Quotes

“I’ve been working with Bill Shatner yea these 40-plus years. He never seems to get it right. I gave him, “It’s Takei, as in way.” I even said, “as in gay”… I told him, “It’s Takei, rhymes with toupee.” I thought that would do it.”
2008

Books by George Takei in order

Books by George Takei in the order they were published, from To the Stars (2015) to It Rhymes with Takei (2025).

Authors readers of George Takei often like, from our AI-written notes

Art SpiegelmanWrote Maus, a graphic memoir about his parents and the Holocaust, which readers of They Called Us Enemy often find alongside it.
Julie OtsukaWrote novels about Japanese American experience, including The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine, which deal with the camps and their aftermath.
Mitsuye YamadaA Japanese American poet whose work includes Camp Notes, written about the incarceration camps.
Gene Luen YangWrites graphic novels about Asian American identity, such as American Born Chinese, for readers interested in comics that deal with identity and history.
Lois LowryWrote Number the Stars, a children's novel about World War II, which suits the same young readers who come to Takei's graphic memoir.