What Korea is reading in 2026

A year ago, the country's bestseller lists were dominated by the works of Han Kang after her 2024 Nobel Prize win in literature brought renewed attention to her fiction.

This year, however, a different picture has emerged: A wave of new Korean and international novels has reshuffled the bestseller lists, signaling a broader revival of literary fiction among readers.

Leading the shift is Andy Weir's science fiction novel "Project Hail Mary," which became the bestselling book of the first five mon ...