Top 50 Novels in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest novels in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 216 novels tracked in South Korea, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Madea's Class Reunion, White wedding and Healthy food lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4,447,093 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 118,118, and the largest, Madea's Class Reunion, reaches around 2,626,946 people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each novel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Madea's Class Reunion	2,626,946	0.6%	Novel	Movies & TV
2	White wedding	987,027	6.8%	Novel	Kids & Family
3	Healthy food	833,120	1.0%	Novel	Health
4	Yoga Sutras of Patanjali	283,886	4.8%	Novel	Politics & Society
5	Roller skates	203,810	1.9%	Novel	Sports
6	Don Quixote	130,604	0.3%	Novel	Literature
7	First Epistle to the Thessalonians	119,790	0.4%	Novel	Politics & Society
8	Winnie-the-Pooh	115,077	0.9%	Novel	Kids & Family
9	Prime time	40,377	0.3%	Novel	Movies & TV
10	Divergent (novel)	35,788	0.4%	Novel	Literature
11	Bhagavad Gita	33,746	1.0%	Novel	Politics & Society
12	Metamorphoses	30,807	0.7%	Novel	Literature
13	Book of Revelation	28,522	0.2%	Novel	Politics & Society
14	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	26,113	1.9%	Novel	Movies & TV
15	Old Testament	25,240	0.2%	Novel	Politics & Society
16	Hatha Yoga Pradipika	23,874	7.8%	Novel	Literature
17	Labour law	23,258	0.2%	Novel	Politics & Society
18	Barracuda	22,236	0.7%	Novel	Pets & Animals
19	Jurassic Park (novel)	20,455	0.1%	Novel	Literature
20	Trade Me	20,268	0.2%	Novel	Literature
21	The Godfather (novel)	17,452	0.2%	Novel	Literature
22	The Old Man and the Sea	17,211	1.4%	Novel	Literature
23	Gossip Girl (novel series)	15,590	0.1%	Novel	Literature
24	The Alchemist (novel)	13,424	0.3%	Novel	Literature
25	All Quiet on the Western Front	13,123	0.3%	Novel	Literature
26	Of Mice and Men	12,633	0.5%	Novel	Literature
27	Lord of the Flies	12,131	0.5%	Novel	Literature
28	The Prince	11,734	0.3%	Novel	Movies & TV
29	The War of the Worlds	11,712	0.2%	Novel	Movies & TV
30	Charlotte's Web	11,141	0.6%	Novel	Literature
31	Jane Eyre	10,900	0.3%	Novel	Literature
32	Imperialism	9,407	1.0%	Novel	Politics & Society
33	Oliver Twist	9,063	0.3%	Novel	Literature
34	Hansel and Gretel	8,829	0.6%	Novel	Literature
35	The Count of Monte Cristo	8,452	0.1%	Novel	Literature
36	Botox	8,326	0.2%	Novel	Beauty & Wellness
37	The Very Hungry Caterpillar	7,156	0.4%	Novel	Literature
38	Anne of Green Gables	6,941	0.3%	Novel	Literature
39	The Lottery	6,776	0.5%	Novel	Literature
40	For Whom the Bell Tolls	6,696	0.8%	Novel	Literature
41	Salome (opera)	6,509	0.4%	Novel	Literature
42	Loophole	6,417	0.4%	Novel	Arts & Culture
43	The Green Mile (novel)	6,175	0.1%	Novel	Literature
44	Book of Job	5,873	0.3%	Novel	Politics & Society
45	The Metamorphosis	5,797	0.6%	Novel	Literature
46	Shakespeare's sonnets	5,616	0.7%	Novel	Literature
47	Book of Lamentations	5,235	0.8%	Novel	Literature
48	The Jungle	4,971	0.6%	Novel	Literature
49	The Crucible	4,877	0.4%	Novel	Literature
50	Travesties	4,807	0.9%	Novel	Literature