Ahn Hyun-mo Books · 안현모 책

One of Ahn Hyun-mo's ten picks: a moving answer to why we love poems, paintings and nature that bring no profit. (Source: Hankyung)

Living alone has meant more uninterrupted reading time, and this was Ahn Hyun-mo's current book. (Source: Hankyung)

Ahn Hyun-mo wanted one environmental book on the list and chose this comic on purpose as the easiest way in. (Source: Hankyung)

Ahn Hyun-mo named this among favorite self-improvement books; the messages may sound alike, but rereading keeps them sinking in. (Source: Hankyung)

Reading this as a reporter led Ahn Hyun-mo to India; looking back, this book was the root of that journey. (Source: Hankyung)

Ahn Hyun-mo named this among favorite self-improvement books; the messages may sound alike, but rereading keeps them sinking in. (Source: Hankyung)

The longest read on Ahn Hyun-mo's recommendation list, with an apology in advance for its heft. (Source: Hankyung)

A poetry collection by Park Chan-ho's father, a lifelong farmer who wrote a poem nearly every day. (Source: Hankyung)

One of Ahn Hyun-mo's ten picks: we all live on legal ground, and the judge-author's writing is a marvel. (Source: Hankyung)

One of Ahn Hyun-mo's ten picks: like sitting across from Sister Lee Hae-in, with wisdom on relationships. (Source: Hankyung)

One of Ahn Hyun-mo's ten picks, full of golden lines best savored slowly. (Source: Hankyung)

A true favorite; the last page, which pictures happiness as sharing food with someone you love, is Ahn Hyun-mo's favorite passage. (Source: Hankyung)

She found it so fascinating that she looked up the author, noting how much history the author must know to write so deeply about ceramics. (Source: Hankyung)

Citing her appetite for growth and her taste for essays and business books, she named it alongside Excellence among the books that came to mind. (Source: Hankyung)

The book that opened Ahn Hyun-mo's inner journey, a high-school gift kept at the bedside. (Source: Hankyung)

By Kang Se-hyung, a favorite essayist. Full of beloved films, novels and characters, like spotting friends on TV. (Source: Hankyung)

First on Ahn Hyun-mo's list of ten recommendations: a self-described language nerd's fun read on where food names come from. (Source: Hankyung)

Mentioned by Ahn Hyun-mo as another book by the same author, closer to a work of aesthetics. (Source: Hankyung)

One of Ahn Hyun-mo's ten picks, read again and again and passed on to meditation-group friends. (Source: Hankyung)

Recommended by Ahn Hyun-mo, a lover of stories: it guides you to write your own obituary, and so to remember what matters most. (Source: Hankyung)