5 Best fiction books like The Tale of Chun Hyang by Jae-Hyo Shin

Cover of The Tale of Chun Hyang by Jae-Hyo Shin

The Tale of Chun Hyang

By: Jae-Hyo Shin

4.17

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

The legendary story of the daughter of a kisaeng, Korean singer/entertainer, and Li Mong Ryong, the…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Tale of Chun Hyang by Jae-Hyo Shin , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Human Acts by Han Kang, Deborah  Smith

1. Human Acts

By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer… read more

Similar categories in Han Kang's Human Acts book and Jae-Hyo Shin's The Tale of Chun Hyang

  • fiction
Cover of Out by Natsuo Kirino, Stephen    Snyder

2. Out

By: Natsuo Kirino , Stephen Snyder

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Natsuo Kirino's novel tells a story of random violence in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mothe… read more

Similar categories in Natsuo Kirino's Out book and Jae-Hyo Shin's The Tale of Chun Hyang

  • fiction
"...I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

"And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

"I'm desperate for money'. She said. And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

"I'm desperate for money'. She said. 'And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you'. (Yoshie Azuma)"

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

Cover of All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

3. All the Lovers in the Night

By: Mieko Kawakami

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a city wher… read more

Similar categories in Mieko Kawakami's All the Lovers in the Night book and Jae-Hyo Shin's The Tale of Chun Hyang

  • romance
  • fiction
"It only took me a couple of hours to realise that she was a woman of talents beyond anything I could imagine - even though I was a stranger to such talents myself."

-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

"The light at night is special because the overwhelming light of day has left us, and the remaining half draws on everything it has to keep the world around us bright."

-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"

-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"

-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

Cover of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki by Baek Se-hee

4. I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

By: Baek Se-hee

3.28

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

The South Korean runaway bestseller, debut author Baek Sehee's intimate therapy memoir, as recommen… read more

Similar categories in Baek Se-hee's I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki book and Jae-Hyo Shin's The Tale of Chun Hyang

"Togetherness means altruism, and altruism is what saves us from selfishness."

-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

"For example, when you’re co-dependent on your partner you resent them, but when you leave your partner, you feel anxious and bereft."

-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

"Fear increases when it's something that you keep to yourself. Instead of suffering alone, it can often be good to share it with someone else."

-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

"What matters isn't what people say but what you like and find joy in. I hope you focus less on how you look to other people and more on fulfilling your true desires."

-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

Cover of The White Book by Han Kang

5. The White Book

By: Han Kang

3.81

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary p… read more

Similar categories in Han Kang's The White Book book and Jae-Hyo Shin's The Tale of Chun Hyang

  • fiction
"Now and then, the passage of time seems acutely apparent. Physical pain always sharpens the awareness."

-Han Kang, The White Book

"This life needed only one of us to live it. If you had lived beyond those first few hours, I would not be living now. My life means yours is impossible."

-Han Kang, The White Book

"And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it shattered and is shattering still. Slipping stubbornly through fingers."

-Han Kang, The White Book

"There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everyt…"

-Han Kang, The White Book

Cover of The Tale of Chun Hyang by Jae-Hyo Shin

6. The Tale of Chun Hyang

By: Jae-Hyo Shin

4.17

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

The legendary story of the daughter of a kisaeng, Korean singer/entertainer, and Li Mong Ryong, the… read more

Similar categories in Jae-Hyo Shin's The Tale of Chun Hyang book and Jae-Hyo Shin's The Tale of Chun Hyang

  • romance
  • fiction

19 Top fiction books like All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

Transform Your Habits

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto , Megan Backus

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts

3.95

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I Who Have Never Known Men

Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Greek Lessons

Han Kang

3.47

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