Tigard Reader's Advisory: KPOP Demon HuntersLike this list

18 items

• The God and the Gumiho

  Kim, Sophie,

  Add The God and the Gumiho to your for later shelf

  "In this contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up with a trickster god-turned-detective to track down a wrathful demon before it can destroy the mortal world"

• Gorgeous Gruesome Faces

  Cheng, Linda,

  Add Gorgeous Gruesome Faces to your for later shelf

  Disgraced teen idol Sunny, comes face to face with Candie, her former bandmate, and the demons of their shared past when the two enter a K-pop competition that devolves into a deadly nightmare.

• The Floating World

  Oh, Axie,

  Add The Floating World to your for later shelf

  "An amnesiac sword-for-hire and a village girl with a strange magical power become entangled in worlds-altering events, and each other's destinies"

• I'll Love You Forever

  Notes From a K-pop Fan

  Kwon, Giaae,

  Add I'll Love You Forever to your for later shelf

  "Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror meets Cathy Park Hong's Minor Feelings in a meditation that blends memoir and cultural criticism to explore how the author's love affair with K-pop has shaped her sense of self, charting K-pop's complex coming-of-age…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat

  Kim, Jiyun, 1992-

  Add Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat to your for later shelf

  Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary stories of ordinary people unfold. Situated at the heart of rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, the laundromat is a haven of peace and reflection for many locals. And when a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Five Broken Blades

  Corland, Mai,

  Add Five Broken Blades to your for later shelf

  "The king of Yusan must die. The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the God King Joon. He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand, the nobles flourish,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love in the Big City

  a Novel

  Park, Sang Young, 1988-

  Add Love in the Big City to your for later shelf

  "Love in the Big City is the English-language debut of Sang Young Park, one of Korea's most exciting young writers. A runaway bestseller, the novel hit the top five lists of all the major bookstores and went into nine printings. Love in the Big City…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Crane Among Wolves

  Hur, June,

  Add A Crane Among Wolves to your for later shelf

  In a kingdom gripped by turmoil, privileged seventeen-year-old Iseul defies danger to rescue her sister Suyeon from the absolute power of tyrannical King Yeonsan, while Prince Daehyun, desperate to overthrow his despotic half-brother, forms an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

  Hwang, Po-rŭm,

  Add Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop to your for later shelf

  Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeong-Ju, in a leap of faith, opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, and, welcoming new friends and visitors to her circle, builds an inviting space for hurt and lost souls to rest, heal and learn how to write…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Y/N

  a Novel

  Yi, Esther,

  Add Y/N to your for later shelf

  "Surreal, hilarious, and shrewdly poignant--a novel about a Korean American woman living in Berlin whose obsession with a K-pop idol sends her to Seoul on a journey of literary self-destruction."

• Once Upon a K-prom

  Cho, Kat,

  Add Once Upon a K-prom to your for later shelf

  Instead of going to prom, seventeen-year-old Elena Soo wants to spend her time saving the local community center, and she is determined to keep her priorities straight even when her childhood best friend--who is now a K-pop superstar--returns to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bright

  Jung, Jessica, 1989-

  Add Bright to your for later shelf

  Now that Girls Forever is the number-one K-pop group in the world, Rachel Kim is famous and happy, but when she meets Alex she considers breaking the rules of fame to fall in love. Rachel Kim is at the top of her game: Girls Forever is now the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wicked Fox

  Cho, Kat,

  Add Wicked Fox to your for later shelf

  After eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung, a nine-tailed fox surviving in modern-day Seoul by eating the souls of evil men, kills a murderous goblin to save Jihoon, she is forced to choose between her immortal life and his. Gu Miyoung is a gumiho, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Orb

  Kim, Ewhan,

  Add The Black Orb to your for later shelf

  "One evening in downtown Seoul, Jeong-su is smoking a cigarette outside when he sees something impossible: a huge black orb appears out of nowhere and sucks his neighbour inside. The orb soon begins consuming other people and no one knows how to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nine Tailed

  Lee, Jayci,

  Add Nine Tailed to your for later shelf

  An enemy on her tails, an innocent at her side, and a dangerous power within her that could destroy them all. Jayci Lee melds Korean folklore with modern Americana in this fiery new series. Sunny Cho aspires to be the dullest, least interesting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Band

  a Novel

  Ma-Kellams, Christine,

  Add The Band to your for later shelf

  "The biting literary satire of The Sellout meets the pulsing thrill of Mouth to Mouth in this darkly humorous, surreal debut about a seductive, but problematic bond between an unhappily married therapist and the cancelled K-Pop idol she meets at a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• New Korean Titles at Tigard Public Library!

  View on bibliocommons.com

  Did you know, the Tigard Public Library has an excellent collection of World Languages books available in Korean! There's a great selection of both Fiction and Non-fiction to choose from. Here are some highlights and new purchases that might pique…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kpop Demon Hunters

  Soundtrack From the Netflix Film

  Add Kpop Demon Hunters to your for later shelf