I read 3 books by Han Kang in the past year and love her writing. The ones I read were: The Vegetarian, Human Acts, and We do not Part. Human Acts was probably my favorite, both it and we do not part deal with memory and its connection to history.
Other books similar in tone I’ve read and enjoyed are: Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings by Sayaka Murata, All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami
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Untold Night And Day by Bae Suah reminded me of how interestingly Han Kang tells stories.
Pat Barker’s Troy trilogy (starting with The Silence Of The Girls) is very different subject matter, it’s telling the story of the Trojan war, from the female perspective. But she writes with a blunt directness that reminds me of Han Kang’s tone – and is a bloody good storyteller to boot.
Julie by Sandra Newman is a retelling of Orwell’s 1984, but again the bluntness and the tone of it reminded me of Han Kang’s writing, and the book gets pretty dark.