Libraries in contemporary Japanese and Korean fiction are evolving into spaces where reading offers solace, connection, and ...

These whimsical, escapist books have long been popular in Japan and Korea. But now translations of titles like We'll ...

20 release by Penguin Books ... this classic Korean fantasy, translated by Hur, will be available in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia in 2025. Rooted in feminist science fiction and fantasy ...

On Goodreads, readers of healing fiction describe near-transcendent experiences. "This was the feel-good book I needed in my life right now. I laughed, I cried and if there was ever magic I could ...

Dr Lee said many Korean books managed to both be "distinctly Korean ... Ms Sullivan said Japanese fiction had swelled in popularity over the past 15 years, including works such as Murakami's ...

Plus Can Xue’s ‘Mother River’ and Brian Hioe’s ‘Taipei at Daybreak.’ ...

A wave of Korean literature is set to reach English-language readers in 2025, ranging from a new novel by a Nobel Prize laureate to science fiction bestsellers and heart-warming healing fiction.

Luckily, there are books. And a trending genre called "healing fiction" might just get you through. Better still: It's about cats, coffee and bookstores. Also called cozy fiction or cat fiction, and ...