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Immigrant Experience Literature
Ficton and Non-fiction describing the experience of immigrants
Tags: immigrant

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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan 13 people voted »
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Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 11 people voted »
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
by Anne Fadiman 11 people voted »
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The Namesake
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 10 people voted »
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My Antonia
My Antonia
by Willa Cather 10 people voted »
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Brick Lane: A Novel
Brick Lane: A Novel
by Monica Ali 7 people voted »
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The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros 6 people voted »
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White Teeth
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 5 people voted »
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Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory
by Edwidge Danticat 4 people voted »
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The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai 4 people voted »
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Digging to America
Digging to America
by Anne Tyler 4 people voted »
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 4 people voted »
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Infidel
Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 3 people voted »
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The Arrival
The Arrival
by Shaun Tan 3 people voted »
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Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan 3 people voted »
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Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri 3 people voted »
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Drown
Drown
by Junot Díaz 3 people voted »
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Middlesex
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 3 people voted »
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The Hundred Secret Senses
The Hundred Secret Senses
by Amy Tan 3 people voted »
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid 3 people voted »
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
by Julia Alvarez 3 people voted »
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The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain
by T.C. Boyle 3 people voted »
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Mama's Bank Account
Mama's Bank Account
by Kathryn Forbes 2 people voted »
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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey ...
by Lisa See (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
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Kira-Kira
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata 2 people voted »
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Inside, Outside: A Novel
Inside, Outside: A Novel
by Herman Wouk 2 people voted »
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Crescent
Crescent
by Diana Abu-Jaber 2 people voted »
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2 people voted »
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Try Me
Try Me
by Farah Damji (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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Nilda
Nilda
by Nicholasa Mohr 1 person voted »
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31
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1 person voted »
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Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt 1 person voted »
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Hope & Other Dangerous Pursuits
Hope & Other Dangerous Pursuits
by Laila Lalami (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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Sons and Other Flammable Objects: A Novel
Sons and Other Flammable Objects: A Novel
by Porochista Khakpour (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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The Road Home
The Road Home
by Rose Tremain 1 person voted »
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Bread and Roses, Too
Bread and Roses, Too
by Katherine Paterson 1 person voted »
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Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
by Faiza Guene 1 person voted »
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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family'...
by Lucette Lagnado 1 person voted »
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China Men
China Men
by Maxine Hong Kingston 1 person voted »
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Papa's Wife
Papa's Wife
by Thyra Ferré Bjorn 1 person voted »
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44
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories
by Robert Olen Butler 1 person voted »
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The Midwife: A Novel
The Midwife: A Novel
by Gay Courter 1 person voted »
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Almost a Woman
Almost a Woman
by Esmeralda Santiago 1 person voted »
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When I Was Puerto Rican
When I Was Puerto Rican
by Esmeralda Santiago 1 person voted »
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Ashes of Roses
Ashes of Roses
by Mary Jane Auch 1 person voted »
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Molly's Pilgrim
Molly's Pilgrim
by Barbara Cohen 1 person voted »
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America's Dream
America's Dream
by Esmeralda Santiago 1 person voted »
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The Tea Rose
The Tea Rose
by Jennifer Donnelly 1 person voted »
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Under the Feet of Jesus
Under the Feet of Jesus
by Helena Maria Viramontes 1 person voted »
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O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather 1 person voted »
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Those Who Save Us
Those Who Save Us
by Jenna Blum 1 person voted »
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A Feather on the Breath of God: A Novel
A Feather on the Breath of God: A Novel
by Sigrid Nunez 1 person voted »
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The Ladies' Lending Library
The Ladies' Lending Library
by Janice Kulyk Keefer 1 person voted »
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: A Novel
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: A Novel
by Marina Lewycka 1 person voted »
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Arabian Jazz: A Novel
Arabian Jazz: A Novel
by Diana Abu-Jaber 1 person voted »
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Song of the Water Saints: A Novel
Song of the Water Saints: A Novel
by Nelly Rosario 1 person voted »
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The Vine of Desire
The Vine of Desire
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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A Person of Interest: A Novel
A Person of Interest: A Novel
by Susan Choi 1 person voted »
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The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien
The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien
by Oscar Hijuelos 1 person voted »
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Their Dogs Came with Them: A Novel
Their Dogs Came with Them: A Novel
by Helena Maria Viramontes 1 person voted »
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The Flowers: A Novel
The Flowers: A Novel
by Dagoberto Gilb 1 person voted »
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The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen
by Mitali Perkins (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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The People of Paper
The People of Paper
by Salvador Plascencia 1 person voted »
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Strand of a Thousand Pearls: A Novel
Strand of a Thousand Pearls: A Novel
by Dorit Rabinyan 1 person voted »
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