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Books that are a must read if you are interested in the North Korean regime and life.
1 | Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by 4.43 avg rating — 56,432 ratings | Rate this book |
2 | Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 50,746 ratings | Rate this book |
3 | The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by 4.07 avg rating — 7,811 ratings | Rate this book |
4 | The Orphan Master's Son by 4.07 avg rating — 78,540 ratings | Rate this book |
5 | The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by 4.45 avg rating — 33,409 ratings | Rate this book |
6 | Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by 3.92 avg rating — 18,029 ratings | Rate this book |
7 | Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by 3.89 avg rating — 13,844 ratings | Rate this book |
8 | Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea by 4.30 avg rating — 5,641 ratings | Rate this book |
9 | Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty by 4.05 avg rating — 1,945 ratings | Rate this book |
10 | In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by 4.49 avg rating — 21,233 ratings | Rate this book |
11 | This is Paradise! by 3.83 avg rating — 1,179 ratings | Rate this book |
12 | Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home by 4.01 avg rating — 4,007 ratings | Rate this book |
13 | The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters by 3.91 avg rating — 1,765 ratings | Rate this book |
14 | The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea by 3.83 avg rating — 875 ratings | Rate this book |
14 | The Beloved Daughter (Whispers of Refuge #1) by 4.18 avg rating — 880 ratings | Rate this book |
16 | The Tears of My Soul by 4.15 avg rating — 1,175 ratings | Rate this book |
17 | Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad by 3.85 avg rating — 567 ratings | Rate this book |
18 | A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by 4.26 avg rating — 28,326 ratings | Rate this book |
19 | North Korea: Another Country by 3.56 avg rating — 262 ratings | Rate this book |
20 | A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by 4.15 avg rating — 4,063 ratings | Rate this book |
21 | North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea by 3.92 avg rating — 510 ratings | Rate this book |
22 | The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future by 3.93 avg rating — 1,405 ratings | Rate this book |
23 | Long Road Home: Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor by 4.07 avg rating — 378 ratings | Rate this book |
24 | North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter by 3.56 avg rating — 86 ratings | Rate this book |
25 | A Capitalist in North Korea: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom by 3.66 avg rating — 164 ratings | Rate this book |
26 | The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History by 3.95 avg rating — 737 ratings | Rate this book |
27 | The Silla Project by 3.77 avg rating — 158 ratings | Rate this book |
28 | Eating with the Enemy: How I Waged Peace with North Korea from My BBQ Shack in Hackensack by 3.84 avg rating — 198 ratings | Rate this book |
29 | NORTH KOREA BEHIND THE VEIL. Inside stories and private, uncensored images. by 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings | Rate this book |
30 | Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country by 3.68 avg rating — 457 ratings | Rate this book |
31 | Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman by 3.91 avg rating — 229 ratings | Rate this book |
32 | The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia by 4.09 avg rating — 1,260 ratings | Rate this book |
33 | Jia by 3.80 avg rating — 469 ratings | Rate this book |
34 | Kimjongilia by 3.72 avg rating — 292 ratings | Rate this book |
35 | My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth by 3.69 avg rating — 1,740 ratings | Rate this book |
36 | A Short History of Nearly Everything by 4.20 avg rating — 250,151 ratings | Rate this book |
37 | Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea by 4.03 avg rating — 332 ratings | Rate this book |
38 | The Secrets of Inchon by 3.92 avg rating — 87 ratings | Rate this book |
39 | I Escaped North Korea by 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings | Rate this book |
40 | Dentro do Segredo by 3.80 avg rating — 1,199 ratings | Rate this book |
41 | Under the Same Sky: A Memoir of Survival, Hope, and Faith by 4.14 avg rating — 1,310 ratings | Rate this book |
42 | A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea by 3.89 avg rating — 4,021 ratings | Rate this book |
43 | The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea by 4.01 avg rating — 3,600 ratings | Rate this book |
44 | The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and The Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom by 3.99 avg rating — 992 ratings | Rate this book |
45 | My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store by 3.41 avg rating — 3,640 ratings | Rate this book |
46 | White Tigers: My Secret War in North Korea by really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings | Rate this book |
47 | Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il by 4.20 avg rating — 545 ratings | Rate this book |
48 | Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by 4.25 avg rating — 978 ratings | Rate this book |
49 | Your Republic Is Calling You by 3.58 avg rating — 1,179 ratings | Rate this book |
50 | The Limits Of The World by 4.05 avg rating — 37 ratings | Rate this book |
51 | Hope in Hungnam by 4.36 avg rating — 55 ratings | Rate this book |
52 | Sea of blood - The Novel by 3.30 avg rating — 20 ratings | Rate this book |
53 | In the Absence of Sun: A Korean American Woman's Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family by 4.07 avg rating — 293 ratings | Rate this book |
54 | Kim Il Sung - Legendary hero for all ages by 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings | Rate this book |
55 | Comrades and Strangers: Behind the Closed Doors of North Korea by 3.49 avg rating — 143 ratings | Rate this book |
56 | Kim Jong-Il: North Korea's Dear Leader by 3.61 avg rating — 142 ratings | Rate this book |
56 | The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom by 3.52 avg rating — 145 ratings | Rate this book |
58 | Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles by 3.51 avg rating — 641 ratings | Rate this book |
59 | North Korean Memoirs by 3.76 avg rating — 108 ratings | Rate this book |
60 | Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War: An Oral History of Korean War POWs by 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings | Rate this book |
61 | Tigerheart by 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings | Rate this book |
62 | Alla monster måste dö by 3.21 avg rating — 244 ratings | Rate this book |
63 | WORK HARD FOR THE KIMS! An introduction to North Korean history, ideology, and culture through the country's propaganda posters by 3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings | Rate this book |
64 | Understanding North Korea Demystifying the World's Most Misunderstood Country by really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings | Rate this book |
64 | The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea's Abduction Project by 3.84 avg rating — 430 ratings | Rate this book |
66 | Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement by 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings | Rate this book |
66 | S každou padající hvězdou by 4.28 avg rating — 2,102 ratings | Rate this book |
68 | A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O, #1) by 3.46 avg rating — 1,432 ratings | Rate this book |
69 | Not Forgotten: The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea by 4.12 avg rating — 647 ratings | Rate this book |
70 | Hidden Moon (Inspector O, #2) by 3.73 avg rating — 561 ratings | Rate this book |
71 | See You Again in Pyongyang: A Journey into Kim Jong Un's North Korea by 3.81 avg rating — 330 ratings | Rate this book |
72 | King of Spies: The Dark Reign and Bizarre Ruin of America's Spymaster in Korea by 3.72 avg rating — 201 ratings | Rate this book |
73 | Evadés de Corée du Nord by 4.08 avg rating — 53 ratings | Rate this book |
74 | An Oasis Remembered: An Indian Agency Sacaton, Arizona - A Pictorial & Historical Review about the Place and Its People by really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings | Rate this book |
75 | Inside North Korea by 3.95 avg rating — 122 ratings | Rate this book |
76 | Koreans to Remember by 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings | Rate this book |
77 | The Scariest Place in the World: A Marine Returns to North Korea by 3.22 avg rating — 50 ratings | Rate this book |
78 | North Korea on the Brink: Struggle For Survival by 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings | Rate this book |
78 | DMZ, a Story of the Panmunjom Axe Murder by 3.20 avg rating — 15 ratings | Rate this book |
80 | التحضير لاختبار الايلتس خطوة بخطوة by 3.75 avg rating — 309 ratings | Rate this book |
81 | Koreaiak Magyarországon az 1950-es években by 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings | Rate this book |
81 | Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and the Roots of North Korean Despotism, 1953-1964 by 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings | Rate this book |
81 | While You Slept by 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings | Rate this book |
81 | The Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the World's Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations by 3.89 avg rating — 1,116 ratings | Rate this book |
81 | Silence Broken: Korean Comfort Women by 4.22 avg rating — 37 ratings | Rate this book |
81 | Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea by 4.06 avg rating — 153 ratings | Rate this book |
81 | North Korea. by 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings | Rate this book |
81 | Star of the North by 4.24 avg rating — 3,288 ratings | Rate this book |
81 | When Spring Comes to the DMZ by 4.42 avg rating — 146 ratings | Rate this book |
90 | Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History by 3.76 avg rating — 692 ratings | Rate this book |
90 | The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by 4.22 avg rating — 6,382 ratings | Rate this book |
90 | Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950-1992 by 4.08 avg rating — 53 ratings | Rate this book |
90 | The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics And Leadership In North Korea by 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings | Rate this book |
90 | Tigerheart by 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings | Rate this book |
95 | Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform by 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings | Rate this book |
96 | Witness To Transformation; Refugee Insights Into North Korea by 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings | Rate this book |
96 | The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by 4.07 avg rating — 7,811 ratings | Rate this book |
98 | North Korean Posters The David Heather Collection by Heather, David ON Apr-11-2008, Paperback by 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings | Rate this book |
98 | North Korean Graphic Novels: Seduction of the Innocent? by 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings | Rate this book |
100 | The Korean War by 3.75 avg rating — 588 ratings | Rate this book |
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Glad to see Nothing to Envy up there. It was SO good.
You should add 'The Impossible State' by Victor Cha! It's incredibly dense but clarifying as to why the country became what it is today, insight into what is known, and predictions for what will happen.
Daniela wrote: 'You should add 'The Impossible State' by Victor Cha! It's incredibly dense but clarifying as to why the country became what it is today, insight into what is known, and predictions for what will ha...'
Daniela, add it to the list!
Daniela, add it to the list!
What the heck....why are Twilight and The Giver and The Lightening Thief and so on even on here??
message 5: by Stephen (last edited Apr 03, 2013 07:20PM) (new)
Megan wrote: 'What the heck....why are Twilight and The Giver and The Lightening Thief and so on even on here??'
I've deleted the following books from this list. I'm pretty certain that they are NOT set in North Korea.
Twilight
The Giver
Diary of Anne Frank
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Lightning Thief
Chu's Day
The Wind in the Willows
Pretty sure that Heist Society doesn't belong here either but have never read it.
I've deleted the following books from this list. I'm pretty certain that they are NOT set in North Korea.
Twilight
The Giver
Diary of Anne Frank
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Lightning Thief
Chu's Day
The Wind in the Willows
Pretty sure that Heist Society doesn't belong here either but have never read it.
Bookerkc wrote: 'Why is The Audacity of Hope on the list?' I see that two people have voted for it. I'm not familiar with it but am guessing that there is at least one scene set in North Korea in it. You CAN click on the link that says 2 votes next to that title and see who voted, then message them for further details if you like.
message 9: by J. (last edited Apr 04, 2013 06:04PM) (new)
Please add :
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
to DPRK book list
Also you can search my profile / my books under the DPRK i have more or less 106 DPRK books
Please delete books that are not talking of DPRK specifically
I'll send friend request. Cheers !
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
to DPRK book list
Also you can search my profile / my books under the DPRK i have more or less 106 DPRK books
Please delete books that are not talking of DPRK specifically
I'll send friend request. Cheers !
J. wrote: 'Please add :
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17... to DPRK book list
Anyone can add and vote for books to add to this list. That's part of the problem as to how books end up here when they're not about North Korea at all.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17... to DPRK book list
Anyone can add and vote for books to add to this list. That's part of the problem as to how books end up here when they're not about North Korea at all.
Bookerkc wrote: 'Why is The Audacity of Hope on the list?'
ya I was wondering that too, never read it maybe it has a large portion of it focused on n.Korea... but I doubt it.
ya I was wondering that too, never read it maybe it has a large portion of it focused on n.Korea... but I doubt it.
David wrote: 'Bookerkc wrote: 'Why is The Audacity of Hope on the list?'
ya I was wondering that too, never read it maybe it has a large portion of it focused on n.Korea... but I doubt it.'
I listened to the audio book but I don't remember North Korea in it at all. Maybe it's someone trying to bash the President by alluding to a connection between Obama and communism? Who knows?!
ya I was wondering that too, never read it maybe it has a large portion of it focused on n.Korea... but I doubt it.'
I listened to the audio book but I don't remember North Korea in it at all. Maybe it's someone trying to bash the President by alluding to a connection between Obama and communism? Who knows?!
I deleted a number of books that were clearly NOT set in North Korea at all. However I wasn't sure about this one having some parts set there. It has received 10 votes on this list so some people apparently think it belongs.
This is an excellent list. There seem to be some strange additions, however. I can understand some veiled political commentary with people voting for 'The audacity of hope'. But the Bill Bryson book? and Einstein? I don't understand.... Also, can anyone recommend a similar list for South Korea?
Can someone please remove some of these books? I am not sure why people add irrelevant books to the list! This is a fantastic list, but needs clearing up a little. :)
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1)
التحضير لاختبار الايلتس خطوة بخطوة
Aké: The Years of Childhood
Ashes (Ashes Trilogy #1)
Spiritus Mundi Book I: The Novel
Dream Dark (Caster Chronicles #2.5)
Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea's Prisons(This is about South Korea)
com forget
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1)
التحضير لاختبار الايلتس خطوة بخطوة
Aké: The Years of Childhood
Ashes (Ashes Trilogy #1)
Spiritus Mundi Book I: The Novel
Dream Dark (Caster Chronicles #2.5)
Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea's Prisons(This is about South Korea)
com forget
message 18: by Heather (last edited Dec 15, 2013 10:53PM) (new)
'Who doubts that, if given the choice, most of the people in North Korea would prefer living in South Korea, or that many in Cuba wouldn't mind giving Miami a try?'
That's the only mention of North Korea that came up when I searched The Audacity of Hope on Google Books, so I'm pretty sure people just voted for it here to imply something about Obama... Please remove it from this list.
That's the only mention of North Korea that came up when I searched The Audacity of Hope on Google Books, so I'm pretty sure people just voted for it here to imply something about Obama... Please remove it from this list.
Sorry I'm new but how do I add this list to my profile? Or at least save a reference to it? Shouldn't there be a Favorite list list?
I'm interesting in north Korea and I need most of thees books I well be grateful for any one send any book to me with my best wishes for all
Count me too, I wish to recieve some books on North Korea or best to her, the DPRK
A quick word to say I've just finished reading The Limits of the World by Andrew Raymond Drennan...what a read. It was like I was actually there in North Korea. That's also one of the best main characters I've read in years. I can't understand why it's so low in this list. Although it hasn't been out very long at all.
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