Deoreophyeojin seongji sunryee daehayeo
Native title: 더럽혀진 성지 순례에 대하여
Translated title: On the Defiled Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Author: Ji, Seth
Genre: Horror
Year: 2025 | Pages: 304 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91661
Translated
Sethe Ji has established himself as a horror genius, topping bestseller lists with every work he releases.
This work tells the story of a freelance editor, seeking to secure the publication of a fan book for a YouTuber specializing in exploring haunted sites with a low subscriber base, recruiting a woman who can see ghosts.
Together, they revisit these haunted sites and fabricate content to suit the reader's tastes. With three-dimensional characters and a compelling plot, this novel transcends the horror genre and embodies the distinct qualities of a full-fledged mystery novel. The dialogue between the three characters, set in a ruined space, evokes a live broadcast, creating a uniquely immersive experience.
Furthermore, the author delicately probes the unspoken, brooding abyss, a tangible reality that everyone harbors, striking at the reader's most vulnerable points. If you've ever been swayed by malicious emotions like jealousy, hatred, or obsession, and found yourself in a chilling situation, do not open this book! Before you know it, you will be drawn into a cycle of cursed reincarnation, from which even death cannot escape
Keopigoedam
Native title: 커피괴담
Translated title: Coffee Ghost Story
Author: Riku, Onda
Genre: Horror
Year: 2025 | Pages: 324 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91660
Translated
We invite you to 'Coffee Ghost Stories', a gathering of eerie ghost stories that unfold as they visit old Japanese cafes.
Record company producer Damon Tsukazaki receives an invitation one day from his friend Onoe in Kyoto. Braving the sweltering heat, Damon heads to an old Kyoto cafe, where he encounters Onoe and another friend, Mizushima. Onoe suggests to his friends, whom he hasn't seen in a while, that they hold a gathering called 'Coffee Ghost Stories', where they will tour cafes and tell each other ghost stories. Damon, unable to resist, sits down and listens...
The quiet moments of an old café, moments imbued with a strange energy, and the stories the author personally experienced and heard leave a gentle yet profound lingering impression, drawing the reader into a chilling world
Busannamja namgimuk
Native title: 부산남자 남기묵
Translated title: Busan Man, Nam Gi-muk
Author: Yoon-gil, Lee
Genre: Family Saga / Social Novel
Year: 2026 | Pages: 304 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91650
'Busan Man, Nam Gi-muk' is a maritime novel that follows the life of a Busan native who has lived alongside the sea. Nam Gi-muk, who grew up in the docks, breakwaters, and narrow alleys permeated by the salty wind, abandons a stable job on land and chooses the sea.
He is not a hero who braves the waves, but a worker on a deep-sea fishing boat, silently enduring the wear and tear of his body during repeated voyages. His days are a simple repetition of departure, fishing, and anchoring, but within that simplicity lies a layer of ineffable emotions and the remnants of choices.
Life on the sea is always a fraction of a second from death, and even survival is less a choice and more a coincidence. This novel portrays the sea not as a romantic but as a living reality, not as a memory but as a weight of the present tense. The sea becomes a question, not a consolation, and silence becomes a means of survival, not an avoidance
Gaseumeuro uneun sae
Native title: 가슴으로 우는 새
Translated title: A Bird Crying with Its Heart
Author: Mun-geun, Jeon
Genre: Family Saga
Year: 2026 | Pages: 338 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91664
Silence was a choice for survival, and memory was a resistance to staying alive. Leaving behind the layers of scars, she never gave up, moving forward, step by step!
Misuk, who lived in a rural village near Baekun Mountain, grew up and exchanged marriage promises with her love. Dreaming of a bright future, she was suddenly visited by Dalsu, a former guerrilla fighter, who told her the shocking story of her birth and tragic fate...
Some cries are silent. They are choked in the throat, lost in the lips, and ultimately resonate only within the heart. This novel is the story of those unspoken cries.
The times demanded silence, and silence became a condition of survival. Only those who remained silent survived, and only those who forgot could move on. But everyone knew: forgetting was not the end, but the beginning of a deeper wound. The characters in this novel endured by remaining silent, surviving by persevering, but ultimately, their lives begin to falter again in the face of the weeping that builds within their hearts.
'The Bird That Cries with Its Heart' is not the narrative of an individual, but a record of emotions that have transcended an era. Faces unorganized by history, lives relegated to statistics and chronology, and deaths never fully mourned by anyone. This novel cautiously poses questions atop the rubble: did we truly deserve to cry, or do we still live without it?
The Housemaid
Native title: 하우스메이드
Series: Book 1
Author: McFadden, Freida
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2023 | Pages: 388 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91639
Translated
I moved into a billionaire's home as a housekeeper, hiding my criminal record. But I wasn't the only one harboring a secret.
After weeks of living and eating in the backseat of a car after my release, I finally had a last chance: a job as a housekeeper in a wealthy family. It didn't matter that I had to live in a cramped attic with no windows and a door that could only be locked from the outside.
My first task was to clean up the kitchen, which my landlady, Nina, always dressed in white, had left in shambles. This routine continued, but Nina seemed oblivious to her actions, and rumors spread that she was mentally ill. Despite all the bizarre demands, I persevered, working to avoid being fired.
Then one day, a taciturn foreign gardener spoke to me with a serious expression. I couldn't understand it, but I later looked it up and found it meant 'danger'. Immediately afterward, I tried to turn the handle to leave the attic, but the door suddenly wouldn't open. 'Are they locking me in? Let's calm down'.
They still don't know my secret: who I really am and what I can do
STEREO
Native title: 스테레오
Author: Su-jeong, Kim
Genre: Romance
Year: 2026 | Pages: 181 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91634
Min Hyeol-ae (22), the vocalist of a famous idol band, is a two-faced person who pretends to care about his fans on the outside but hates them on the inside.
Then one day, he meets a woman named Do Jeong-in (24) who doesn't know that he is the vocalist of the famous idol band <STEREO>.
Min Hyeol-ae becomes interested in Do Jeong-in and falls in love with her without thinking.
When the idol band members, drummer Kim Jeong-yeo (21), electric guitarist Yoon Hee-do (22), keyboardist Lee Seong-chan (22), and bassist Yuk Jin-dam (22), find out, they are all surprised.
This is because until this point, Min Hyeol-ae had never liked a regular woman, not an idol girl
Siljonui mugyeonggye
Native title: 실존의 무경계
Translated title: Boundless Borders of Existence
Author: Jeong-hyeon, Park
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2026 | Pages: 232 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91645
The 'Boundless Borders of Existence' is a collection of short stories that explores the uncertainty and boundaries of human existence. Through a variety of narrative experiments, it depicts the cracks that arise at the boundaries between life and death, self and other, language and silence, and reality and fantasy. Rather than offering clear answers, each story encourages readers to explore their own questions through the situations and sensations encountered by the characters
Dahji moshae talheun sarang
Native title: 닿지 못해 닳은 사랑
Translated title: Love Worn Out of Reach
Author: Hikorohi
Genre: Romance
Year: 2026 | Pages: 196 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91632
Translated
The first novel by the famous Japanese comedian Hikorohi has been published by Bungeishunju.
When we fall in love, we all become fools, repeating behaviors that are difficult to understand from an outsider's perspective. Women who like bad boys, men who like bad girls, those who are too clumsy to express themselves, and those who confess their feelings that are on the verge of bursting.
The characters in the work are ordinary people who are confused about the 'present moment', realize it too late, blame themselves, ultimately feel lonely, and somehow rationalize themselves and their circumstances.
'Love Worn Out of Reach' is a story that serves as a kind of inner confession of their inner selves.
Winner of the 31st Shimase Romance Literature Award
Kill Your Darlings
Native title: 킬 유어 달링
Author: Swanson, Peter
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2025 | Pages: 360 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91657
Every couple has a secret. But what if that secret involves murder?
Tom and Wendy, married for over 25 years, are enjoying a wonderful marriage. But when Tom, an English professor, reveals to his acquaintances that he is writing a mystery novel that includes a murder case, their relationship begins to crack. This is because the novel is based on a crime committed by Tom and Wendy together. When the world discovers the sins of her past, committed out of love and sworn to remain buried until death, Wendy devises a way to ensure that this secret will never leak out: she kills Tom. Why did these two, who once loved each other passionately like the main characters in a movie, have to meet this ending?
Peter Swanson, author of the fast-paced plot, dramatic twists, and boldly challenging the boundaries between good and evil, has rightfully earned the title of 'master of the modern thriller'. A 'reverse thriller', it begins in the present and then moves back to the past, uncovering the reasons for their inevitable destruction. The strange relationship between a married couple and accomplices, the chilling moments when intimacy turns to distrust, and the surprising truth and unexpected conclusion are enough to captivate thriller readers who have been waiting for a unique suspense
Jyudi halmeoni
Native title: 쥬디 할머니 소설가가 사랑하는 박완서 단편 베스트 10
Translated title: Grandma Judy
Author: Wan-seo, Park
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2026 | Pages: 364 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91646
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the passing of author Park Wan-seo, a deep root that has supported the Korean literary world and a giant treetop that has grown through generations, Munhakdongne is publishing a collection of Park Wan-seo short stories titled 'Grandma Judy - The Top 10 Park Wan-seo Short Stories Loved by Novelists'.
Since making her literary debut in 1970, Park Wan-seo has produced countless masterpieces, including novels like 'Namok', 'Who Ate All the Singa?', 'That Man's House' and 'Widow', as well as essay collections like 'Even a Grain of Truth', 'Just Say One Word' and 'If I Could Only Be a Traveler'. Her vibrant vitality continues to enthrall readers. Even while writing novels, which require considerable time, and prose, which captures fragments of her lived experiences, she has also published short stories with remarkable vigor.
'Grandma Judy' is a book designed to shed new light on the outstanding achievements of Park Wan-seo's short stories
