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.

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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.

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They called us enemy /
Takei, George,
Paper Book
Discover this award-winning masterpiece before the release of George Takei's deeply personal follow-up, It Rhymes With Takei (June 2025). The New York Times bestselling graphic memoir from actor/author/activist George Takei returns in a deluxe hardcover edition with...
When the emperor was divine : a novel /
Otsuka, Julie,
Paper Book
The story of a Japanese American family all but destroyed by American prejudice and policies during World War II.
Stubborn twig : three generations in the life of a Japanese American family
Kessler, Lauren.
Paper Book
To celebrate Oregon's 150th birthday, the Oregon Library Association has chosen one book for all Oregonians to read: Stubborn Twig. Lauren Kessler's award-winning book, the selection for the statewide Oregon Reads program, is a classic story of immigrants making their way in a new land. It is a...
They called us enemy /
Takei, George,
Paper Book
Discover this award-winning masterpiece before the release of George Takei's deeply personal follow-up, It Rhymes With Takei (June 2025). The New York Times bestselling graphic memoir from actor/author/activist George Takei returns in a deluxe hardcover edition with...
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...
Only what we could carry : the Japanese American internment experience
Inada, Lawson Fusao.
Paper Book
The definitive anthology of Japanese American internment. "In these stories are lifted up our humanity, our indomitable spirit and dignity, an implacable quest for justice"--Janice Mirikitani Shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States...
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...
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...
The grave on the wall
Shimoda, Brandon
Paper Book
Winner of the 2020 PEN Open Book Award Best of 2019: Nonfiction - Entropy Magazine A memoir and book of mourning, a grandson's attempt to reconcile his own uncontested citizenship with his grandfather's lifelong struggle. Award-winning poet Brandon Shimoda has crafted a...
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...
When can we go back to America? : voices of Japanese American incarceration during World War II
Kamei, Susan H.
Paper Book
In this dramatic and page-turning narrative history of Japanese Americans before, during, and after their World War II incarceration, Susan H. Kamei weaves the voices of over 130 individuals who lived through this tragic episode, most of them as young adults. It's difficult to...
Un-American : the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II
Cahan, Richard
Paper Book
The imprisonment of U.S. citizens: More relevant now than ever In the spring of 1942, the United States rounded up 120,000 residents of Japanese ancestry living along the West Coast and sent them to interment camps for the duration of World War II. Many abandoned their land. Many gave up...
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
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki
Paper Book
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls her childhood at a Japanese incarceration camp in this engrossing memoir that has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. This special 50th-anniversary edition features a new cover, a foreword by New York Times bestselling and...
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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