These days many Korean dramas are adapted from novels. This article is for all those who are too lazy to read a novel or webtoon and are interested in watching a movie or a series. So, given below are the top 10 Korean series which are based on novels.
1. Kingmaker: The Change Of Destiny
It is a South Korean romantic television series starring Ko Sung-hee, Park Si-ho, Sung Hyuk, and Jun Kwang-ryul. It was released in 2020. It has one season. It has 21 episodes. This drama is based on the novel Wind, Clouds, and Tombstone by Lee Byung-joo. It is a story about how a fortune teller along with women who can see the future tries to restore Joseon which has been corrupted from the inside.
2. Itaewon Class
Itaewon Class is a South Korean drama starring Park Weo-joon, Park Bo-gum, Kwon Nara, and Kim Da-mi. It has one season. It was released in 2020. It has 16 episodes. This novel is based on a webtoon of the same name by Gwang Jin. It is a story about how an ex-con artist and his friends fight to make their ambition a reality of opening a bar.
3. My Love From The Star
My Love from the Stars is a South Korean television series starring Kim Soo-hyun, Ahn Jae-hyun, Park Hae-jin, Jun Ji-hyun, and Yoo-na. It was released in 2013. It has one season. It has 21 episodes. The drama is developed under the title Man from the Stars and written by Park Ji-Eun. It is a story about an alien who landed on love and hated humans but it all changed when he got involved with a childish actress.
4. Love In The Moonlight
Love in the Moonlight is a South Korean television series starring Park Bo-gum, Jung Jin-young, Kwak Dong-yeon, Kim Soo-jung, and Chae Soo-bin. It was released in 2016. It has one season. It has 18 episodes. This series is based on the novel Moonlight Drawn by Clouds written by Yoon Yi-soo and Kim Hee-kyung. It is a love story between a young prince and a political eunuch.
5. Girl’s Generation 1979
Girl’s Generation 1979 is a South Korean coming-of-age television series starring Bona, Chae Seo-jin, Dohee, Young Jo-seo, and Yeo Hoe-hyun. It was released in 2017. It has one season. It has 8 episodes. This series is based on a novel by the same name written by Kim Yong-hee. It is a story about two female protagonists who got jealous of each other and thus the chaos and confusion continue.
6. Cheese In The Trap
Cheese in the Trap is a South Korean television series starring Seo Kang-joon, Nam Joo-hyuk, Kim Go-eun, Lee Sung-kyung, and Park Hae-jin. It has one season. It was released in 2016. It has 16 episodes. This drama is adapted from the novel Cheese in the Trap written and illustrated by Soonkki. It is a story about a college student who is in a relationship with an insecure man who manipulates others.
7. True Beauty
True Beauty is a South Korean romantic television series starring Hwang In-youp, Cha Eun-woo, Moon Ga-young, and Park Yoo-na. It was released in 2020. I have 1 season. It has 16 episodes. This drama is based on the webtoon of the same name written by Yaongyi. It is a story about how a female student’s life changes as she learns makeup techniques. She transforms into a stunning beauty every morning with her makeup techniques.
8. Painter Of The Wind
Painter of the Wind is a South Korean television drama starring Park Shin-yang and Moon Geun-young. It was released in 2008. It has one season. It has 20 episodes. This series is based on a historical fiction novel of the same name written by Lee Jung-Myung.
9. Moon Embracing The Sun
Moon Embracing the Sun is a South Korean television drama starring Kim Soo-hyun, Jung II Woo, Yeo Jin-goo, Han Ga-in, Kim Yoo-jung, and Kim So-hyun. It was released in 2012. It has one season. It has 20 episodes. This drama is based on the novel The Moon that Embraces the Sun. It is a love story between a king and a female shaman.
10. Top Management
Top Management is a South Korean romantic television series starring Cha Eun-woo, Ahn Hyo-seop, Jeong Yuan, Seo Eun-soo, and Kwon Eun-bin. It was released in 2018. It has one season. It has 16 episodes. The series is based on a novel written by Jang Woo-san. It is a story about a former girl idol trainee who can foresee the future and becomes the manager of a struggling boy idol group.
