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25 September 2026 Review

Review: If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light by Kim Cho-yeop

Updated 1 August 2026 Book list

Best Korean books to read before your visit to South Korea

6 November 2023 Review

Review: Gaslight by Femi Kayode

31 July 2023 Review

Review: Walking Practice by Dolki Min

13 February 2023 Review

Review: The Pachinko Parlor by Elisa Shua Dusapin

30 January 2023 Review

Review: Y/N by Esther Yi

16 January 2023 Review

Review: Manja of de zeven lagen der ziltheid by Dimitri Leue

2 January 2023 Review

Review: The Piano Tuner by Chiang-Sheng Kuo

26 December 2022 Book list

Most interesting and engaging books of 2022

28 November 2022 Review

Review: Launch Something! by Bae Myung-hoon

14 November 2022 Review

Review: November by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

31 October 2022 Review

Review: Wolves by Jeon Sungtae

22 August 2022 Review

Review: New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre by Cho Yeeun

4 July 2022 Review

Review: Bad Kids by Zijin Chen

20 June 2022 Review

Review: I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

30 May 2022 Review

Review: Endless Blue Sky by Lee Hyoseok

16 May 2022 Review

Review: Flock Without Birds by Filip Dousek

25 April 2022 Review

Review: The Library of Musical Instruments by Kim Junghyuk

11 April 2022 Review

Review: Witches by Brenda Lozano

4 April 2022 Book list

Books that make you feel stuck in one place

28 March 2022 Review

Review: Metronome by Tom Watson

21 March 2022 Japanese language

Where to buy Japanese language books online from Europe?

14 March 2022 Review

Review: Where the Language Lives by Janet Yoder

28 February 2022 Review

Review: Night Picture of Rain Sound by Sue Ja Joo

14 February 2022 Review

Review: How Do You Live? by Genzaburō Yoshino

31 January 2022 Review

Review: Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

17 January 2022 Review

Review: Rx by Garin Cycholl

3 January 2022 Review

Review: Whisper by Chang Yu-ko

13 December 2021 Book list

Most interesting and engaging books of 2021

6 December 2021 Review

Review: Bolla by Pajtim Statovci

29 November 2021 Review

Review: Saving Schrödinger’s Cat by Mark Jenkins

22 November 2021 Review

Review: Future Bright, Future Grimm by D.J. MacLennan

11 October 2021 Book list

Interesting Japanese Short Story Collections

4 October 2021 Review

Review: The Cabinet by Kim Un-su

27 September 2021 Book list

Exciting Korean Short Story Collections

20 September 2021 Book list

Most Interesting Books Set in Austria

13 September 2021 Review

Review: Lemon by Kwon Yeo-sun

6 September 2021 Review

Review: Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

30 August 2021 Review

Review: The Escapement by Lavie Tidhar

23 August 2021 Review

Review: Scales of Injustice by Lōa Hō

11 August 2021 Book list

Interesting books set on mysterious, magical and absurd islands

2 August 2021 Review

Review: Shoko’s Smile by Choi Eunyoung

26 July 2021 Review

Review: So We Look to the Sky by Misumi Kobo

19 July 2021 Review

Review: Faraway by Lo Yi-Chin

14 July 2021 Book list

Most interesting books set in China

12 July 2021 Review

Review: Fate by Zhou Haohui

5 July 2021 Review

Review: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

28 June 2021 Review

Review: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

21 June 2021 Review

Review: Satellite love by Genki Ferguson

16 June 2021 Book list

Most interesting books set in Taiwan

14 June 2021 Review

Review: Friend: A Novel from North Korea by Paek Nam-nyong

7 June 2021 Review

Review: Hunter School by Sakinu Ahronglong

31 May 2021 Review

Review: Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

24 May 2021 Review

Review: The Mountain Whisperer by Jia Pingwa

17 May 2021 Review

Review: Hyphen by Pardis Mahdavi

10 May 2021 Review

Review: Stronghold by Kesha Bakunin

3 May 2021 Review

Review: To the Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-young

26 April 2021 Review

Review: What Was Said To Me by Ruby Peter and Helene Demers

19 April 2021 Review

Review: Astral Season, Beastly Season by Tahi Saihate

12 April 2021 Review

Review: I’m Waiting for You and Other Stories by Kim Bo-young

5 April 2021 Review

Review: Orakel by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

29 March 2021 Review

Review: Popisho by Leone Ross

22 March 2021 Review

Review: The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei

15 March 2021 Review

Review: Folklorn by Angela Mi Young Hur

8 March 2021 Review

Review: The Field by Robert Seethaler

1 March 2021 Review

Review: Tower by Bae Myung-hoon

22 February 2021 Review

Review: Touring the Land of the Dead by Maki Kashimada

15 February 2021 Review

Review: Becoming Inspector Chen by Qiu Xiaolong

8 February 2021 Review

Review: Lightseekers by Femi Kayode

1 February 2021 Review

Review: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

25 January 2021 Review

Review: Oh, Tama! by Mieko Kanai

18 January 2021 Review

Review: On Fragile Waves by E. Lily Yu

11 January 2021 Review

Review: How We Are Translated by Jessica Gaitán Johannesson

4 January 2021 Review

Review: Dead Money by Srinath Adiga

28 December 2020 Review

Review: Natural History by Carlos Fonseca

23 December 2020 Book list

Most interesting and engaging books of 2020

21 December 2020 Review

Review: One More for Christmas by Sarah Morgan

14 December 2020 Review

Review: Don’t Wake Me by Martin Krüger

7 December 2020 Review

Review: The Vines by Shelley Nolden

30 November 2020 Review

Review: I’ll Fly Away by Rudy Francisco

23 November 2020 Review

Review: There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura

16 November 2020 Review

Review: The Ghost Moths by Harry Farthing

9 November 2020 Review

Review: My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim

2 November 2020 Review

Review: Witch Bottle by Tom Fletcher

26 October 2020 Review

Review: The Underground Village by Kang Kyeong-ae

19 October 2020 Review

Review: The Fish Dress by Carol Parker

12 October 2020 Review

Review: Invisible Ink by Patrick Modiano

5 October 2020 Review

Review: Land-Water-Sky / Ndè-Tı-Yat’a by Katłıà

28 September 2020 Review

Review: Snake Island by Ben Hobson

21 September 2020 Review

Review: Where the Wild Ladies Are by Matsuda Aoko

14 September 2020 Review

Review: The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida by Clarissa Goenawan

7 September 2020 Review

Review: b, Book, and Me by Kim Sagwa

4 September 2020 Book list

Famous Japanese Books about Cats with English translation

31 August 2020 Review

Review: Viral by Matthew Sperling

24 August 2020 Review

Review: Inheritors by Asako Serizawa

17 August 2020 Review

Review: The Mermaid from Jeju by Sumi Hahn

10 August 2020 Review

Review: Bluebeard's First Wife by Ha Seong-nan

3 August 2020 Review

Review: Girls Against God by Jenny Hval

27 July 2020 Review

Review: Seven Years of Darkness by You-jeong Jeong

20 July 2020 Review

Review: Summerwater by Sarah Moss

13 July 2020 Review

Review: Spark by Naoki Matayoshi

10 July 2020 Books

How to sign up for Ridibooks and download your first free Korean language ebook

6 July 2020 Review

Review: Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

1 July 2020 Book list

Best Hong Kong books to read before your visit to Hong Kong

29 June 2020 Review

Review: Some Are Always Hungry by Jihyun Yun

22 June 2020 Review

Review: The Law of Lines by Hye-young Pyun

15 June 2020 Review

Review: A Witchly Influence by Stephanie Grey

8 June 2020 Review

Review: Conception by Özgür Uyanık

1 June 2020 Review

Review: Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

27 May 2020 Books

Traveling in 2020: Where to Kim?

25 May 2020 Review

Review: Long Live the Post Horn! by Vigdis Hjorth

18 May 2020 Review

Review: The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos

11 May 2020 Review

Review: I Live in the slums by Can Xue

4 May 2020 Review

Review: The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse

27 April 2020 Review

Review: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

20 April 2020 Review

Review: What Makes a City? by Park Seongwon

13 April 2020 Review

Review: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun

6 April 2020 Review

Review: Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

3 April 2020 Review

Review: The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

1 April 2020 Book list

Best Malaysian books to read before your visit to Malaysia

25 March 2020 Books

How to read or buy Korean language books online from Europe

23 March 2020 Review

Review: The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada

16 March 2020 Review

Review: The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo

9 March 2020 Review

Review: A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami

4 March 2020 Book list

Best Finnish books to read before your visit to Finland

2 March 2020 Review

Review: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

21 February 2020 Review

Review: Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen

17 February 2020 Review

Review: Children of the Cave by Virve Sammalkorpi

3 February 2020 Review

Review: Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me by Javier Marías

27 January 2020 Books

Travel souvenirs for book lovers and language lovers

30 December 2019 Review

Review: Lion Cross Point by Masatsugu Ono

25 December 2019 Review

Review: Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

16 December 2019 Review

Review: Flowers of Mold by Ha Seong-nan

9 December 2019 Book list

What to read before traveling to space?

2 December 2019 Review

Review: And the Wind Sees All by Guðmundur Andri Thorsson

25 November 2019 Review

Review: Vaseline Buddha by Jung Young-moon

1 November 2019 Review

Books I read in October 2019

30 September 2019 Review

Books I read in September 2019

4 September 2019 Book list

Best Japanese books to read before your visit to Japan