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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 — 1,447 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

Pachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
[ATY 2021] - Featuring an Immigrant
211 books — 110 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Blue Collar Books
192 books — 59 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherChasing the Devil by Tim ButcherSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Great Modern African Reads
88 books — 55 voters

Tehran Moonlight by Azin SametipourRooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiA Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina NayeriEqual of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvani乙嫁語り 7 [Otoyomegatari 7] by Kaoru Mori
Fictitious Iran
43 books — 23 voters
The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosGirl in Translation by Jean KwokWritten in the Stars by Aisha SaeedUprising by Margaret Peterson HaddixThe Circuit by Francisco Jiménez
YA Immigrant Experience
125 books — 23 voters

Sophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Last Secret of The Soul by Stephen P.   SmithMy Bridges of Hope by Livia Bitton-JacksonThe Aftermath by Rhidian BrookThe Story Keeper by Fred   Feldman
Post-Holocaust
34 books — 19 voters

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste NgThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanLast Boat Out of Shanghai by Helen ZiaThe Chinatown Trunk Mystery by Mary Ting Yi LuiRed Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
Asian American History
102 books — 14 voters

Illegal by José Ángel N.My (Underground) American Dream by Julissa  ArceThe Unenviable by David G. MirichThe Weight of Shadows by José OrduñaBeautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Undocumented (memoirs)
11 books — 6 voters
Being Authentic by Morhaf Al AchkarThose We Throw Away Are Diamonds by Mondiant DogonThe Carousel Carver by Perdita BuchanOpen Turns by Hendrika de VriesGreat Joys, Great Sorrows by Michael Meguid
Best Immigrant Books and Memoirs
21 books — 6 voters

The False Men by Mhairead MacLeodA Pistol in Greenyards by Mollie HunterSo Far from Skye by Judith O'NeillClear by Carys DaviesRemember My Royalty by Hannah E. Griggs
The Highland Clearances
15 books — 6 voters
Love and Vertigo by Hsu-Ming TeoThe Happiest Refugee by Anh DoRoom for a Stranger by Melanie ChengChai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari ChandranBeyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy
Australian Immigrant Lit
147 books — 6 voters

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie LeongThe Adventurous Summer by Mabel Esther AllanMortimer's Portrait on Glass by Joan AikenThe Diddakoi by Rumer GoddenCharley by Joan G. Robinson
Gypsy Caravan - Vardo - Romani Wagon
63 books — 5 voters
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiDriven to Distraction by Edward M. HallowellWar Child by Emmanuel JalThe Truths We Hold by Kamala HarrisThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Reading Our Community - 2020
5 books — 4 voters

Blue White Red by Alain MabanckouLe Ventre de l'Atlantique by Fatou Diome10,000 Miles With 10,000 Reasons by Nancy FrantzCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseMy Own Country by Abraham   Verghese
africans about imigration
7 books — 3 voters
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriNot Quite Not White by Sharmila SenFasting, Feasting by Anita DesaiImmigrant, Montana by Amitava Kumar
Desi Immigrant Experience
11 books — 2 voters

Papa You're Crazy by William SaroyanThe Human Comedy by William SaroyanMy Name Is Aram by William SaroyanThe William Saroyan Reader by William SaroyanBest Stories of William Saroyan by William Saroyan
Saroyan's Best
26 books — 2 voters
Corações Sujos by Fernando MoraisOrientalism by Edward W. SaidNihonjin by Oscar Nakasato
Ser amarelo no Brasil
3 books — 2 voters

The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell by Joe LoyaOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanMy Bloody Life by Reymundo SánchezIt Calls You Back by Luis J. RodríguezMexicans on Death Row by Ricardo Ampudia
Mexican-American Prison Memoir
30 books — 2 voters
They Dream in Gold by Mai SennaarGreat Joys, Great Sorrows by Michael MeguidThe Refugees by Viet Thanh NguyenSlow Noodles by Chantha NguonWorm by Edel Rodriguez
Immigrant/2nd Generation Stories
29 books — 2 voters


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