Sushi Books: Fiction

I did a search on Amazon for Sushi books, to get an idea of what sushi cookbooks and "for beginners" type books were available. Lo and behold, a bounty of fiction titles popped up about our favorite food! I had no idea there were so many books who's storyline revolved around sushi! So you know these are going on my wishlist.


First Book of Sushi (World Snacks) is a child's book, full of rhymes. All the reviews are 4 and 5 stars (or seem to be), and several people have mentioned how their children love to have the book read to them. According to the detail page, there are lots of pictures that help to identify various types of sushi, though they've said that there is no pronunciation key. Keep in mind, however, that it rhymes, so that may help in figuring it out for yourself.

The Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice (P.S.) seems like an interesting sushi book. Based on the description, I'm assuming that it's fiction, but what's most interesting is that the author actually attended a sushi school in a Japanese restaurant in Hermosa Beach for several months for research. According to the detail page, woven throughout the stories is a great deal of information on fish and sushi. Surely an intriguing read for any sushi lover.


Sushi for Beginners: A Novel By writer Marian Keyes is described as British chick-lit ala Bridget Jones. The romance appears to revolve around a themed dinner of Sushi For Beginners. The reviews indicate that it's not a top notch book, and starts rather slowly with cardboard characters. However, nearly ever review indicates that the book becomes good. Speaking as a lover of Bridget Jones who found Olivia Joules (by the same author) rather tired, I'll probably end up with this book! What can I say? Cardboard chick-lit is my guilty pleasure.

I want children, just so that I have an excuse to buy Yoko (Yoko and Friends-School Days). This looks so cute! As indicated, it's a children's book. Yoko's mother lovingly packs a lunch of wonderful sushi for Yoko's first day of school. Her day begins very well, but when it comes to lunch time, Yoko is the only student who doesn't have a "normal" lunch. The details page indicates that the end of the book has her classmates appreciating Yoko's culture (or maybe just the food), rather than her giving up her favorite comfort food or culture. It sounds like a wonderful book, and I may not be able to wait until I have children!

I can't find any information on Amazon about Desperately Seeking Sushi: A Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery (Madeline Bean Mysteries), but I totally dig the title. (Big fan of Desperately Seeking Susan)

While I haven't read Camy Tang's Sushi for One? (The Sushi Series, Book 1), several of my friends have, and they all loved it! This is Christian chick-lit... funny how so many of these novels involving sushi are chick-lit? and there are two more titles in the series: Only Uni (The Sushi Series, Book 2), and Single Sashimi (Sushi Series, Book 3).


The Secret Lives of the Sushi Club seems to be Women's Lit, but there are no details on the detail page! The reader reviews shed more light on the subject.

Hope you enjoyed this list, and hey- maybe it made your holiday shopping a little bit easier!