho EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
A powerful account of a Korean American daughter's exploration of food and family history to understand her mother's schizophrenia.
1037.
Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
Longlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize.
1038.
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLERTRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside.' RedPSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? ME: I don't know, I'm - what's the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail? Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgemental of others. She hides her feeli... continue
1039.
The Specters of Algeria by Yeo Jung Hwang EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
A group of dramatists that commit what was a subversive act during the South Korean military dictatorships of the twentieth century – distributing copies of Karl Marx's only surviving play, The Specters of Algeria. The consequences of the brutal crackdown by the authorities would set the directions of the lives of two children of the group's members, Yul and Jing. Despite the deep connection between them, Yul would open up an alteration shop in Seoul and Jing would move to Europe. But now, Cheolsu, a dissatisfied employee at a community theatre, is unearthing the truth about The Specters of Al... continue
1040.
Miracle Creek : A Novel by Angie Kim EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
A thrilling debut novel for fans of Liane Moriarty and Celeste Ng about how far we’ll go to protect our families—and our deepest secrets My husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didn’t even consider it a lie, and neither did I, at first . . . In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine—a pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic “dives” with the hopes of curing issues like autism or infertility. But when the Miracle Submarine mysteriously explodes, killing two people, a dramatic murder trial... continue