Fortune Telling
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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
Asatoho
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Translated title: Everyone Disappears
Author: Niina, Satoshi
Genre: Horror
Year: 2026 | Pages: 340 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91642
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Don't read a book by an unknown author. The story could consume you.
When Natsuhi was a child, her twin sister Aoba 'disappeared' right before her eyes. As time passed, everyone, including her parents, forgot Aoba's existence. The only people who remember her are her older sister, Natsuhi, and her childhood friend, Akito, who witnessed her disappearance.
Unable to forget her sister, Natsuhi becomes a college student, and one day, she hears that her thesis advisor has gone missing. The professor was researching a story called 'Asatoho', which existed during the Heian period but later disappeared. While tracking down the professor and the existence of the anonymous story 'Asatoho', Natsuhi reunites with her younger sister Aoba after over a decade, and together, the sisters set out to uncover the true identity of the professor and Asatoho...
This work isn't a typical Japanese horror story, evoking goosebumps with its predictable premise and poignant descriptions. Rather, it meticulously depicts the creeping dread that creeps in as one delves deeper into the truth about Asatoho, and the process of gradually approaching him despite the fear of the unknown, all while remaining unknowingly drawn to him. This work straddles the lines of mystery and horror, reality and fantasy
Busannamja namgimuk
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Translated title: Busan Man, Nam Gi-muk
Author: Yoon-gil, Lee
Genre: Family Saga / Social Fiction
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
Gagongbeom
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Translated title: Fictitious Crime
Author: Higashino, Keigo
Genre: Crime / Mystery
Year: 2025 | Pages: 528 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91652
Translated
Keigo Higashino celebrates his 40th anniversary as an author! With an eye for truth and a step toward sincerity, Tsutomu Godai begins a new series. 'I never thought the day would come when I would write about this subject matter'. - Keigo Higashino.
The bodies of a famous politician and a former actor are found in a burned-out mansion. What happened to these men who lived such glamorous lives? What secrets do they harbor? Detective Godai travels across Japan to unravel the mystery of this seemingly intractable case. His seemingly trivial suspicions, however, build up, ultimately revealing a devastating secret. This work showcases Keigo Higashino's captivating power, even without a genius character or outrageous crime.
Fictitious Crime: Winner of the 2025 Japan Mystery Literature Award. Keigo Higashino, is a leading Japanese author and the author of the unprecedented feat of surpassing 100 million copies sold in Japan
Gaseumeuro uneun sae
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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?
Yeonhui iyagi
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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
Kill Your Darlings
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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
Wish
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Author: Sparks, Nicholas
Genre: Romance
Year: 2023 | Pages: 488 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91636
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Nicholas Sparks, who immediately rose to the top of the New York Times bestseller list upon publication and once again sparked the 'Sparks Syndrome' worldwide, has finally arrived in Korea with his new novel, 'Wish'.
Written on the 20th anniversary of his debut, this novel by the author, known as a master of classic romance and recognized for his masterful portrayal of modern American lyricism, is another masterpiece that captures the protagonist Maggie's great first love, miraculous encounter, and final Christmas wish.
Maggie, a renowned travel photographer with little time left, accidentally tells Mark, a new gallery employee, about a person who changed her life decades ago and an incident that winter. Thus, the story unfolds dazzlingly, traveling between New York City in 2019 and the seaside town of Ocracoke in 1996, and the pure and true love story of a distant yet vivid memory comes to life again.
Simultaneously, the thrilling yet intense life story, told with a calm, reflective eye, and the poignant twist at the end will warm your heart and bring tears to your eyes
Dahji moshae talheun sarang
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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
Gongheohan sipjaga
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Translated title: Empty Cross
Author: Higashino, Keigo
Genre: Thriller / Mystery
Year: 2025 | Pages: 428 | Origin: KOR | BA Seq Num: 91651
Translated
A revised edition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the debut of mystery master Keigo Higashino, a social mystery masterpiece, has been released! Keigo Higashino's 'Empty Cross' explores the sharp questions of atonement and punishment, returning to readers in a new form. With its signature overwhelming density and unpredictable plot twists, 'Empty Cross' is undeniably Higashino's masterpiece. Now, with the artwork of photographer Okto Lee, this masterpiece offers an even more immersive experience.
'Empty Cross' begins with Nakahara, the protagonist who has just lost his daughter, receiving news of his ex-wife's death from a detective. Twenty years ago, the two went their separate ways after their daughter's murder. Years later, Nakahara, who has lost a family member in a murder, delves into the tangled web of secrets woven within the case. Keigo Higashino delivers a profound message of guilt, punishment, and forgiveness in this captivating and captivating story.
Keigo Higashino - Japan's bestselling and multi-prize winning author
