5 Korean Horror/Thriller Books In Translation Perfect For Your Halloween TBR

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Spooky season is almost here, the air is chilly, and it is the perfect time to curl up with a book. If you enjoy Korean horror/thriller dramas and have been looking for some related Korean books in translation to feed into your insatiable need for K-Content this fall, we've got the perfect list for you.

From bone-chilling murder mystery to pure fantastical horror that will send shivers down your spine, here are 5 Korean horror/thriller books that are nothing but perfect for your Halloween TBR!

 

1. "The Hole" by Pyun HyeYoung, translated by Sora Kim-Russell

 5 Korean Horror/Thriller Books In Translation Perfect For Your Halloween TBR

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A claustrophobic masterpiece, Pyun HyeYoung's "The Hole" tells the story of a man who loses his wife in a fatal accident and goes into a coma himself. After waking up, he is left paralyzed with no one to take care of him except for his grieving mother-in-law. On the surface, there's not much more to it than this, but that is until his mother-in-law starts digging up the eponymous hole in his wife's garden, claiming to finish what she started. An unknown fear crawls under his skin, and his helplessness is devastating, to say the least. The fear you'll experience while reading this book is going to be entirely cerebral, an