One Book One Coast

One Book, One Coast connects West Coast libraries through a shared read. This year's selection, They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, is a graphic memoir about family, identity, and resilience. Here are some more titles that are similar in theme.

Updated May 13, 2026
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They called us enemy
Takei, George
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller! A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale...
Displacement
Hughes, Kiku
Paper Book
A powerful historical graphic novel about a teenager pulled back in time to a World War II Japanese internment camp, where she witnesses her grandmother's experience and one of the darkest chapters in American history--perfect for fans of They Called Us Enemy and The Devil's...
They Called Us Enemy
Takei, George
Ebook
Nos llamaron enemigo
Takei, George
Paper Book
The award-winningNew York Times Bestseller, now in Spanish! En estas impactantes memorias en formato de novela grafica, el actor/autor/activista George Takei rememora sucesos imborrables de su infancia en los campos de concentraci n en America, como uno de los 120,000...
Infamy : the shocking story of the Japanese American internment in World War II
Reeves, Richard
Paper Book
A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE * Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II Less than three...
Silver like dust : one family's story of America's Japanese internment
Grant, Kimi Cunningham
Paper Book
Kimi's Obaachan, her grandmother, had always been a silent presence throughout her youth.  Sipping tea by the fire, preparing sushi for the family, or indulgently listening to Ojichan's (grandfather's) stories for the thousandth time, Obaachan was a missing link to Kimi's Japanese heritage,...
American sutra : a story of faith and freedom in the Second World War
Williams, Duncan Ryūken
Paper Book
This groundbreaking history tells the little-known story of how, in one of our country's darkest hours, Japanese Americans fought to defend their faith and preserve religious freedom. The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of...
Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II
Brown, Daniel
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2021 Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography  Winner of the Christopher Award    "Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their...
We are not free
Chee, Traci
Paper Book
* NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * PRINTZ HONOR BOOK * WALTER HONOR BOOK * ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE HONOR BOOK * From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second...
Farewell to Manzanar : a true story of Japanese American experience during and after the World War II internment
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki
Paper Book
"During World War ll a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese Amarican internees. One of the first familles to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were ordered to leave their...
We are not strangers
Tuininga, Josh
Paper Book
Marco Calvo always knew his grandfather, affectionately called Papoo, was a good man. After all, he was named for him. A first-generation Jewish immigrant, Papoo was hardworking, smart, and caring. When Papoo peacefully passes away, Marco expected the funeral to be simple. However, he is caught...

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