Eoduun sup
Native title: 어두운 숲
Translated title: Dark Forest
Author: Geon-woo, Jeon
Genre: Horror
Year: 2025 | Pages: 280 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91662
This time, it's 'The Forest'. Jeon Geon-woo, who brought a refreshing shock to the Korean horror genre, has released his latest work, 'Dark Forest', following his long-form novel 'Dark Water' published last year. Since his debut, author Jeon has captivated readers across the horror, mystery, and thriller genres. This sequel, which continues the legacy of 'Dark Water', delivers a breathtaking plot with sophisticated psychological descriptions and a terrifying atmosphere.
Web novelist Min Si-hyun discovers 'Dark Forest' with friends he met on a ghost tour. It's a place where bizarre incidents recur online, earning it the moniker 'Korean Aokigahara'. Min, who experiences paranormal psychometric abilities through a Swiss Army knife he picks up, encounters a terrifying and unimaginable occult ritual. Set in a gloomy and eerie setting, the second story of Min Si-hyeon and Park Soo-moo's shaman, Yoon Dong-wook, promises a tension and immersion rivaling that of his predecessor, 'Dark Water'.
Jeon Geon-woo's signature delicate psychological portrayal and rapid-fire plot create the quintessence of horror fiction. 'Dark Forest' once again draws readers into the darkness of the abyss
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
Sarangdo bogwoni doelkkayo?
Native title: 사랑도 복원이 될까요?
Translated title: Can Love Be Restored?
Author: Ra-eum, Song
Genre: Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 416 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91655
'Can Love Be Restored?' is a comical and touching romance set in Gurye, Jeollanam-do. This is the first full-length romance novel by Song Ra-eum, author of 'The OK Super Nitrogen Theft Case' and 'Insect Detective Kangchung'.
Drawing on the impressions and fond memories she received during a vacation to Gurye several years ago, the novel tells the story of a love that has consciously or unconsciously sprouted and nurtured during her subsequent trips to the region. The two main characters, Hwang Seol, a woman who repairs old books, and Jeong Yu-geon, a man who protects an injured bear, are both people who restore things. However, they are clumsy at restoring something within themselves.
The story of two people who meet through fate and move beyond coincidence to inevitability, a story of how they encounter misunderstandings and conflicts, ultimately healing each other's wounds and restoring their 'relationships' and 'selves'. A story that conveys that love is a process of mending an imperfect life together, 'Can Love Be Restored?'
The author, who has written impressive fairy tales, says, 'Love is not salvation, but an adventure of the heart toward growth,' and argues that romance and fairy tales share similarities. Here is a 'love fairy tale for adults'
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
Fortune Telling
Native title: 포춘 텔링 운세와 미래에 관한 다섯 편의 소설
Author: Hee-sun, Kim
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 240 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91647
The desire to glimpse the future: five stories about fortune telling.
The first book in the anthology 'Neuseun', 'Fortune Telling', brings together novels about fortune telling by five authors: Kim Hee-sun, Jang Jin-young, Park So-min, Kwon Hye-young, and Kim Sa-sa. Neuseun, a new novel series from 'Imagination', embodies the ambition to blur the gap between everyday life and literature, as well as the boundaries between genres. Within a free literary framework, this curated collection of loose novels offers readers a diverse range of experiences.
Fortune-telling, a compound word of 'fortune' and 'telling', can be interpreted as a divination or fortune-telling, or a prophecy about fortune or the future. This anthology, which offers a glimpse into the five authors' brilliant perspectives on fortune telling, not only explores superstitions like sticking coins to the soles of feet, fortune-telling, and fortune cookies, but also reveals the authors' own perspectives on fortune telling and their own perspectives
Neoneun eopsneunde, naui modeun gyejeoreun neo
Native title: 너는 없는데, 나의 모든 계절은 너
Translated title: You Are Not There, but All My Seasons Are with You
Author: Idagam
Genre: Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 54 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91653
I loved someone beyond my reach for four seasons.
You, who never existed, changed my entire life. You were never mine, but perhaps you were the reason I lived.
So she writes. To turn this impermanent love into an eternal story
Yeonhui iyagi
Native title: 연희 이야기
Translated title: Yeonhee's Story
Author: Hye-jin, Jeon
Genre: Horror
Year: 2026 | Pages: 328 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91643
'A fate where you must embrace God to survive!' The story of women who, shunned and resentful, writhe in their grief, become vengeful ghosts!
Abandoned by her family, Yeonhee has moved to the island to worship God. She receives an unexpected phone call from her brother, Won-il, from whom she has been estranged for thirty years, followed by an urgent voice. Her niece, Yeon-ah, suffers from a mysterious illness of unknown origin. Heading to Seoul, Yeon-hee encounters the shadow of her own fate in her niece's suffering.
Once abandoned by her family, can Yeon-hee now risk everything for her niece, who finds herself in the same predicament? Or will she choose the ordinary life she's so precariously maintained? Will she willingly shoulder her karma and undo the disaster that has befallen Yeon-ah? Through the ghosts Yeon-hee and Yeon-ah encounter and the repercussions of their choices, 'Yeon-hee's Story' poses a chilling and profound question about the truth we've so desperately tried to ignore
Jikigo sipeun maeumui danpyeon
Native title: 지키고 싶은 마음의 단편 (斷片)
Translated title: Fragments of a Heart I Want to Protect
Author: Su-su, Kim
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2026 | Pages: 168 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91659
Six fragments of a scattered heart, a collection of short stories weaving together moments we hope will never disappear
At some point in our lives, we face a question deep within our hearts: What do I wish to hold onto?
This collection chronicles the moments of those who, amidst fading relationships, wavering daily lives, and perhaps even lost dreams, ultimately embrace a single heart. We invite you on this quiet journey to discover how a single, tiny piece of our heart can transform our lives, and how far we're willing to go to protect what we long to protect
Poktanbeomgwa sarinbeom iyagi
Native title: 폭탄범과 살인범 이야기
Translated title: The Story of the Bomber and the Murderer
Author: Riko, Kubo
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2025 | Pages: 304 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91658
'You don't have to forgive me. You can hate me for the rest of your life'.
A mysterious story about a couple harboring secrets, woven together like a thread of love, draws readers in.
The 43rd Mystery Novel Rookie Award winner.
Sayoko lost her left eye in an explosion. Her husband, Kuuya, was actually the bomber who stole her eye. One day, a girl chasing the murderer appears before them, and the couple's daily life begins to crack... How far will they go to protect the one they love? A touching mystery masterpiece depicting the passionate yet chilling warmth of love! As the truth slowly emerges, a quiet snow falls in a corner of the reader's heart.
'It was a bomb I created in the past that took the left eye of the woman I love'
Gopseulmeori sonyeo
Native title: 곱슬머리 소녀
Translated title: Curly-haired Girl
Author: Jae-dong, Shin
Genre: Family Saga / Social Novel
Year: 2026 | Pages: 256 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91663
The story of a single person's life, one that transcended an era of migration and loss, and how the curly-haired girl came to light
This novel begins with a man's question. Born in Japan and living as a Japanese, his name overlaps with Korean and American times. 'Curly-haired Girl' traces the lives of his grandmother and father, whom he encounters as he searches for his roots, and the lives of immigrants. It then traces back in time to the life of Baek Gwang-seon, a woman who crossed the Pacific Ocean. Her journey from Jemulpo to Honolulu and back to the American continent is a record of immigration, labor, faith, and loss, and a portrait of a generation that was forced to be lumped together as an immigrant generation.
'Curly-haired Girl' illuminates the choices and silences made at the lowest levels of life, not at the center of grand historical narratives, restoring the lives of individuals pushed outside the grand narrative like a garden. It is the unrecorded life of a woman, a day in the life of an immigrant who disappeared without a name. Beyond an individual's family history, it quietly captures the inner lives of those forced to live at the borders of nationality and language. As scattered names connect, the story reaches us today, turning the page
