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The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerDreamland by Nancy BilyeauThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonA Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
Fiction Set in Turn-of-the-century New York City
110 books — 118 voters
River Town by Peter HesslerCountry Driving by Peter HesslerUp to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside by Quincy CarrollOracle Bones by Peter HesslerCHINA by Tom Carter
China Expat Books
99 books — 109 voters

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn SolomonAll-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney TaylorAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeYou'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by Rachel Lynn SolomonAll-of-a-Kind Family Downtown by Sydney Taylor
Jewish Americans in Children's Literature
458 books — 107 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakJohn Henry the Friendly Giant by Cynthia Romaker FullmerOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Help by Kathryn Stockett1984 by George Orwell
Literature Concerning Social Injustice and Human Suffering (Fiction Only)
198 books — 86 voters

Hunger by Roxane GayHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany HaddishOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Trevor Noah's Literary Guests
265 books — 86 voters
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenWhen Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly HayslipThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiThe Gangster We Are All Looking For by Lê Thi Diem ThúyThe Eaves of Heaven by Andrew X. Pham
Vietnamese-American Novels & Memoirs
60 books — 45 voters

Goodbye, Tahrir Square by Zarmati ElioI Don't Want to Forget This by Paulina Lam EsparzaBeing Authentic by Morhaf Al AchkarThose We Throw Away Are Diamonds by Mondiant DogonThe Carousel Carver by Perdita Buchan
Best Immigrant Books and Memoirs
24 books — 44 voters
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane AuchTriangle by David von DrehleUprising by Margaret Peterson HaddixHear My Sorrow by Deborah HopkinsonA Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
56 books — 37 voters

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiListen, Slowly by Thanhhà LạiTangled Threads by Pegi Deitz SheaMist Bound by Daryl KhoThe Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho
Southeast Asians in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
93 books — 34 voters
The Syrian Virgin by Zack LoveAnissa's Redemption by Zack LoveLand of the Free by Woodrow LandfairTrueman Bradley - Aspie Detective by Alexei Maxim RussellHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Coming to NYC (fiction)
26 books — 24 voters

The Chinese in America by Iris ChangAt America's Gates by Erika LeeOn Gold Mountain by Lisa SeeAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangAsian American Dreams by Helen Zia
Chinese American History (nonfiction)
175 books — 22 voters
Girl in Translation by Jean KwokThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonChinatown Beat by Henry ChangThe Girl with No Face by M.H. BorosonMambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok
Chinatown - Fiction
82 books — 16 voters

Tanabata Wish by Sara FujimuraHUSH MONEY by Deborah HarrisThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Color of Water by James McBrideThe Bride Test by Helen Hoang
Mixed Race Representation
104 books — 13 voters
All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz KeilThe Storm Runner by J.C. CervantesFlirting with Fate by J.C. CervantesThe Lightning Queen by Laura ResauI Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Mexicans & Mexican-Americans in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
155 books — 10 voters

The Crossing by Gary PaulsenCrossing the Wire by Will HobbsUntil I Find Julian by Patricia Reilly GiffIllegal by Bettina RestrepoLeft Across the Border by Patrice M. Foster
YA & Middle Grade Border Crossing
14 books — 8 voters
If Home Is a Place by K. Linda KiviForgive Me If I've Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-WatersHarper by Gunnar K. A. NjalssonQueer as Folk Tales by James PenhaCandles for the Defiant by Kaia Gallagher
Estonian diaspora in fiction
7 books — 6 voters

Doctor Ouch by Korney ChukovskyTchaikovsky by Ann RachlinFrog Bride by Antonia BarberThe Turnip by Harriet ZiefertThe Golden Cockerel by Elaine Pogany
Russia: children's books (part 2)
112 books — 6 voters
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus IIITehran Noir by Salar AbdohA World Between by Persis M. KarimThe Rug Merchant by Phillip LopateThe Walk-In Closet by Abdi Nazemian
Iranian Americans in Fiction
18 books — 5 voters

The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee29 Dates by Melissa de la CruzThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanLast Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoBeautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Asian American experience
15 books — 5 voters
Luck Follows the Brave by Aida ŠibićSuperman, Vol. 1 by Peter J. TomasiSuperman by Jerry SiegelMartian Manhunter, Volume 1 by Rob WilliamsSuperman Archives, Vol. 1 by Jerry Siegel
Superheroes: Refugees and Immigrants
47 books — 5 voters

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderOx-Cart Man by Donald HallWagons Ho! by George HallowellAlways Room for One More by Sorche Nic LeodhasThe Plains Across by John David Unruh
Covered Wagons on the Cover
94 books — 5 voters
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn1491 by Charles C. MannUrban Injustice by David HilfikerBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian ProbstOther People's Children by Lisa D. Delpit
Stephen's Multicultural and Anti-Racist Reading List
168 books — 4 voters

Pachinko by Min Jin LeeKoreans in Japan by Sonia RyangExodus to North Korea by Tessa Morris-SuzukiLives of Young Koreans in Japan by Yasunori FukuokaHidden Treasures by Jackie J. Kim
Zainichi Literature
22 books — 4 voters
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngThe House of Doors by Tan Twan EngOrchids of the Rainforest by Ram AnandThe Rice Mother by Rani ManickaTale of the Dreamer's Son by Preeta Samarasan
Literature by Malaysians of South Asian Heritage
68 books — 4 voters

The Food of China by E.N. AndersonShark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper by Fuchsia DunlopThe Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8. LeeThe Food of Sichuan by Fuchsia DunlopChop Suey, USA by Yong Chen
Chinese Food Culture
45 books — 4 voters
GIVEN AWAY by Marianna Biazzo RandazzoFeast of the Seven Fishes by Daniel PaternaThese Thy Gifts by Vincent PanettiereItalians of Brooklyn by Marianna Biazzo RandazzoBrooklyn Italian by P.C. Marotta
Italians, Brooklyn (nonfiction)
6 books — 3 voters

How We Get Free by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorWomen and Socialism by Sharon SmithMy Mother Was a Freedom Fighter by Aja MonetUndivided Rights by Loretta J. RossThe Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
Haymarket Books 2018 Women's Liberation Reading List
12 books — 2 voters
From Utopia to The American Dream by John CzingulaGetting My Hands Dirty by Chuck HutchisonThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiA Dream Called Home by Reyna GrandeBeautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Inspirational Memoirs Pursuing the American Dream
6 books — 2 voters

Pedro Páramo by Juan RulfoThe Burning Plain and Other Stories by Juan RulfoThe Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto UrreaThe Lost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliEnrique Esparza and the Battle of the Alamo by Susan Taylor Brown
Mexican-American Experience
95 books — 1 voter
The Lives We Live by Jomasy
Best Poltical Thrillers
1 book — 1 voter

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