11 titles, most popular first
The Kim family, Ki-taek, Chung-sook and their grown children Ki-woo and Ki-jung, scrape by in a cramped semi-basement flat in Seoul. When a friend arranges for Ki-woo to tutor the daughter of the wealthy Park family, the Kims see a chance to work their way, one by one, into the rich household.
Shim Cheong is a mermaid who swims all the way across the sea to find Heo Joon-jae, a quick-witted con artist. Their love story runs alongside a tale from the Joseon era, where a mermaid named Se-hwa and a nobleman's son, Kim Dam-ryeong, become close friends after she saves him from drowning when they are children.
Julian has lived off money from wealthy female clients, but a rushed business expansion leaves him with crushing debts and one month to pay or die. His only way out is to pose as the long-lost brother of Min, a cold, blind heiress, and get his hands on her fortune.
Three desperate people chase a way out of their troubles. Joong-man, stuck in a thankless job and caring for his sick mother, finds a huge bag of cash in a sauna locker; customs officer Tae-young, deep in debt to a criminal, plots a scam; and Mi-ran, trapped with an abusive husband, sees an escape when a client offers to kill him.
Hee-joo, a woman desperate to escape a life of hardship, gets hold of a fortune in gold bars through a risky scheme planned by her lover, Do-kyung. She hides out in the old mining town of Jeongsan, a place full of painful memories, as word of the gold draws ruthless criminals tied to a casino onto her trail.
Chairman Jin of One Network has swindled tens of thousands of members using smooth speeches, charm and powerful friends in politics. Kim Jae-myung, head of a crime investigation team, has chased him for months and leans on Park, Jin's brilliant programmer and right-hand man, to reveal the company's computer room and secret lobbying records.
In 1994, recent graduate Goni loses all his savings, along with money taken from his sister, to a crew of card cheats. Determined to win it back, he trains under Mr. Pyeong, one of the country's best gamblers, learning the tricks of the Korean card game hwatu.
Civil servant Baek Sung-il and his team chase down habitual tax dodgers and people who refuse to pay what they owe. To get the money back, they team up with an unlikely partner: Yang Jeong-do, a professional fraudster.
In the 1970s, petty criminal Gwan-seok and his nephew Hee-dong get out of prison, where they befriended antique dealer Song Gi-taek. He offers them a job raising valuable ceramics from a centuries-old shipwreck near Sinan, but the deal soon pulls in cheats, a rich chairman's suspicious wife and many rival interests.
In 1932 Gyeongseong, Lee Ga-kyung is the city's most skilled pickpocket and con artist, saving up to leave Joseon and start over abroad. For the independence movement, she agrees to spend 100 days undercover as an interpreter at the Japanese Government-General, where she meets Kim Tae-woong, an elite interpreter also known as Sato Hideo.
Eo Yong-mi, Ahn In-kyung and Maeng Soo-ja work as cleaners at a financial company and struggle to support their families. When they happen to overhear a valuable piece of financial information, the three decide to try insider trading, hoping to provide for their loved ones and chase their dreams.
