The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: a masterpiece by turns sweeping and intimate, that reckons with ambition and moderation, lust and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty.Min Jin Lee brings grand ambition, fierce heart, and the tenderest hope to a novel I didn't want to end.” —Roxane Gay, bestselling author of

‘You'll be instantly dazzled’ STYLIST‘Breathtaking … I adored it’ ELIF SHAFAK‘Masterful’ DOUGLAS STUART‘Another future classic’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGMin Jin Lee, the acclaimed author of Pachinko, returns with a breathtaking epic that follows one family as they reckon with personal dreams and familial duty.John and Helen Koh and their three ch...

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY* The million-copy bestseller** National Book Award finalist** A*New York Times* Bestseller ** Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club **Selected for The Queen's Reading Room*'This is a captivating book... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four gen...

**One of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan.“Stunning.” —New York Times Book Review**In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant—and that her lover is married—she accepts an offer of...

In a world that outlawed God, one man carries His last whisper beneath his skin. When Chungho’s father was imprisoned for owning a Bible, the boy learned to hide truth under the flesh. Years later, in the Empire—where vanity is religion and humility a crime—he walks the desert haunted by a serpent tatoo that hurts him every time he prays. Each city he enters worships a new kind of god: one made from appetite, mirrors, or surgery. Each promises salvation through self-creation. But when Chun...

Idols rule! Scripture is illegal! And Chungho hunts a living Cat God with a hammer, stolen maps, and the monster that wakes inside him. Break the island. Free the captives. Pay the price. In a world where worship of pagan gods is mandatory and truth is contraband, Chungho carries two secrets: a smuggled packet of Proverbs—and the thing living under his ribs that only wakes when the world tries to end him. When whispers surface of an island ruled by a living Cat God—an augmented idol who bu...

In a world where faith is outlawed and gods are man-made, one broken soldier walks the ruins searching for truth. Chungho was a child when the corporations became kingdoms and their executives turned themselves into living idols—rat-faced, scale-skinned, worshipped like gods. Owning a Bible became a death sentence. His father whispered Proverbs by candlelight, and those verses became his only compass when the world demanded kneeling. Now grown—and cursed with the monstrous power of the Ba’...

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor.“Without stories, we cannot live well,” shares guest editor Min Jin Lee, describing how storytelling affects and nurtures readers. The Best American Short Stories 2023 features twenty pieces of contemporary fiction that reflect a world full of fractured relationships, but also wondrous hope. A lifelong friendship may become a c...

A Gourmet Cookbook of the Month. Learn how to make simple Korean dishes without sacrificing flavor from the James Beard Award–nominated author.Imagine sitting down to a sumptuous and fragrant dinner of Dumpling Soup with Rice Cakes after a long day of work. And a hot summer afternoon just begs for a picnic basket stocked with Chilled Cucumber Soup, delicate Chicken Skewers with Green Onions, and Seaweed Rice Rolls. Using ingredients that are readily availab...

The James Beard Award–nominated author heads south of the border to share "simple recipes that can be made on any weeknight" ( Bon Appétit).Es verdad! You can cook Mexican food on a weeknight in under one hour. Using readily available ingredients and familiar techniques, this easy-to-use cookbook makes Mexican cuisine doable for cooks at any skill level. Tacos, taquitos, flautas, burritos, and even classic Mexican desserts like Churros and cinnamon-scented ...

One of the great American novels--and one of America's most popular--featuring an introduction by Min Jin Lee, the New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko and American Hagwon, and extensive resources to enhance discussion of it in classroomsThe basis for the Broadway musical starring Jeremy Jordan and Eva NoblezadaOne of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years...

This "excellent study of foreign policy-making" explores the changing nature of US-Korea relations since 1948 (David Hundt, Political Studies Review).In A Troubled Peace, Professor Chae-Jin Lee examines the evolution of U.S. policy toward South and North Korea beginning in the mid-twentieth century, when rival regimes were installed on the Korean peninsula. He presents an enlightening analysis of the goals the United States has sought for Korea, ho...