What to Read After Korea's Place in the Sun
Readers who loved Korea's Place in the Sun by Bruce Cumings keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Korea's Place in the Sun is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Korea's Place in the Sun
Nothing to Envy
Korea, old and new
Escape from Camp 14
The aquariums of Pyongyang
The Koreans
The Cleanest Race
Impossible State
Korea: The Impossible Country
Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader
The Living Reed
Lost Names
Ten Thousand Sorrows
The two Koreas
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Sources of Korean tradition
Long Road Home
Korea
The Comfort Women
Embracing Defeat
North of the DMZ
Under the Black Umbrella
Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America
The birth of Korean cool