[Suwon Ilbo=Lee Min-jung Reporter] Suwon City Library is conducting a survey through June 6 to select the Book of the Year for '2026 Suwon Citizens Reading One Book Together'.
The Suwon Citizens Reading One Book Together initiative, a citizen-led reading activity, selects a Book of the Year and operates linked programs including performances, lectures, reading programs, and experiences so citizens can read the selected books together and share their thoughts. This is a citizen-participation reading movement.
Suwon City Library received book recommendations from citizens for the Book of the Year candidates and selected 5 general books and 5 children's books as finalists.
The Book of the Year candidates for general readers are: △ Live Cherishing You (Na Tae-ju) △ I'll Cross the World to Come to You (Lee Kkot-nim) △ I Said Goodbye (Kim Ae-ran) △ The Use of History (Choi Tae-sung) △ We Don't Say Goodbye (Han Kang).
The children's book candidates are: △ To Nana Olive (Ruri) △ Even When Bad Things Happen, It's Not a Bad Day (Jung Moon-jung) △ To the Stars (Annyeong-dal) △ We Will Always Meet Again (Yun Yeo-rim) △ Legend of Friends (Lee Ji-eun).
Any Suwon citizen can participate in voting for the Book of the Year. Voting can be done through the Suwon City Library homepage, the Saebit Talk Talk survey and voting board, or by visiting any of Suwon's 19 public libraries.
The Books of the Year to be read together will total 5 titles: 1 book recommended by the Suwon Writers Association, 2 general books selected through review and citizen voting, and 2 children's books. Suwon City Library plans to operate a 'Book of the Year' corner in its materials room.
An official at Suwon City Library stated, "The 2026 Suwon Citizens Reading One Book Together project is a citizen-participation reading movement where citizens read books recommended by them and share their thoughts with one another," and added, "We hope many citizens will participate in voting for the Book of the Year."
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