Sungkyunkwan University

Korean Literature Book Club

Tuesdays 6 PM, every two weeks · SKKU Humanities & Social Sciences Campus

Korean and international students read Korean novels and short stories in English translation and talk about them freely. We started in Fall 2025.

How we read

  • At the first meeting everyone brings one book they would like to read, and we choose four titles for the semester.
  • At each meeting one member gives a short summary, and then we all share our thoughts.
  • Everyone writes a short commentary like a film review. At the end of the semester we collect them as a record of the club.

Who we are

Korean students and exchange students at SKKU. This semester our readers come from Austria, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Korea, Slovakia and the UK.

No Korean needed. We read everything in English translation.

Fall 2026 · Click a cover to read our reviews

Oct 6
Cover of Seoul: 1964, Winter by Kim Seung-ok
Seoul: 1964, Winter (서울, 1964년 겨울)Kim Seung-ok (김승옥)
★ 3.6 · 9 reviews Nov 3
Cover of Hunger by Choi Jin-young
Hunger (구의 증명)Choi Jin-young (최진영)
★ 3.3 · 6 reviews
Nov 17
Cover of Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin
Concerning My Daughter (딸에 대하여)Kim Hye-jin (김혜진)
Reviews after Nov 17
Dec 1
Cover of To the Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-young
To the Warm Horizon (해가 지는 곳으로)Choi Jin-young (최진영)
Reviews after Dec 1

What we read before · Fall 2025 – Spring 2026