7 Top thriller books like Saha by Cho Nam-Joo

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Saha

By: Cho Nam-Joo

2.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A National Book Award Finalist hailed as “a social treatise as well as a work of art” (Alexandra Al…

If you liked the thriller plot in Saha by Cho Nam-Joo , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. 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 Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • novels
  • 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

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2. Teka-Teki Rumah Aneh

By: Uketsu

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Seorang kenalan ingin membeli rumah seken di Tokyo dan memperlihatkan denah rumahnya padaku karena … read more

Similar categories in Uketsu's Teka-Teki Rumah Aneh book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • thriller
  • novels
  • mystery
Cover of Idol, Burning by Rin Usami

3. 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

Similar categories in Rin Usami's Idol, Burning book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • 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

Cover of DallerGut Dream Department Store by Lee Mi-ye

4. 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 Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"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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5. 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 Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • asian literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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

Cover of This is Amiko, Do You Copy? by Natsuko Imamura

6. 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 Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

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

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

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7. 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 Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • 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

Cover of Saha by Cho Nam-Joo

8. Saha

By: Cho Nam-Joo

2.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A National Book Award Finalist hailed as “a social treatise as well as a work of art” (Alexandra Al… read more

Similar categories in Cho Nam-Joo's Saha book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • audiobook
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • thriller
  • novels
  • adult
  • mystery
  • science fiction
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9. 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

Similar categories in Emi Yagi's Diary of a Void book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • novels
  • 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

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10. Butter

By: Asako Yuzuki

3.60

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more

Similar categories in Asako Yuzuki's Butter book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

Cover of The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto

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 Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • asian literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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

Cover of Your Utopia by Bora Chung

12. 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 Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama

13. 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 Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • asian literature
  • audiobook
  • 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 Seorang Pria yang Melalui Duka dengan Mencuci Piring by Andreas Kurniawan

14. Seorang Pria yang Melalui Duka dengan Mencuci Piring

By: Andreas Kurniawan

4.51

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Ketika menyambut pasien yang sedang berduka, seorang psikiater akan menggali keilmuan yang dimiliki… read more

Similar categories in Andreas Kurniawan's Seorang Pria yang Melalui Duka dengan Mencuci Piring book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

Cover of Tragedi Pedang Keadilan by Keigo Higashino

15. Tragedi Pedang Keadilan

By: Keigo Higashino

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Sejak istrinya meninggal, Nagamine Shigeki hidup hanya berdua dengan putrinya, Ema. Suatu malam, Em… read more

Similar categories in Keigo Higashino's Tragedi Pedang Keadilan book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Toko Jajanan Ajaib Zenitendo 1 (Zenitendo, #1) by Reiko Hiroshima

16. Toko Jajanan Ajaib Zenitendo 1 (Zenitendo, #1)

By: Reiko Hiroshima

4.11

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Di toko jajanan ajaib Zenitendo semua keinginan pembelinya bisa terwujud. Hanya saja, semua perkata… read more

Similar categories in Reiko Hiroshima's Toko Jajanan Ajaib Zenitendo 1 (Zenitendo, #1) book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • mystery
  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Concerning My Daughter by Hye-Jin Kim

17. Concerning My Daughter

By: Hye-Jin Kim

3.71

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

When an ageing mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants fo… read more

Similar categories in Hye-Jin Kim's Concerning My Daughter book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ir abrindo mão das coisas de que gostamos. Essa é a definição do verbo envelhecer."

-Hye-Jin Kim, Concerning My Daughter

"That child who sprang from my own flesh and blood is perhaps the creature I'm most distant from."

-Hye-Jin Kim, Concerning My Daughter

"Ela estudou tanto que, não tendo mais o que estudar, foi aprender o que não devia. Por exemplo: como negar o mundo, como ir contra o mundo."

-Hye-Jin Kim, Concerning My Daughter

"It's not my fault. It's not your fault. It's no one's fault. If we keep telling ourselves that, then who should all the victims of the world go to for their apology?"

-Hye-Jin Kim, Concerning My Daughter

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

18. 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 Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun

19. Lemon

By: Kwon Yeo-Sun

3.27

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 2002, when Korea is abuzz over hosting the FIFA World Cup, nineteen-year-old Kim H… read more

Similar categories in Kwon Yeo-Sun's Lemon book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2) by Sōji Shimada

20. Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2)

By: Sōji Shimada

3.55

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

The Crooked House sits on a snowbound cliff at the remote northern tip of Japan. A curious place to… read more

Similar categories in Sōji Shimada's Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2) book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre by Cho yeeun

21. 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

Similar categories in Cho yeeun's The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre book and Cho Nam-Joo's Saha

  • asian literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"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

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Greek Lessons

Han Kang

3.47

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Teka-Teki Rumah Aneh

Uketsu

3.99

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Rin Usami

3.23

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Lee Mi-ye

3.79

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Kim Ho-yeon

4.04

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3.79

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Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

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