9 Best fiction books like The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun

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The Disaster Tourist

By: Yun Ko-eun

3.37

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

An eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility, The Disaster Tourist engages with the global di…

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Cover of Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-Joo

1. Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

By: Cho Nam-Joo

3.72

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without c… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • feminism
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"W samochodzie Seunghun podziękował mi i kilka razy poprosił, żebym jak najczęściej przyjeżdżała do Geumju. Chciałam zapytać, czy jej dzieci, czyli jego mama oraz ciocie i wujkowie, często do niej wpa…"

-Cho Nam-Joo, Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

"– Ale rzecz w tym, że nie wyobrażam sobie świata bez babci. Nie liczę na cud. Po prostu chcę, żeby żyła. – Seunghun, ja chyba bym tego nie chciała na jej miejscu. Życie nie ma sensu, gdy nie można ni…"

-Cho Nam-Joo, Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

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2. Idol, Burning

By: Rin Usami

3.23

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

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3. Džekpots

By: Zane Nuts

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Ko tu darītu, ja laimētu milzu naudas summu loterijā? Evelīna un Reinis mācās vidusskolas pēdējā… read more

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4. Nepieradināts putns

By: Zane Zusta

4.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Romāns “Nepieradināts putns” vēsta par uzticēšanos dzīvei un kļūdām, no kurām nav pasargāts neviens… read more

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5. Latvju pacients

By: Jana Egle

4.40

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Rakstniece, dzejniece un dziesminiece Jana Egle (1963) ir kritiķu atzīto un lasītāju iemīļoto stāst… read more

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6. Vārnas

By: Laura Vinogradova

4.42

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Pie lasītājiem dodas Eiropas Savienības balvas literatūrā laureātes Lauras Vinogradovas jaunais dar… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Diary of a Void

By: Emi Yagi

3.51

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • feminism
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?"

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

"I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are."

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

"Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten."

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

"Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers…"

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

Cover of The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama

8. The North Light

By: Hideo Yokoyama

3.82

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a pri… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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9. The Disaster Tourist

By: Yun Ko-eun

3.37

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

An eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility, The Disaster Tourist engages with the global di… read more

Similar categories in Yun Ko-eun's The Disaster Tourist book and Yun Ko-eun's The Disaster Tourist

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • travel
  • feminism
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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10. Raganas

By: Daina Tabūna

3.90

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Almai ir gandrīz 30, kad pēc šķiršanās nākas no jauna meklēt pamatu zem kājām. Par spīti savai skep… read more

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"Dzīve ir rotaļa, dievišķa rotaļa, viņš tonakt teica, un svarīgākais ir rotaļāties; un es iebildu, ka rotaļa tā ir tikai dažiem - atsevišķiem veiksminiekiem, parasti nepelnīti priviliģētiem -, bet vai…"

-Daina Tabūna, Raganas

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11. Winter in Sokcho

By: Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.56

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman - a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut F… read more

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  • asia
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The rain hammered down, the sea rising beneath it in spikes like the spines of a sea urchin."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

"How do you know when a story is done?" "My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

"How do you know when a story is done?’ ‘My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

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12. No tocarás

By: Nuria Pérez

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Tres mujeres excepcionales unidas por sentimientos universales, tres destinos entrelazados. Por la … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Si un árbol cae en el bosque by Marina Tena Tena

13. Si un árbol cae en el bosque

By: Marina Tena Tena

3.64

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Una fría noche de septiembre de 1986, un grito rompe el silencio de la oscuridad. Con las primer… read more

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  • thriller
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14. Piel de cordero

By: Ledicia Costas

4.15

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Catalina, que pertenece a una estirpe de brujas en los últimos años de la Inquisición, se cría en M… read more

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15. Orquesta

By: Miqui Otero

3.74

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Tras el éxito de Simón (Premio Ojo Crítico de Narrativa), «gran canto a la novela» (Sara Mesa), vue… read more

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Cover of Kontratak. Gniewni trzydziestoletni by Sohn Won-Pyung

16. Kontratak. Gniewni trzydziestoletni

By: Sohn Won-Pyung

3.37

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Kontratak. Gniewni trzydziestoletni to druga powieść południowokoreańskiej pisarki Won-Pyung Sohn. … read more

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  • contemporary
Cover of Saplēstā kokvilna by Zane Nuts

17. Saplēstā kokvilna

By: Zane Nuts

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Kopš Dita uzsāka romantiskas attiecības ar bijušā vīra brāli, viņa staro, īpaši daudz nedomājot par… read more

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18. Untold Night and Day

By: Bae Suah

3.49

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A seductive, disorienting novel that manipulates the fragile line between dreams and reality, by So… read more

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  • asia
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"In life there are wounds that like leprosy slowly eat away at the soul in solitude."

-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day

"The door swung back so suddenly it severed them from their shadows, which were left behind like dark ghosts."

-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day

"Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, every photograph is a unique proof of identify, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts."

-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day

"Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, Wolfi thought, every photograph is a unique proof of identity, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts."

-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day

Cover of Rozkład północy by Bora Chung

19. Rozkład północy

By: Bora Chung

3.90

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

W pewnym instytucie badawczym prowadzone są eksperymenty nad przedmiotami o nieznanej proweniencji … read more

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20. La passadora

By: Laia Perearnau

4.37

Format: 504 pages, Hardcover

Torna Laia Perearnau, autora de Francesca de Barcelona, amb una novel·la històrica impressionant. … read more

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21. Hay un monstruo en el lago: El mundo como lugar fantástico

By: Laura Fernández

3.71

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Un genial relato de viajes hacia territorios reales y fantásticos. En 1933, un matrimonio escoces … read more

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8 Best contemporary books like The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun

Transform Your Habits

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

Cho Nam-Joo

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Idol, Burning

Rin Usami

3.23

Transform Your Habits

Diary of a Void

Emi Yagi

3.51

Transform Your Habits

The North Light

Hideo Yokoyama

3.82

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10 Best contemporary books like Kontratak. Gniewni trzydziestoletni by Sohn Won-Pyung

Transform Your Habits

Nocne godziny

Marta Bijan

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Pójdę sama

Chisako Wakatake

3.20

Transform Your Habits

A Perfect Day to Be Alone

Nanae Aoyama

3.12

Transform Your Habits

The Old Woman with the Knife

Gu Byeong-mo

3.52

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