What Korean Musicians Read

Book recommendations and full reading lists from 52 Korean musicians — 322 books in all, 28 of them read by more than one person. Each entry links to the interview, YouTube video or SNS post it came from.

These are Korean stars, so most of the books are Korean editions. Where an official English translation exists it is shown; otherwise the Korean title is kept next to a working translation so you can search for it directly.

Also in this archive: K-Drama & K-Movie Actors · K-Pop Idols

Korean Musicians in this archive (52)

Books Korean musicians have read

Contradictions Yang Gui-ja george, Lady Jane, LIM KIM, Yozoh
Le Petit Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Kwon Eun-bi, Lim Yunchan, Minseo, Paul Kim
Novelist as a Vocation Haruki Murakami Chang Kiha, Ha Hyun Sang, Ko Young-bae, Sumin
Record of a Journey to Mujin Kim Seungok Chang Kiha, Hukky Shibaseki, Yozoh
Sky, Wind, Star and Poem Yun Dong-ju Ha Hyun Sang, Lim Yunchan, Minzy
1984 George Orwell Ha Hyun Sang, Richard Yongjae O'Neill
A Letter to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke Jang Jae-in, Lim Yunchan
Affinity Sarah Waters Ahn Ye-eun, Jung Seung-hwan
Agami Gu Byeong-mo Hanroro, Minseo
Cathedral Raymond Carver Ha Hyun Sang, Lee Seung-yun
Common Languages Kim Eana Ko Young-bae, Park Hyo-shin
Demian Hermann Hesse Lim Yunchan, OKDAL
Frankenstein Mary Shelley Ahn Ye-eun, Richard Yongjae O'Neill
Human Acts Han Kang Hanroro, Minseo
I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me Yang Gui-ja george, LIM KIM
Love and yet Unhappy Kim Eunbi Ha Hyun Sang, Mingginyu
Meu Pe De Laranja Lima José Mauro de Vasconcelos Mingginyu, Minseo
Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf Ahn Ye-eun, Jang Jae-in
Pachinko Min Jin Lee Ahn Ye-eun, Lady Jane
Rashomon (Disambiguation) Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Ha Hyun Sang, Lee Seung-yun
Reality Is Not What It Seems Carlo Rovelli Chang Kiha, Lady Jane
Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang Ha Hyun Sang, Lady Jane
Testimonies Margaret Atwood Ahn Ye-eun, Lady Jane
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Chang Kiha, Jang Jae-in
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin Ha Hyun Sang, Sumin
The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck BIBI, Han Gyeong-Rok (Crying Nut)
Walking in a Carrot Field Ahn Hee-Yeon Hanroro, Kim Sawol
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami Han Gyeong-Rok (Crying Nut), Sumin
1Q84 Haruki Murakami Minseo
2016 Misogynistic Entertainment ize Editorial Team Yozoh
2019 10th Young Writer Award Collection of Winning Works Sang-Young Park, Hee-Seon Kim, Soo-Rin Baek, Joo-Ran Lee, Young-Soo Jeong, Bong-Gon Kim, Lee Mi-Sang Chang Kiha
20th Century Boys Naoki Urasawa BIBI
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari Chang Kiha
A Black Leaf in the Mouth Gi Hyeong-do Jang Jae-in
A Cup of Thought to Fill My Hungry Life Kim Ok-Rim SOYOU
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara Hanroro
A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving Richard Yongjae O'Neill
A Quiet Embrace Park Yeon-joon Hanroro
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams Peter Handke Hanroro
A Story That Cannot Be Deceived in a Nail Kim Park Eun-Kyung Hanroro

Showing the 40 most shared of 322 books. Open a name above for a full reading list.