Does anyone have familiarity with Korean mysteries, crime novels, detective stories? I'd appreciate some recommendations (or warnings to stay away from some books for whatever reason). Audiobooks would be best, but I'm also interested in ebooks.

I'm currently reading Michael Connelly translated into Korean (and that could keep me busy for a decade or more!). I'm also reading YA fiction, i.e. books with strong storylines, narratives that push people along. 'The Midnight Library' is great since it feels like young adult fiction even though it's not.

I'd love to hear what you all are listening to these days, what you are reading to advance your intermediate Korean.

Librivox has a small

Also youtube has channels where people read books, 책읽이 would be a search keyword. Youtube is likely well set up with voice activated stuff, there would be something for him outside of audiobooks

https://printsbery.com/digital-planners/student

Does anyone know how to import Korean music? I'm still new, have been through quite a few stories and TTMIK stories as well but am still finding it difficult. Am trying to stay motivated and thought music would help. However, even whilst watching the import video for music I still struggle to import the music and have it make sense.

I recently downloaded the app 윌라 and am so happy that I did. It's beyond what I was expecting. Novels are read with different voice actors for various characters and a separate voice actor for the omnipresent narrator.

I seriously didn't know that audiobooks offered this level of quality. I never listen to fiction in my native language, English, so I don't know if American audiobooks also do the same.

The first three Harry Potter books are now available as audio books on Storytel. Unfortunately it's region locked so you might have to use a vpn to bypass that restriction.

has great (free!) podcasts on their website, as well as frequently posted YouTube videos.

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OP (from 2 years ago!) here.

There’s a nice series of 100 recordings-with-transcipts available on audioclip:

https://audioclip.naver.com/channels/57

…which is from this series of 100 books for learners of Korean. Sort of graded readers:

http://commbooks.com/%EB%8F%84%EC%84%9C/%EC%99%B8%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%B8%EC%9D%84-%EC%9C%84%ED%95%9C-%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4-%EC%9D%BD%EA%B8%B0-%EC%84%B8%ED%8A%B8-%EC%A0%84100%EA%B6%8C/

…also available as ebooks from the Google Play store here:

https://play.google.com/store/books/author?id=%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4%EC%9D%BD%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%B0%EA%B5%AC%ED%9A%8C

They’re mostly fables, but include some historical books as well (climaxing in a 2-hour overview of Korean history as books 99 and 100).

At audioclip, be sure to look at the “클립 내용” tab for the transcript.

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Has anyone had any luck converting the googleplay bookstore audio/text into lingq?

I just stumbled upon this forum today, and I have to admit that something related to google was the last place I thought to search for Korean audiobooks! They do seem quite difficult to come by unless you're in Korea.

Also, how was the audio for 소년이 온다? I have the paper book, but I haven't actually gotten around to reading it yet. Would love to hear about that or other audio books you've listened to.

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Has text in Korean (or one of several other languages) and whatever your other chosen native language is. Reads sections and or whole stories so that you can go at your own speed.

https://www.beelinguapp.com/

Also there is of course Naver audio clips. The app is fine for podcasts but if you want any of their (extremely enticing) Korean audiobooks you have to send them all of your personal details including a copy of your passport/driving licence.

To be honest, the more as I know about audiobooks is about how to play iTunes audiobook freely. To convert audible audiobook to MP3 format is not easy as we know. All iTunes audio files are encrypted with fairplay DRM protection, it can be played on Apple devices only. If you want to enjoy all purchased or rented Apple music, audiobook on Android phone, Google Play, Chromecast, etc without limitation, you may need a DRM removal tool like iTunes DRM Audio Converter to remove DRM protection and convert audios from M4P to MP3, AAC, and multiple compatible formats at faster speed with zero loss quality. You can catch more info at: https://www.tuneskit.com/drm-audio-converter-for-win.html Hope this point is useful to you.

To get more Korean audiobooks, you can search them on Audible, the world's largest producer of downloadable audiobooks. But one thing you should keep it mind is that Audible audiobooks can play on authorized devices. If you would like to play Korean Audible books on MP3 or other devices, you need to use AudFree Audible Audiobook Converter from https://www.audfree.com/drm-audio-converter-mac/ to achieve it. Hope this is helpful for you.

Unfortunately nowadays there is few Korean audiobooks, but you may still check from the Audible.com to see if there is any audioboks in Korean. In case you need to convert Audible audiobooks to play on any other players in Korean, maybe you can use an DRmare audio converter to help you get rid of DRM protection. here are the top 5 audible converters recommended: https://www.drmare.com/drm-audiobooks/top-5-audible-converter.html

I've gone down many of click holes in the hunt for the elusive Korean audiobook. Unfortunately they don't seem to exist in the form that we're used to in the US -- at least not at this particular moment. There are some audiobooks and audiobook-like content you can find (see below), but it's very frustrating to try to find the right audio and text pairing that's importable to LingQ.

For example, you may find an offshoot audiobook of a particular (usually shorter) book, but if it's a translated, foreign title, you'll quickly realize that multiple translations exist for that title, and none seem to match the audio version you have.

In most cases, the content you'll find labeled as 오디오 북 will be closer to an abridged radio play adaptation of a specific title, with no transcript.

Actually, the closest content I've found was the KBS original radio dramas, with transcripts, that I've written about on another thread on this forum.

List of content that may help you:

1) Audien -- makes "adapted" audio books, (the website / signup is difficult to navigate) some content available on iTunes in podcast form (matching text hard to find) They also have an iOS app.

2. Bookplayer -- similar to Audien -- iOS app gives you some free content -- no transcript.

3. KBS radio dramas with transcripts

4. Google Play Bookstore -- no audiobooks, but this is the best / only resource I've found for Korean e-books. With some massaging, they can be imported into Lingq.

I love studying with Audiobooks in other other languages, but for Korean, I've just resigned myself to a combination of radio dramas, and comparative reading of e-books without the audio.

I keep hoping Audible jumps on the K-wave, but I have a feeling it's gonna be while before that happens.

I typed 오디오 북 youtube and came up with this exciting little play list. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1p8yTb0WwMnaLRrsSSDBU9VZ2qA51iPQ

I'm not sure if those a bit too basic (children's stories and I guess they look more like cartoons).

They could be converted to MP3 on a youtube to MP3 converter site.

If those aren't your cup of tea maybe try 오디오 북 in youtube to see the other goodies. Even better if you know the more commonly used word in Korean for Audiobooks use that? I don't know what it is..

Oh and there are a few books here too..

https://librivox.org/search?primary_key=38&search_category=language&search_page=1&search_form=get_results

Sorry my response isn't completely helpful! I would also like to know a place I could access Korean audiobooks easily..

I've also been looking for audiobooks in korean for quite a while. Unfortunately my last conclusion was similar to yours; audiobooks are not very popular or possibly closer to nonexistent. Podcasts seem to be very popular, but with those it's hard to find transcripts.

As for the Harry Potter series there is no official version either. And after having read through most of the first book, the translation doesn't seem very good either. Lots of spacing errors and names being spelled in multiple different ways. Regarding the accuracy of the language I cannot comment as I am still a beginner.

If you happen to find any audiobooks please let me know.