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Mongsil Books

Mongsil Books is a Seoul-based publisher at the forefront of Korea’s genre fiction renaissance, specializing in speculative horror, crime, and young adult fantasy. Its curated catalog spans shamanic horror, supernatural mystery, dystopian fiction, and queer coming-of-age stories.

Featuring acclaimed authors such as Jeon Gunwoo, Park Hae-ro, and Kim Jae-hee, Mongsil Books presents bold, award-winning works with strong international appeal. Its distinctive storytelling makes the publisher an ideal partner for global publishers and content producers seeking fresh Korean genre IP.

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Salon de Holmes

When police fail to stop a predator stalking their apartment complex, four overlooked housewives become detectives—and discover that reclaiming their identities may be as dangerous as catching a killer.

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Ghost’s Life Records

A directionless man is murdered and returns as a powerless ghost, only to find purpose helping the living while racing to solve his own death before his last family ties disappear.

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Sunlight Phobia

After an elevator accident leaves a pilot terrified of sunlight, hypnotherapy unlocks childhood memories he erased to survive—and reveals someone from that darkness has been waiting for him.

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Bookstore Detective Yoo Dong-in: The Beginning

A bookstore curator who dreams of writing mysteries becomes the reluctant partner of a police detective, turning Seoul’s everyday crimes into cases solved through books, instinct, and irresistible odd-couple chemistry.

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Bookstore Detective Yoo Dong-in 2: Returns

A bookseller and detective reunite for four headline-ready mysteries, but their hardest case may be the attraction neither can solve while their investigative partnership grows dangerously close.

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Amelia and the Four Jewels

When a student’s death at Korea’s only magic school is ruled suicide, her four friends hunt for legendary jewels—and uncover black magic, betrayal, and a conspiracy rooted in the school itself.

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Amelia and the Legendary Beasts

Peace at Amelia Magic School ends when a transfer student revives forbidden magic, forcing four young mages and legendary creatures into a battle against a power thought destroyed.

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Novice Detective Gil Eun-mok

A novice nun returns to a drowned refugee district to investigate five apparent suicides—and discovers that the people abandoned by society may be dying for a reason no one in the Megacity wants exposed.

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Dangerous Toy

When an intern is blamed for mysterious patient deaths, he begins pulling at the threads of a hospital conspiracy—and discovers that medicine itself has become someone’s most dangerous weapon.

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Scar: The Truth of Black Shadows

A disgraced ex-detective searches for a missing girl through the dark web, only to uncover a digital exploitation network that turns his last chance at redemption into a fight against invisible predators.

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Seopju

When a cursed spirit possesses a bullied teacher and her tormentors begin dying, a detective must decide whether he is hunting a murderer—or something ancient that has finally awakened.

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The Woman Who Swallowed a Flower

When a professional seducer becomes the prime suspect in a grotesque murder, a rookie profiler enters the hidden economy of romance scams—and discovers someone has turned manipulation into a killing method.

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Detectives of Joseon: Missing Tile

When sacred royal roof tiles vanish, two rival Joseon officers are forced into an uneasy partnership—and discover that a seemingly minor theft is connected to murder, power, and secrets reaching far beyond their jurisdictions.

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Beyond Memory

When the remains of three children surface ten years after they vanished, a veteran journalist reopens the cold case—and uncovers a second death that suggests the truth was never lost, only buried.

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Diary of Ruin

After a student is found murdered, investigators discover a diary written by one of two boys with the same name—one bully, one victim—and must determine which life was truly heading toward ruin.

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In Mourning for This Miserable Life

At a clinic where people freeze themselves to escape impossible lives, a technician, his secretive fiancée, a relentless journalist, and a man awakening after fifty years discover that every second chance preserves a debt to the past.

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