Han Kang Books in Order
Han Kang has written 7 books, published between 2007 and 2023. The first book is The Vegetarian (2007) and the newest is Greek Lessons (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2007–2023
- Pages on record
- 873 in 4 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 15–22 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 873 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Han Kang is a South Korean novelist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024, the first Korean and the first Asian woman to do so; the citation named her intense poetic prose and its confrontation with historical trauma. The Vegetarian (2007) was the first Korean-language novel to take the International Booker Prize, in 2016. Human Acts (2014), The White Book (2016), We Do Not Part (2021) and Greek Lessons (2023) complete a catalogue of 7 titles. The subject tags name the 1980 Gwangju uprising, democratization and family life. Han taught creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts from 2007 to 2018.
How many Han Kang books are there?
Han Kang has 7 books, released between 2007 and 2023.
Han Kang Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Han Kang books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Vegetarian2007 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/420072012/4
- 2Human Acts2014 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420142402/4
- 3The White Book2016 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/420161602/4
- 4Convalescence2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 5Europa2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 6We Do Not Part2021 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420212722/4
- 7Greek Lessons2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
Han Kang books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
7 books7 Han Kang titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Han Kang books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 7 Han Kang books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Han Kang
Start with The Vegetarian (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Han Kang book?
Greek Lessons (2023) is the newest Han Kang book released so far.
Is there a new Han Kang book coming?
No next Han Kang book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Han Kang has won
Wikidata records 6 awards and 1 nomination for Han Kang. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Nobel Prize in Literature2024Won
- Prix Médicis étranger2023Wonfor We Do Not Part
- Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela estranxeira2019Wonfor The Vegetarian
- Premio Malaparte2017Wonfor Human Acts
- International Booker Prize2016Wonfor The Vegetarian
- Yi Sang Literary Award2005Won
- International Booker Prize2018Shortlistedfor The White Book
Han Kang at a glance
- Paused
- No new Han Kang title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Han Kang books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 873 pages across the 4 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 220 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Han Kang books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2010s.
What the Han Kang books are about
5 of the 7 Han Kang books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: korea is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Korea 3 of 5 books
- Psychological fiction 3 of 5 books
- Family life 2 of 5 books
- History 2 of 5 books
- Language and languages 2 of 5 books
- Cultural heritage 1 of 5 books
- Democratization 1 of 5 books
- Dreams 1 of 5 books
- Korean fiction 1 of 5 books
- Kwangju Uprising, Kwangju-si, Korea, 1980 1 of 5 books
- Missing persons 1 of 5 books