The Buddha in the Attic is a 2011 novel written by American author Julie Otsuka about Japanese mail order brides immigrating to America in the early 1900s. It is Otsuka's second novel. The novel was published in the United States in August 2011 by the publishing house Knopf Publishing Group.

The Buddha in the Attic was nominated for a National Book Award for Fiction

National Book Award for Fiction

The National Book Award for Fiction has been given since 1950, as part of the National Book Awards, which are given annually by the National Book Foundation. Of all the awards given, the Fiction award is the only one that has been given consistently for the entire history of the Award...

in 2011.