Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hammajang Luck | 2025 | Makana Yamamoto | Buy |
| 2 | The Obake Code | 2026 | Makana Yamamoto | Buy |
Hammajang Luck, published in 2025, follows a young mixed-race woman in Hawaii as she deals with the complications of family, luck, and belonging. The title uses a Hawaiian pidgin term meaning messy or disorganized, and Yamamoto uses that idea to look at a life that doesn’t fit neatly into any single category.
The Obake Code, arriving in 2026, continues Yamamoto’s interest in Hawaiian culture and the supernatural folklore of the islands. Both novels are distinct stories, but they reflect a consistent sensibility – fiction that takes seriously the question of what it means to belong to multiple worlds at once.