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Korean Culture
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Culture Shock!: Korea
by Sonja Vegdahl Hur, and Ben Seunghua Hur (Contributor)
Culture Shock is an excellent Korean culture primer for your year abroad. It is
a little outdated, but is chock full of useful information.
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Things Korean
by O-Young Lee and John Holstein (Translator)
An engrossing book about objects that have important cultural siginficance to Koreans. Good visuals,
and a good read.
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Passport Korea : Your Pocket Guide to Korean Business, Customs & Etiquette (Passport to the World)
by Kevin Keating and Barbara Szerlip (Editor)
A guide to Korean customs and polite behavior. Useful.
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Lonely Planet Korea (4th Ed)
by Robert Storey
This guide will help you decide where to visit during your stay in Korea. Contains 60 details maps.
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Lonely Planet Seoul (3rd Ed)
by Robert Storey
An overview of Seoul and its attractions. Suggestions for every budget on where to stay and where to eat.
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Korean Language
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Berlitz Korean Phrase Book
A Korean phrase book - useful to help you get around.
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Korean: Pimsleur Language Program
by Sung-Hyun Kirk Kim
A great introduction to the Korean language. The Pimsleur method does work. (It helped me a lot.)
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College Korean
by Michael C. Rogers, Clare You, and Kyungnyun K. Richards
This book is a comprehensive look at the Korean language. It contains
modern usage, and well structured lessons. You'll need to practice with
a Korean speaker or purchase the accompanying tapes (from the University
of Berkley).
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Handbook of Korean Vocabulary : An Approach to Word Recognition and Comprehension
by Miho Choo, and William O'Grady
A useful book for students of the Korean language, no matter the skill level. It will
help you build your vocabulary quick and easy.
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Mastering Korean : Hear It, Speak It, Write It, Read It (The Foreign Service Institute Language Series)
These are the same tapes diplomats use to learn Korean. The conversations are occasionally monotomous, but
the repetition is helpful.
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Korean at a Glance
by Grace Holt and Daniel D. Holt
Another book to help you learn Korean.
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Korean/English English/Korean Dictionary
by Davidovic Mladen
A Korean/English English/Korean dictionary. It contains pronunciation guides written
with English letters.
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Korean Cooking
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Dok Suni : Recipes from My Mother's Korean Kitchen
by Jenny Kwak, and Liz Fried (Contributor)
Contains all the important classic Korean recipes, as well as an involving personal narrative. For those not familiar,
with Korean food there are good descriptions of each dish. The book contains 70 recipes.
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The Korean Kitchen : Classic Recipes from the Land of the Morning Calm
by Copeland Marks
Another useful resource for aspiring Korean chefs. Contains a helpful glossary defining Korean foods and spices.
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Flavors of Korea : Delicious Vegetarian Cuisine
by Deborah Coultrip-Davis and Young Sook Ramsay
The vegetarian side of Korean cooking. Note: Not as traditional as some of the other books.
These recipes have been adapted to be more low-fat and vegetarian than traditionally they
would be.
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The Kimchee Cookbook : Fiery Flavors and Cultural History of Korea's National Dish
by Man-Jo Kim, O-Young Lee, and Kyou-Tae Lee
The title says it all. Kimchee is a very popular side dish in Korea. This books contains 75
recipes, in addition to highling the cultural, historical and scientific aspects of the dish. Warning: Kimchee is hot, hot, hot!
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Healthful Korean Cooking : Meats and Poultry
by Chin-Hwa No
A book about cooking meat and chicken Korean style.
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Miscellaneous
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Korean Folk & Fairy Tales
by Suzanne Crowder Han
Folk stories from ancient Korea.
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The Korean Cinderella
by Suzanne Crowder Han
A Korean Cinderella? Yes, there is.
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Here our some of our favorite books on Korea and its culture. If you know of
any books we should add, feel free to 
