Book Recommendations

Fiction

Title Author Type Information
Untold Night and Day Bae Suah Novel People cross paths over the course of a day and a night in Seoul; a pastiche of The Blind Owl
The Blind Owl Sadeq Hedayat Novella The story of an isolated, obsessed man
Nowhere to be Found Bae Suah Novella A story about anomie
Frankenstein Mary Shelley Novel Just read it
The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro Novel An old English butler reflects on his life
The Hole Hiroko Oyamada Novella A surreal story about the social limitations of women in Japan
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro Novel Exploration of mortality and what it means to be human
Towards Marzahn Bae Suah Short story About an apartment in Berlin
Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata Novel About a woman who works in a convenience store, in my opinion an excellent depiction of what it feels like to be autistic (at least the social aspects of it)