Recs if you like Native Speaker...

Books that illustrate some aspect of the immigrant experience - in fantasy, or in the real world; in childhood, or in old age; in history, or in the modern day. (work in progress - recs welcome!)

page-turning stories about fictional spies and top-secret operations. featuring classics to contemporary.

required reading for korean americans and everyone else

This is the list from The Atlantic. "In 1868, a little-known writer by the name of John William DeForest proposed a new type of literature, a collective artistic project for a nation just emerging from an existential conflict: a work of fiction that accomplished “the task of painting the American soul.” It would be called the Great American Novel, and no one had written it yet, DeForest admitted. Maybe soon."

(Mostly South) Korean fiction recommendations from several Korean culture and history courses.