Start with high-confidence korean history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Girl With Seven Names: a North Korean Defector’s Story
Unknown author
The Great East Asian War and the Birth of the Korean Nation
JaHyun Kim Haboush, William Haboush
The Korean War
Matthew B. Ridgway
Give Me Tomorrow
Patrick K. O'Donnell, Patrick K. O'Donnell
Nothing to Envy
Barbara Demick
The Korean Mind
Boye Lafayette De Mente
Korea at War
Michael J. Seth, Michael Seth
Bruce Cumings
Striking Back
William T. Bowers
Passing the Test
William T. Bowers, John T. Greenwood
A Foxhole View
Louis Baldovi, Louis Baldori
On Desperate Ground
Hampton Sides
Yalu River 1950-51
Clayton K. S. Chun, Johnny Shumate
The Farthest Valley
Joseph Wheelan, Jeff Harding
A Task Force Called Faith
Steve Vogel
Hidden History of the Korean War
I.F. Stone, Gregory Elich
Pyongyang
Guy Delisle
Korea: Where the American Century Began
Michael Pembroke
Korea - Culture Smart!
Culture Smart!, James Hoare PhD
Gwangju Uprising
Hwang Sok-yong, Lee Jae-Eui
