Looking for books to read on the “Comfort Women?” Listed below are various titles ranging from histories and primary sources to memoirs and fiction. There is also a graphic novel and a prizewinning book of poetry.
Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the
Japanese Military During World War II Yoshimi Yoshiaki, “Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II,” Columbia University Press, 2002. Find Book Here Readings on the Comfort Women Issue
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Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies
from Imperial Japan’s Sex Slaves Peipei Qui with Su Zhiliang and Chen Lifei: “Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan’s Sex Slaves,” Oxford University Press, 2014. Find Book Here Readings on the Comfort Women Issue |
The Comfort Women: Japan’s Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War
George Hicks, “The Comfort Women: Japan’s Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War,” WW Norton, 1997 Find Book Here Readings on the Comfort Women Issue |
Legacies of the Comfort Women of World War II
Margaret Stetz and Bonnie B.C. Oh, eds: “Legacies of the Comfort Women of World War II,” M.E. Sharpe, Inc, 2001. Find Book Here Readings on the Comfort Women Issue |
Lola’s House: Filipino Women Living With War
M. Evelina Galang, “Lola’s House: Filipino Women Living With War,” Northwestern University Press, 2017. Find Book Here Readings on the Comfort Women Issue |
The Japanese Comfort Women and Sexual Slavery During the China and Pacific Wars
Caroline Norma, “The Japanese Comfort Women and Sexual Slavery During the China and Pacific Wars,” Bloomsbury, 2015. Find Book Here Readings on the Comfort Women Issue |
50 Years of Silence: Comfort Women of Indonesia
Jan Ruff-O’Herne, “50 Years of Silence: Comfort Women of Indonesia,” Toppan Company (S) Pte Ltd. 1994. Find Book Here Survivor’s Memoirs |
Comfort Women: Slave of Destiny
Maria Rosa Henson, “Comfort Women: Slave of Destiny,” Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, 1996. Find Book Here Survivor’s Memoirs |
The hidden battle of Leyte: The picture
diary of a girl taken by the Japanese military Remedios Felias, “The hidden battle of Leyte: The picture diary of a girl taken by the Japanese military,” Bucung Bucong, 1999. Find Book Here Survivor’s Memoirs |
A Cruelty Special to Our Species
Emily Jungmin Yoon, “A Cruelty Special to Our Species,” Harper Collins, 2018. Find Book Here Poetry |
Trampled Blossoms, What They Stole From Grandma
Moon Young-Sook, “Trampled Blossoms, What They Stole From Grandma,” Seoul Selection, 2016. Find Book Here Young Adult Fiction |
How We DisappearedJing-Jing Lee, “How We Disappeared,” Hanover Square Press, 2019.
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Comfort WomanNora Okja Keller, “Comfort Woman,” Penguin, 1998.
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Daughter of the Dragon
William Andrews, “Daughter of the Dragon,” Lake Union Publishing, 2014. Find Book Here Fiction |
Graphic Novel |
The Last Girl, My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
Nadia Murad, “The Last Girl, My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State,” Tim Duggan Books, 2017. Find Book Here Related Memoirs |
Paid For, My Journey Through Prostitution
Rachel Moran, “Paid For, My Journey Through Prostitution,” WW Norton & Company, 2013. Find Book Here Related Memoirs |
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