The stories behind their books

“The book I read recently is *I Almost Lived Diligently*. Because I almost did, too.”

“Most recently, I read a book called Almond that a friend gave me.”

“Eugene’s book is packed with content.”

““As I was working on my book, I read Jeong You-jeong’s *The Origin of Species* and Shim Eun-hee’s *The Wind Blew in Ireland. Waves Rose in My Heart*.””

“I’m very interested in other people’s stories. How could one live without opening one’s ears to the world?”

“Personally, I think a truly cool person is someone who has a poem memorized in their heart.”

“The works I keep rereading are Phoenix and Buddha.”

“I enjoyed reading Woo Ji-hyun’s *My Private Painting*.”

“This is a book I'm reading. It's about how the story keeps going back through the generations—my mother's mother, my mother's mother's mother, and so on. So it's really interesting and has a great atmosphere. It's a healing book to read.”

“Alain de Botton’s *Status Anxiety* and Lee Seok-won’s *The Ordinary Existence*. They left a deep impression on me when I read them, and have stayed in my memory for a long time.”

“When I was in middle school, I received The Age of Loss as a gift from my aunt and read it.”

“It broadened my perspective and comforted me.”

“I’m Karon’s mom, Kim Jae-kyung, pleased to greet you as an author.”

“I recently bought this book. It’s called *8 Rules of Love* by Jay Shetty. Um, it’s a cute title, right? It feels a little cheesy. So normally, I don’t think I would have picked it up at a bookstore.”

“I was immediately drawn into that book.”

“Please show lots of interest in my yoga book.”

“So I really, really recommend reading it.”

“If I were good at English too, I would have read it that way.”

“I think it’s this very moment. I’m looking at “You Have to Look at It for a Long Time to Find It Lovely” right now. It’s a book I’ve been reading lately, and at some point while reading it, I just felt something romantic. I tend to find romance even in the smallest things.”

““I’ve always liked author Kim Yeon-su. Many people may sometimes feel as though they’re losing, even when they try to find strength in their own circumstances. I feel that way, too. At times like that, a warm book that says nothing can become a very good friend. The author says he came to a realization while considering the various meanings of ‘the words that we don’t lose’ and discovering concrete examples of them: ‘To reach hope, one must inevitably accept despair.’ We’ve come to live through a difficult time, with many unavoidable realities, when everyone is having a really hard time. Even so, I recommend this book, hoping that each of us will find a way to make things better in our own way.””

“It felt very fresh to learn that the sijo poems in *Cheonggu Yeongeon*, which I had encountered only in textbooks, are being newly reinterpreted as K-pop lyrics.”

“So, it was a fun book to read.”

““It’s a book called At Ease Without Trying Too Hard.””

“How wonderful it must have been”

“I’m going to read my first book (manga) today!”

“What do pigs live on? A delicious read recommended for thinking pigs.”

“I enjoyed reading Han Kang’s Love of Yeosu and The Vegetarian, Yang Gui-ja’s Contradiction, and Jeong Dae-geon’s Torrent, among others.”

“Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince”

“I wondered how a lie could be elegant, and I was interested because it was by the author of Wandeuk.”

“I bought a book, not a poetry collection. <Quiet Excitement>. It's a book about what happened during the author's three-month trip to Europe. Even the really trivial things are written down, and they're all so cute.”

“My all-time favorite comic book from my school days was Comic MapleStory. I don’t know if you know it, but it was really fun. I think people from the first generation will relate.”

“You have to put down deep roots so you can stand more firmly as you rise.”

“Whenever I’m exhausted from practicing all day or performing overseas, Professor Shim, my spiritual mentor, has always awakened my self-esteem—the sense that I am the protagonist of this world—and given me courage. At last, he has published a book for young people. From now on, I should always carry this book in my travel bag. I sincerely want to recommend it to everyone I know.”

“When I first started writing, I felt more fear than excitement, but now I’m glad I can share my stories in writing.”

“At age 20, I suddenly remembered a book called *Reading the Analects Happily*. At the time, while reading it, I felt for the first time that my thinking was awakening, and”

“For me, who has been running nonstop since my debut, books give me a little breathing room and help me gain insight.”

“After reading the book, I also gained the courage to take on a field I want to study, using my spare time even when I’m busy with group activities.”