Reading Across Asia 2023 - hosted by bookswithlee

A book written by a North Korean author
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The Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

The Evening Hero

Marie Myung-Ok Lee

448 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee

The Girl with Seven Names

Hyeonseo Lee

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

Masaji Ishikawa

172 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Hard Road Out by Jihyun Park, Seh-Lynn Chai

The Hard Road Out

Jihyun Park, Seh-Lynn Chai

199 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography emotional informative sad medium-paced
Friend: A Novel from North Korea by Nam-Nyong Paek

Friend: A Novel from North Korea

Nam-Nyong Paek

240 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart by Chesil

The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart

Chesil

168 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Yeonmi Park

9 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Nord-Korea: Ni år på flukt fra helvete by Eunsun Kim

Nord-Korea: Ni år på flukt fra helvete

Eunsun Kim

224 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Red Years: Forbidden Poems from Inside North Korea by Heinz Insu Fenkl, Bandi

The Red Years: Forbidden Poems from Inside North Korea

Heinz Insu Fenkl, Bandi

208 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction poetry reflective medium-paced