What books does Cha Woo-min recommend?

Cha Woo-min's book recommendations in this archive: Onze Minutos, 1984, A Little Bit of a Lie, In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays and Nausea, and 25 more. Every book on this page is linked to the interview, YouTube video, SNS post or photo where it came up.

How many books has Cha Woo-min read?

Cha Woo-min has 30 books recorded here so far, read or recommended in public Korean-language sources. The list grows whenever a new book mention turns up.

Where do these Cha Woo-min book recommendations come from?

Book recommendations are only part of it. This reading list also includes books Cha Woo-min said they were reading or mentioned in interviews, YouTube clips, variety shows, fan-cafe posts and SNS, as well as books spotted in photo shoots and everyday photos. Books Cha Woo-min wrote, and the original books behind works they starred in, are left out. Everything comes from public sources, and each entry keeps its link so you can check it yourself.

What Does Cha Woo-min Read? Reading List & Books (30)

Books Cha Woo-min has read (30)

A Little Bit of a Lie by Yoo Jin-Mok — book cover

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque — book cover

Analects of Confucius by Cui Shu — book cover

Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta — book cover

Bask in the Sun by Jo On-Yoon — book cover

Coffee Reading by Text Press — book cover

Dead Heat on the Carousel by Haruki Murakami — book cover

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes — book cover

Existentialism and Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre — book cover

Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami — book cover

If You Are Shaken by the Breeze from the Flower Spring, You Are a Flower by Ryu Shiva — book cover

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell — book cover

Joe Hisaishi's Music Diary by Joe Hisaishi — book cover

Le parti pris des choses by Francis Ponge — book cover

Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire — book cover

Love of a One-Eyed Fish by Ryu Shiva — book cover

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky — book cover

Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham — book cover

Onze Minutos by Paulo Coelho — book cover

Peter Camenzind by Hermann Hesse — book cover

Poco a Poco by Hwang Hyeon-Cheol — book cover

Reading Sadness, Speaking Love by Hwang Inchan — book cover

Shaving in the Evening by Haruki Murakami — book cover

Spider Monkey at Night by Haruki Murakami — book cover

The Moon and Sixpence by William Somerset Maugham — book cover

The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers by Erik Weiner — book cover

Tokyo Weird Story by Haruki Murakami — book cover

Walden by Henry David Thoreau — book cover

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from 30 books

Most-read genre: Fiction (14 books), frequent keywords: Japanese Fiction (4) · Korean Poetry (4)

Genres 30 books with a known genre

Fiction 47%Poetry 17%Essays 17%Humanities 13%

Fiction 14
Poetry 5
Essays 5
Humanities 4
Society 1
Practical 1

Frequent keywords bookstore categories · 2+ books · tap to see the books

Korean · Translated

6 : 18

Of 24 literary books: 6 Korean, 18 translated

250 pages or fewer

63%

19 of 30

Authors picked more than once

Haruki Murakami 5

Ryu Shiva 2

William Somerset Maugham 2

1

1984 (1984)

George Orwell
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👥 Also read by 4: Shin Si-a RM (BTS)Ha Hyun Sang Richard Yongjae O'Neill All readers →
2

A Little Bit of a Lie (거짓의 조금)

Yoo Jin-Mok
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👥 Also read by 1: Kim Sin-rock All readers →
3

All Quiet on the Western Front | Im Westen Nichts Neues (서부전선 이상없다)

Erich Maria Remarque
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4

Analects of Confucius | 論語餘說 (논어여설)

Cui Shu

Cha Woo-min said the line about listening more to clear away doubt, and looking more to clear away unease, came from this book. (Source: Arena Homme+ interview)
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5

Ardiente Paciencia | El Cartero de Neruda (네루다의 우편배달부)

Antonio Skármeta
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6

Bask in the Sun * (햇볕 쬐기)

Jo On-Yoon *
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7

Coffee Reading * (커피 읽기)

Text Press *
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8

Dead Heat on the Carousel * | 回転木馬のデシドヒート (회전목마의 데드 히트)

Haruki Murakami (村上春樹)
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9

Don Quixote | El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (돈키호테)

Miguel de Cervantes
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10

Existentialism and Humanism | L'existentialisme est un humanisme (실존주의는 휴머니즘이다)

Jean-Paul Sartre
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11

Hear the Wind Sing | 風の歌を聴け (바람의 노래를 들어라)

Haruki Murakami (村上春樹)

Cha Woo-min can recite its first line by heart, and loves the joy of being pulled in by an opening sentence. (Source: Cine21)
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👥 Also read by 3: IU Winter (aespa)Jinyoung (GOT7) All readers →
12

If You Are Shaken by the Breeze from the Flower Spring, You Are a Flower (꽃샘바람에 흔들린다면 너는 꽃)

Ryu Shiva
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13

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays (게으름에 대한 찬양)

Bertrand Russell
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14

Joe Hisaishi's Music Diary * (히사이시 조의 음악일기)

Joe Hisaishi
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15

Le parti pris des choses | Le parti pris des choses (사물의 편)

Francis Ponge
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16

Les Fleurs du mal | Les Fleurs du Mal (악의 꽃)

Charles Baudelaire
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17

Love of a One-Eyed Fish * (외눈박이 물고기의 사랑)

Ryu Shiva
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18

Nausea | La nausée (구토)

Jean-Paul Sartre
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👥 Also read by 1: Minseo All readers →
19

Notes from Underground (지하로부터의 수기)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский)
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👥 Also read by 1: Edward Lee All readers →
20

Of Human Bondage (인간의 굴레에서)

William Somerset Maugham
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21

Onze Minutos (11분)

Paulo Coelho

Cha Woo-min can recite its first line by heart, and loves the joy of being pulled in by an opening sentence. (Source: Cine21)
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👥 Also read by 3: Chang Kiha Jinyoung (GOT7)Leejeong(WHIB) All readers →
22

Peter Camenzind (페터 카멘친트)

Hermann Hesse
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23

Poco a Poco (poco a poco 포코 아 포코)

Hwang Hyeon-Cheol *
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24

Reading Sadness, Speaking Love * (읽는 슬픔, 말하는 사랑)

Hwang Inchan
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25

Shaving in the Evening * | 村上ラヂオ (저녁 무렵에 면도하기)

Haruki Murakami (村上春樹)
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26

Spider Monkey at Night | 夜のくもざる (밤의 거미원숭이)

Haruki Murakami (村上春樹)
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27

The Moon and Sixpence (달과 6펜스)

William Somerset Maugham
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👥 Also read by 5: Kim Ji-won Ningning (aespa)Jinyoung (GOT7)Karina (aespa)RM (BTS) All readers →
28

The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers (소크라테스 익스프레스)

Erik Weiner
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29

Tokyo Weird Story * | 東京奇譚集 (도쿄기담집)

Haruki Murakami (村上春樹)
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👥 Also read by 1: Jinyoung (GOT7) All readers →
30

Walden (월든)

Henry David Thoreau
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👥 Also read by 4: NO:ZE Faker RM (BTS)Park Ji-young All readers →

Book titles and author names marked with an asterisk (*) are machine-translated from Korean. No official English edition was confirmed for them, so read them as approximations of the Korean original shown next to them.

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