Janet Song

29 books

Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by Lucia Jang, Susan McClelland

Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom

Lucia Jang, Susan McClelland

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Strangers We Know by Elle Marr

Strangers We Know

Elle Marr

284 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Underground by Haruki Murakami

Underground

Haruki Murakami

320 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative reflective slow-paced
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

188 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
The Walled City by Ryan Graudin

The Walled City

Ryan Graudin

424 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction thriller young adult adventurous dark fast-paced
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon #1

Grace Lin

278 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim

Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite

Suki Kim

308 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
The World Is Bigger Now: An American Journalist's Release from Captivity in North Korea . . . A Remarkable Story of Faith, Family, and Forgiveness by Lisa Dickey, Euna Lee

The World Is Bigger Now: An American Journalist's Release from Captivity in North Korea . . . A Remarkable Story of Faith, Family, and Forgiveness

Lisa Dickey, Euna Lee

306 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Dragon Bones by Lisa See

Dragon Bones

Red Princess #3

Lisa See

368 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced