11 titles, most popular first
In late 1987, as South Korea is gripped by the struggle for democracy, university student Eun Yeong-ro finds graduate student Lim Soo-ho covered in blood. She hides him from the government in her dorm room, drawing herself into a story that unfolds amid the political upheaval of the time.
Ki Seung-nyang is a woman born in Goryeo who climbs to power despite the rigid class system of her time. Her story weaves together her political ambitions and her bonds with two men: Wang Yoo, her first love, and Toghon Temür, emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
In a made-up Joseon era, Crown Prince Lee Hwon falls in love with Heo Yeon-woo, a bright girl whose father is a palace scholar, while his older half-brother, Prince Yangmyung, loves her too. But the scheming Queen Dowager wants her own relative to become Crown Princess, and dangerous palace plots soon threaten Yeon-woo and the young prince.
Lee Yoon-sung grows up in the Golden Triangle, raised by Lee Jin-pyo, a former presidential bodyguard who survived a secret 1983 mission into North Korea only to see his team betrayed and their records erased. Trained hard in combat from childhood, Yoon-sung learns of Jin-pyo's long-held plan to get revenge on the officials responsible.
In an alternate present where South Korea is still a constitutional monarchy, carefree crown prince Lee Jae-ha wants nothing to do with politics or the throne. The king tricks him into joining a joint military training with North Korea, where he meets Kim Hang-ah, a tough North Korean special forces officer, and the two clash from the start.
In the Joseon court, Grand Prince Suyang hopes to win over the loyal official Kim Jong-seo by marrying his daughter Se-ryung to Kim's son, Seung-yoo. Curious about her intended, Se-ryung trades places with her cousin, Princess Gyeonghye, to get a look at him, and a romance begins in the shadow of their fathers' bitter rivalry.
In 1980 Gwangju, medical student Hwang Hee-tae, the pride of his hometown, is pulled by his activist best friend into running an illegal clinic for students hiding from the government. To cover some costs, he agrees to a marriage meeting arranged by his father. There he meets nurse Kim Myung-hee, who came in her friend's place to raise money to study in Germany.
In Joseon, Lee Tae becomes king after King Seonjong, who seized the throne through a rebellion. Lee Tae is a ruler who must give up the woman he loves just to survive, Yoo Jeong is a woman who has to become queen to stay alive, and the real power lies with first vice-premier Park Gye-won.
In Joseon, a secret society called the Pyunsoo Group holds the real power, and King Yi Yoon must bargain with it to keep his newborn son alive. He hides the boy's face behind a mask. Sixteen years later, Crown Prince Yi Sun sneaks out of the palace to learn why, befriending Lady Han Ga-eun and a young man who shares his name.
Mun-ju is a skilled diplomat who once served as UN ambassador, and San-ho is an international special agent whose nationality is a mystery. After Mun-ju's husband is killed, the two join forces to uncover the truth behind a deadly attack that could shake the security of the Korean Peninsula.
Shin Mi-rae has spent seven years as the lowest-ranking clerk at Inju City Hall, mostly serving coffee to officials. After a fight over beauty pageant prize money and a clash with a local councilwoman cost both her and the mayor their jobs, she suddenly finds herself running for mayor, backed by the ambitious deputy mayor Jo Gook.
