13 Top asian literature books like Europa (Yeoyu, #3) by Han Kang

Cover of Europa (Yeoyu, #3) by Han Kang

Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

By: Han Kang

3.82

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

Inah has been having nightmares. Nightmares of fish bones, fractals, and a marriage that ended unde…

If you liked the asian literature plot in Europa (Yeoyu, #3) by Han Kang , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, Bonnie Huie

1. Notes of a Crocodile

By: Qiu Miaojin , Bonnie Huie

3.83

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Set in the post-martial-law era of late 1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-ag… read more

Similar categories in Qiu Miaojin's Notes of a Crocodile book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • asia
  • fiction
  • queer
"Unhealthy love is two people stoking a shared fantasy of desperate beauty, weaponizing passion and desire."

-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

"Secretly though, I did sort of enjoy being a fucked-up mess. Apart from that, I didn't have a whole lot going on."

-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

"Like death, college serves as a kind of escape hatch. But while death takes you straight to the morgue, college is a single rope dangling loose from the inescapable net of society."

-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

"Sweeping that other me into their arms, they led me in a dance within societal norms, along a trajectory based on a delusion. (Though I couldn't define what I was, I knew what I wasn't.)"

-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

2. The Hole

By: Sora Kim-Russell , Hye-Young Pyun , None

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Bestseller in Korea, a Psychological Thriller about Loneliness and the Dark Truths We Try to Bury… read more

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3. Mamut

By: Eva Baltasar

3.58

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

La protagonista de Mamut és una dona arcaica atrapada en la vida moderna. El seu medi és la ciutat,… read more

Similar categories in Eva Baltasar's Mamut book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. Boulder

By: Eva Baltasar

3.89

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

La protagonista d'aquesta novel·la és una dona atreta per la solitud com per un imant. Es guanya la… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adultos."

-Eva Baltasar, Boulder

"Y sin embargo he descubierto que no se puede columpiar a un hijo sin sonreír. Lo he intentado y es imposible. Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adul…"

-Eva Baltasar, Boulder

"I listen with all five senses, I listen to her with my entire body, with everything but my heart, which feels like it wants to thrash the hell out of me. This wasn't part of our plan. The truth is we…"

-Eva Baltasar, Boulder

"But all this tunneling has opened rifts through which the captive parts of me have started to emerge. I realize that I am smoke, that the things that define me rise as they would up a chimney, probin…"

-Eva Baltasar, Boulder

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5. DallerGut Dream Department Store

By: Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD|| In a mysterious town that lies h… read more

Similar categories in Lee Mi-ye's DallerGut Dream Department Store book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak"

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak."

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"I don't think humans are some self-driving car racing toward the finish line. We must own our lives, start the engine ourselves, and sometimes put on brakes."

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"I believe there are two ways to love your life, Penny. The first is to work hard to change your life when you feel unsatisfied.' 'That seems about right.' Penny nods. 'The second option may look easi…"

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

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6. The Hole

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.49

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the cou… read more

Similar categories in Hiroko Oyamada's The Hole book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • asian literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I moved out here with my husband."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"It's just, families are strange things, aren't they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the childre…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"Abrí la ventana y oí a las cigarras cantar. No sé si era porque estaba en el campo y había muchos árboles o por la influencia del clima de ese año, pero nunca las había oído con tanta intensidad. Era…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

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7. Life Ceremony

By: Sayaka Murata

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more

Similar categories in Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

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8. Dragon Palace

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 From the bestselling author of Strange Weather i… read more

Similar categories in Hiromi Kawakami's Dragon Palace book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • asian literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada

9. Weasels in the Attic

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more

Similar categories in Hiroko Oyamada's Weasels in the Attic book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic

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10. Headshot

By: Rita Bullwinkel

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more

Similar categories in Rita Bullwinkel's Headshot book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The desire to please people is the desire to not be singular."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"Tanya Maw's sister is two years older, the perfect age gap for wisdom transmission."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It can be intoxicating to play a sport that requires one to look in their opponent's eyes."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It's a warmth that she'll feel again very few times in her life. It's almost like love, but it has a surer, less desperate edge to it."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

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11. 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 Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
"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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12. Snowglobe

By: Soyoung Park

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can es… read more

Similar categories in Soyoung Park's Snowglobe book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • asian literature
  • fiction
Cover of Your Utopia by Bora Chung

13. 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 Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada

14. The Factory

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.34

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Jap… read more

Similar categories in Hiroko Oyamada's The Factory book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"As I opened the basement-level door, I thought I could smell birds."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

"I didn’t have to answer any weird questions about what I was reading, or hear anyone’s thoughts about which 7-Eleven bento they liked best."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

"All I could see was a meaningless arrangement of squiggles and dots, symbols and patterns, running on endlessly. Words are such unstable things."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

"Life has nothing to do with work and work has no real bearing on life. I used to think they were connected, but now I can see there’s just no way."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

Cover of Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks by Natsuko Imamura

15. 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 Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • asian literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu

16. Happy Stories, Mostly

By: Norman Erikson Pasaribu

3.77

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Playful, shape-shifting and emotionally charged, Happy Stories, Mostly is a collection of twelve st… read more

Similar categories in Norman Erikson Pasaribu's Happy Stories, Mostly book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Time Differences by Yōko Tawada

17. Time Differences

By: Yōko Tawada

3.42

Format: 40 pages, Chapbook

Mamoru wakes up at 9am in Berlin, eats breakfast, and then sets off to teach a Japanese language cl… read more

Similar categories in Yōko Tawada's Time Differences book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • asian literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
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18. A Clean Marriage

By: Sayaka Murata

3.52

Format: 8 pages, None

‘Frequency of sex since marriage: zero.’ Sayaka Murata on a sexless marriage and the ‘Clean Breeder… read more

Similar categories in Sayaka Murata's A Clean Marriage book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
Cover of Europa (Yeoyu, #3) by Han Kang

19. Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

By: Han Kang

3.82

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

Inah has been having nightmares. Nightmares of fish bones, fractals, and a marriage that ended unde… read more

Similar categories in Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3) book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • queer
Cover of The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre by Cho yeeun

20. The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre

By: Cho yeeun

3.51

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

At New Seoul Park, Korea’s greatest theme park, an enigmatic man tempts visitors with a mysterious … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • asian literature
"I couldn't help but feel empty inside as I thought about all the moments of my life fading away like that. What was I, after all, if all the memories that made me up were gone?"

-Cho yeeun, The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre

Cover of One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun

21. One Hundred Shadows

By: Hwang Jungeun

3.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! Han Kang’s Human Acts meets Yōko Ogawa’s The Memory Police in this und… read more

Similar categories in Hwang Jungeun's One Hundred Shadows book and Han Kang's Europa (Yeoyu, #3)

  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
"Are we ghosts? we wondered. Who could tell, this late at night. We might be ghosts seeking others of our kind, walking under a pale moon."

-Hwang Jungeun, One Hundred Shadows

"More than anything else, Nana's not sure if she wants to open up Sora and Aeja and Nana herself to Moseh ssi, not so much the actual Sora, Aeja, and Nana, but as they exist for her, inside her. Betwe…"

-Hwang Jungeun, One Hundred Shadows

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