Allende, Isabel. The Japanese Lover.London: Scribner, 2016.
In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family's Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms. Following Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart when Ichimei and his family - like thousands of Japanese Americans - are declared enemies by the US government and relocated to internment camps. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world.

Ford, Jamie. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. New York: Ballantine Books, 2019. ?
Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.

Guterson, David. Snow Falling on Cedars.New York: Vintage, 1994.
San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder.

Hirahara, Naomi. Clark and Division. New York, NY: Soho Crime, 2021.
Based on a true crime that terrorized the resettled Japanese American community in Chicago, and inspired by historical events, Clark and Division infuses an atmospheric and heartbreakingly real crime fiction plot with rich period details and delicately wrought personal stories.

Itani, Frances. Requiem.New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2012.
In 1942 the government removed Bin Okuma's family from their home on British Columbia’s west coast and forced them into internment camps. Fifty years later, after his wife’s sudden death, Bin travels across the country to find the biological father who has been lost to him. Both running from grief and driving straight toward it, Bin must ask himself whether he truly wants to find First Father, the man who made a fateful decision that almost destroyed his family all those years ago. With his wife’s persuasive voice in his head and the echo of their love in his heart, Bin embarks on an unforgettable journey into his past that will throw light on a dark time in history.

McMorris, Kristina, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves.New York: Kensington, Reprint Edition, 2019.
Los Angeles, 1941. Violinist Maddie Kern falls in love with her brother’s handsome best friend, Lane Morimoto. The day after Pearl Harbor is bombed, they elope, and in the eyes of a fearful nation, Lane becomes an enemy. An authentic, moving testament to love, forgiveness and the enduring music of the human spirit.

Okada, John. No-No Boy.Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2014.
This 1956 novel, by Seattle native John Okada, is considered the first Japanese American novel and an Asian American literary classic. Its title comes from the answers many Japanese American men gave to a government questionnaire administered during World War II: would they serve in the armed forces and would they swear loyalty to the U.S.

Otsuka, Julie. When the Emperor Was Divine.New York: Anchor Books, 2003.
This novel tells the story of a Japanese American family that is evicted from their home in California and incarcerated at a camp in Utah. It is divided into five sections that are each narrated by a different family member, and gives a vivid and multidimensional account of the experiences in the camps.

Shimotakahara, Leslie. After the Bloom.Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2017.
Rita Taekmitsu, a single mother in 1980s Toronto, embarks on a search for her mother, Lily, who has gone missing. Over the course of her investigation, Rita begins to uncover secrets related to her mother’s incarceration at a camp in California during World War II. the family’s immigration to Canada after the war, and the mysterious father she has never known. Told in alternating storylines, this novel portrays a family confronting and coming to terms with their past.