Join the West Coast’s largest book club.

Join Pierce County Library System and over 140 participating library systems for the West Coast’s biggest one-book reading program, One Book, One Coast!  One Book, One Coast is a shared community reading program that celebrates literacy, learning, community, and civil discourse.  

This year’s book is George Takei’s bestselling graphic memoir, “They Called Us Enemy,” which recounts actor/author/activist George Takei’s childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II.  The book confronts questions of patriotism, family, loyalty, and community, and examines what it means to be American, both now and in the past. 

Author and actor George Takei

Book cover for They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Attend Book Discussions 

A limited number of free copies of the book are available at Pierce County Libraries for those interested, while supplies last.  Provided by the Pierce County Library Foundation. 

Attend Watch Parties of the live interview with George Takei

For those who cannot attend the watch parties, you can sign up to watch the event from home by registering for the Zoom event. The event will be recorded and shared for a limited time on the OBOC landing page as well.  The link will be shared after May 31. 

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