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
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Lake Oswego Public Library
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They called us enemy
Takei, George
Paper Book
When the emperor was divine : a novel
Otsuka, Julie
Paper Book
Julie Otsuka’s commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination—both physical and emotional—of a generation of Japanese Americans....
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...
Facing the mountain : an inspiring story of Japanese American patriots in World War II
Brown, Daniel James
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
Audiobook
* 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
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki
Paper Book
Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp--with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy Scouts, sock hops, baton...
We are not strangers
Tuininga, Josh
Ebook
Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel follows a Jewish immigrant's efforts to help his Japanese neighbors while they're incarcerated during World War II. Winner, Best in Young Adult Non-Fiction from the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards  ...

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