Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1976)
1651.
Aloft by Chang-rae Lee EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
Jerry Battle, a suburban middle-aged man from Long Island, loves to fly his small plane solo and just "disappear", but when a family crisis occurs, Jerry must face his disengagement in his relationships and learn what it means to be a father, husband, son, and lover.
1652.
A Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
From the acclaimed author of "Native Speaker" comes his second novel about a Japanese World War II veteran who becomes a proper man and upstanding citizen in New York.
1653.
The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
Thirty years after vying for the attentions of a beautiful but damaged missionary wife at a Korean orphanage, Korean orphan June Han and former GI Hector Brennan are reunited by a plot that forces them to come to terms with mysterious secrets from their past. By the author of Native Speaker.
1654.
In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family by Nansook Hong EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
A Korean-American recounts her fourteen years of abuse at the hands of her husband, the drug-addicted eldest son of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, and reveals the corruption behind the religious fac+a2ade of Moon's organization. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
1655.
The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
If you could swap your life for a better one, which would you choose? On the outskirts of Rainbow Town, there is an old, abandoned house. They say that if you send a letter detailing your misfortunes there, you could receive a ticket. If you bring this ticket to the house on the first day of the rainy season, you'll be granted entrance into the mysterious Rainfall Market—where you can choose to completely change your life. No one is more surprised than Serin when she receives a ticket. Lonely and with no real prospects for a future, Serin ventures to the market, determined to create a better l... continue
1656.
Counterweight : A Novel by Djuna EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
A WIRED "BOOK YOU NEED TO READ" • For fans of the worlds of Philip K. Dick, Squid Game, and Severance: An absorbing tale of corporate intrigue, political unrest, unsolved mysteries, and the havoc wreaked by one company’s monomaniacal endeavor to build the world’s first space elevator An “antic, madcap noir with flair" (Wired) and “fast-paced cyberpunk story” (The New York Times Book Review) from one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, whose identity remains unknown. *** On the fictional island of Patusan—and much to the ire of the Patusan natives—the Korean conglomerate LK i... continue
1657.
Conejo maldito by Bora Chung ES
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
Las diez historias recogidas en este volumen plantean el terrible escenario, fuente habitual de miedos adultos e infantiles, de que lo sobrenatural se apodere del espacio doméstico y nuestra vida cotidiana.A medio camino entre el terror, la ciencia-ficción y la literatura del absurdo, Bora Chung ha unificado en sus cuentos todas sus obsesiones literarias: las leyendas tradicionales de Corea, la literatura europeagrotesca, los géneros fantásticos más retorcidos y una generosa dosis de terror cotidiano, todo ello acompañado de un enfoque feminista, pues muchos de los horrores que se describen en... continue
1658.
Accidentally on Purpose: A Memoir by Kristen Kish EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
A tender, cleareyed memoir, Accidentally on Purpose charts a journey full of purpose, belonging, and real love—a “recipe for a life worth living” (Stacy London). Kristen Kish never could have imagined people on the street knowing her name—not when she was a carefree softball-tossing kid, in high school working at a pretzel stand, and not even when she finally found her true calling as a chef. In those early days, becoming a chef meant tethering oneself to a restaurant and working in the back of a kitchen, not a television set. But working in the spotlight happened naturally, even if the attent... continue
1659.
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
June Hur, critically acclaimed author of The Silence of Bones and The Forest of Stolen Girls, returns with The Red Palace—a third evocative, atmospheric historical mystery perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kerri Maniscalco. To enter the palace means to walk a path stained in blood... Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father's approva... continue
