12 Best audiobook books like I Went To See My Father by Shin Kyung-Sook

Cover of I Went To See My Father by Shin Kyung-Sook

I Went To See My Father

By: Shin Kyung-Sook

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After…

If you liked the audiobook plot in I Went To See My Father by Shin Kyung-Sook , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Dimineaţă pierdută by Gabriela Adameșteanu

1. Dimineaţă pierdută

By: Gabriela Adameșteanu

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

,,Este intr-adevar un roman generos cu cititorul: il implica direct, lasindu-l in principiu sa-si a… read more

Similar categories in Gabriela Adameșteanu's Dimineaţă pierdută book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Greek Lessons

By: Han Kang

3.47

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more

Similar categories in Han Kang's Greek Lessons book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

Cover of More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2) by Satoshi Yagisawa

3. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

By: Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more

Similar categories in Satoshi Yagisawa's More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2) book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of This is Amiko, Do You Copy? by Natsuko Imamura

4. This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

By: Natsuko Imamura

3.63

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Other people don’t seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or … read more

Similar categories in Natsuko Imamura's This is Amiko, Do You Copy? book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."

-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

Cover of Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide by Hawon Jung

5. Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide

By: Hawon Jung

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening firsthand account of the ongoing and trailblazing feminist movement in South Korea—o… read more

Similar categories in Hawon Jung's Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • audiobook
Cover of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

6. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

By: Hwang Bo-Reum

4.02

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Yeongju is burned out. With her high-­flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more

Similar categories in Hwang Bo-Reum's Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

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7. The Premonition

By: Banana Yoshimoto

3.43

Format: 133 pages, Hardcover

The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and he… read more

Similar categories in Banana Yoshimoto's The Premonition book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult
"I'd never known a love before that could blot out the world around like this."

-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition

"Later, for the first time in a very long time, I heard my aunt play the piano. Its tone was soft, and just like I remembered it. At the kitchen window one overcast afternoon, I watched its beautiful …"

-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition

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8. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

Similar categories in Bora Chung's Your Utopia book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • asia
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong

9. Mater 2-10

By: Hwang Sok-yong

3.67

Format: 486 pages, Paperback

International Booker–nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story — an epi… read more

Similar categories in Hwang Sok-yong's Mater 2-10 book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • historical fiction
  • family
Cover of Nimeni nu părăsește Palo Alto by Yaniv Iczkovits

10. Nimeni nu părăsește Palo Alto

By: Yaniv Iczkovits

4.05

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Romanul Nimeni nu părăsește Palo Alto este o incursiune tulburătoare în lumea emoțiilor, Yaniv Iczk… read more

Similar categories in Yaniv Iczkovits's Nimeni nu părăsește Palo Alto book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • fiction
Cover of I Went To See My Father by Shin Kyung-Sook

11. I Went To See My Father

By: Shin Kyung-Sook

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After… read more

Similar categories in Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks by Natsuko Imamura

12. Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks

By: Natsuko Imamura

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The startling first collection of dark, surreal, and unsettling stories from the international priz… read more

Similar categories in Natsuko Imamura's Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon

13. A Magical Girl Retires

By: Park Seolyeon

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more

Similar categories in Park Seolyeon's A Magical Girl Retires book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

Cover of The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada

14. The Bookshop Woman

By: Nanako Hanada

3.60

Format: 204 pages, ebook

A love story to climbing all the way down a book's rope, free diving to its bottom, and then resurf… read more

Similar categories in Nanako Hanada's The Bookshop Woman book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • audiobook
  • contemporary
Cover of I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2 by Baek Se-hee

15. I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2

By: Baek Se-hee

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“Alih-alih menerima kekurangan, aku memutuskan untuk tidak memandang diriku sendiri secara negatif.… read more

Similar categories in Baek Se-hee's I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2 book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • asian literature
  • audiobook
  • adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Invisible Hotel by Yeji Y. Ham

16. The Invisible Hotel

By: Yeji Y. Ham

3.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A work of literary horror in the gothic tradition, The Invisible Hotel is a startling, speculative … read more

Similar categories in Yeji Y. Ham's The Invisible Hotel book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • contemporary
  • adult
Cover of Another Person by Kang Hwagil

17. Another Person

By: Kang Hwagil

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Vacuum cleaner bitch. When Jina sees this anonymous comment on a forum it forces her out of her stu… read more

Similar categories in Kang Hwagil's Another Person book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of My Enemy's Cherry Tree by Ting-Kuo Wang

18. My Enemy's Cherry Tree

By: Ting-Kuo Wang

3.45

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

A man who has come from nothing, from poverty and loss, finds himself a beautiful wife, his dream l… read more

Similar categories in Ting-Kuo Wang's My Enemy's Cherry Tree book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literature
  • asia
  • fiction
Cover of Can't I Go Instead by Lee Geum-yi

19. Can't I Go Instead

By: Lee Geum-yi

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women's lives and identities are intertwined—through World War II and the Korean War—revealing … read more

Similar categories in Lee Geum-yi's Can't I Go Instead book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Toward Eternity by Anton Hur

20. Toward Eternity

By: Anton Hur

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean to be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology? In … read more

Similar categories in Anton Hur's Toward Eternity book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories by Bruce Fulton

21. The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories

By: Bruce Fulton

3.74

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This eclectic, moving and richly enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to modern Korea… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Fulton's The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories book and Shin Kyung-Sook's I Went To See My Father

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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