Ethnic


The Help
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
The House on Mango Street
The Kite Runner
The Joy Luck Club
I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts
Pachinko
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Invisible Man
This I Know by Eldonna EdwardsDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Ice Storm by Rick MoodyWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Best 1970s Historical Fiction
84 books — 86 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,008 books — 1,446 voters

Alphabet Amigos by Angel M. AlvarezHarvesting Hope by Kathleen KrullToo Many Tamales by Gary SotoTomás and the Library Lady by Pat MoraGathering the Sun by Alma Flor Ada
Latino Picture Books
202 books — 48 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriCutting for Stone by Abraham   Verghese
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
371 books — 242 voters

Journey to the West by Biao  WangThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownFarewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Ethnic/Cultural Memoirs
499 books — 62 voters
Funny Boy by Shyam SelvaduraiChinaman by Shehan KarunatilakaAnil's Ghost by Michael OndaatjeThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeReef by Romesh Gunesekera
Sri Lankan English Fiction
106 books — 120 voters


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