6 BTS Book Recommendations from BTS Leader RM

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Kim Nam-joon aka RM leads the popular South Korean boy band, BTS. He is a rapper, singer-songwriter & record producer.

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RM loves Murakami's Kafka on the Shore, a renowned novel.

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Me Before You, a romantic novel that got adapted into a movie, has been read by RM.

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In 2018, SBS Australia announced that RM had read this book.

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RM has read The Metamorphosis, a famous work by Kafka, published in 1915, among his many other books.

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RM loves art, this is why one of the books that he’s read is about an artist.

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RM has read "Those Who Walk Away from Omelas," a story from The Wind's Twelve Quarters, a book that comprises various short stories.

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6 BTS Book Recommendations from BTS Leader RM

Kim Nam-joon aka RM leads the popular South Korean boy band, BTS. He is a rapper, singer-songwriter & record producer.

RM loves Murakami's Kafka on the Shore, a renowned novel.

1. Kafka On The Shore By Haruki Murakami

Me Before You, a romantic novel that got adapted into a movie, has been read by RM.

2. Me Before You By Jojo Moyes

In 2018, SBS Australia announced that RM had read this book.

3. Please Look After Mom By Shin Kyung-Sook

RM has read The Metamorphosis, a famous work by Kafka, published in 1915, among his many other books.

4. Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

RM loves art, this is why one of the books that he’s read is about an artist.

5. A Bigger Message: Conversations With David Hockney By Martin Gayford

RM has read "Those Who Walk Away from Omelas," a story from The Wind's Twelve Quarters, a book that comprises various short stories.

6. Those Who Walk Away From Omelas By Ursula K. Le Guin

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