6 must-read thriller books like The Consultant by Im Seong-Sun

Cover of The Consultant by Im Seong-Sun

The Consultant

By: Im Seong-Sun

3.42

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

The award-winning Korean smash-hit crime novel available for the first time in English-a darkly fun…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Consultant by Im Seong-Sun , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Los cuentos siniestros by Kōbō Abe

1. Los cuentos siniestros

By: Kōbō Abe

4.00

Format: 45 pages, Paperback

Lo siniestro en el universo de Kobo Abe merodea en lo cotidiano, observa desde atras del lugar comu… read more

Similar categories in Kōbō Abe's Los cuentos siniestros book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • fiction

2. Éstos son los días

By: Alberto Chimal

3.99

Format: 112 pages,

Ninas de apariencia inocente que en realidad son asesinas seriales, personajes que se rebelan en co… read more

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3. El vampiro de la colonia Roma

By: Luis Zapata

4.18

Format: 368 pages,

La hipotetica presencia de una grabadora, de un interlocutor (o de un "lector") sirve de pauta a un… read more

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4. The Name of the Game is a Kidnapping

By: Keigo Higashino

3.91

Format: 385 pages,

Sakuma is a high-profile ad agent who was about to land one of the biggest gigs of his career. But … read more

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

5. 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

Similar categories in Cho Nam-Joo's Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • asian literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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

Cover of Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Onda

6. Honeybees and Distant Thunder

By: Riku Onda

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Tender and intense, Honeybees and Distant Thunder is the unflinching story of love, courage and riv… read more

Similar categories in Riku Onda's Honeybees and Distant Thunder book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • asian literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The highest form of human achievement was music. Human beings might have dirty, repulsive aspects to them, but out of the sordid swamp that was humanity - no, it was precisely because of this chaotic…"

-Riku Onda, Honeybees and Distant Thunder

"Music always had to be of the now. It couldn't just be something preserved in a museum, and it was meaningless unless it was alive in the present. If you were satisfied with merely unearthing a lovel…"

-Riku Onda, Honeybees and Distant Thunder

"What kind of job was it to be a musician? What sort of vocation was it, anyway? Vocation - that was the perfect word for it. It really was a calling, a living calling. It didn't fill your stomach, di…"

-Riku Onda, Honeybees and Distant Thunder

"What a strange thing music was. It was just one small individual up there performing, and the notes created by those fingers were here one moment and gone the next. Yet what was there was almost the …"

-Riku Onda, Honeybees and Distant Thunder

Cover of The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama

7. 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

Similar categories in Hideo Yokoyama's The North Light book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Mantis by Kōtarō Isaka

8. The Mantis

By: Kōtarō Isaka

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, a propulsive new t… read more

Similar categories in Kōtarō Isaka's The Mantis book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Cocoon

By: Zhang Yueran

4.03

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

Cheng Gong and Li Jiaqi go way back. Both hailing from dysfunctional families, they grew up togethe… read more

Similar categories in Zhang Yueran's Cocoon book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • asian literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"If the gods deal you a terrible hand, all you can do is play it as best you can."

-Zhang Yueran, Cocoon

"We’re born kind, but it slips away as we age. Remember how fervently we searched for the truth when we were kids?"

-Zhang Yueran, Cocoon

"This may be the most complicated thing about being human: acknowledging our mistakes doesn’t mean drawing a line under them; as long as we’re still drawing breath, we’ll keep facing new tests, and we…"

-Zhang Yueran, Cocoon

Cover of The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) by Keigo Higashino

10. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more

Similar categories in Keigo Higashino's The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama

11. A Perfect Day to Be Alone

By: Nanae Aoyama

3.12

Format: 160 pages, ebook

It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more

Similar categories in Nanae Aoyama's A Perfect Day to Be Alone book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • asian literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

Cover of Mliječni zubi by Lana Bastašić

12. Mliječni zubi

By: Lana Bastašić

4.00

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Nova knjiga priča Lane Bastašić ulazi u područja bizarnog, neobičnog, čudnog i gotovo strašnog. Taj… read more

Similar categories in Lana Bastašić's Mliječni zubi book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata

13. A Woman of Pleasure

By: Kiyoko Murata

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th… read more

Similar categories in Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • asian literature
  • fiction
Cover of The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

14. The Noh Mask Murder

By: Akimitsu Takagi

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in t… read more

Similar categories in Akimitsu Takagi's The Noh Mask Murder book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. My Brilliant Sister

By: Amy Brown

3.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

While Stella Miles Franklin took on the world, her beloved sister Linda led a short, domestic life … read more

Similar categories in Amy Brown's My Brilliant Sister book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Perros by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

16. Perros

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

3.89

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

En el centro de esta historia hay una mujer que nunca consideró traer un perro a casa. Pero su mari… read more

Similar categories in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim's Perros book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • asian literature
Cover of Suzuran by Aki Shimazaki

17. Suzuran

By: Aki Shimazaki

3.90

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Dans une petite ville près de la mer du Japon, d’où l’on peut voir les sommets enneigés du mont Dai… read more

Similar categories in Aki Shimazaki's Suzuran book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • asian literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of El mapa de los afectos by Ana Merino

18. El mapa de los afectos

By: Ana Merino

3.04

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Valeria, una joven maestra de escuela que tiene una relación secreta con Tom, que le lleva treinta … read more

Similar categories in Ana Merino's El mapa de los afectos book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Consultant by Im Seong-Sun

19. The Consultant

By: Im Seong-Sun

3.42

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

The award-winning Korean smash-hit crime novel available for the first time in English-a darkly fun… read more

Similar categories in Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • thriller
  • dark
  • crime
  • mystery
Cover of Return to Wyldcliffe Heights by Carol Goodman

20. Return to Wyldcliffe Heights

By: Carol Goodman

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Jane Eyre meets  The Thirteenth Tale  in this new modern gothic mystery from two-time Mary Higgins … read more

Similar categories in Carol Goodman's Return to Wyldcliffe Heights book and Im Seong-Sun's The Consultant

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Amor al prójimo: Premio Mauricio Achar Random House 2023 (Spanish Edition) by Gabriela Enríquez

21. Amor al prójimo: Premio Mauricio Achar Random House 2023 (Spanish Edition)

By: Gabriela Enríquez

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

«Una novela que retratala vulnerabilidad en torno a las pérdidas, ausencias y la resiliencia frente… read more

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16 Top fiction books like The Consultant by Im Seong-Sun

Transform Your Habits

Los cuentos siniestros

Kōbō Abe

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

Cho Nam-Joo

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Honeybees and Distant Thunder

Riku Onda

3.94

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The North Light

Hideo Yokoyama

3.82

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The Rainbow

Yasunari Kawabata

3.50

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Nipponia Nippon

Kazushige Abe

3.31

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Asako Yuzuki

3.60

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Banana Yoshimoto

3.43

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