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Never My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniNever My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,051 books — 1,708 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)
381 books — 257 voters

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken LiuWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinNight at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections
121 books — 73 voters
The Jade Peony by Wayson ChoyIn the Skin of a Lion by Michael OndaatjeCan You Hear the Nightbird Call? by Anita Rau BadamiRiver Thieves by Michael CrummeyMidnight at the Dragon Café by Judy Fong Bates
The Canadian Immigrant Experience
92 books — 30 voters

Becoming Malka by Mirta Ines TruppA Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina LewyckaPrisoners in the Promised Land by Marsha Forchuk SkrypuchWhat Is Told by Askold MelnyczukUnder This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell
Ukrainian Immigrant Fiction
61 books — 27 voters
Who Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Sellout by Dan OzziMajor Labels by Kelefa SannehThe Microgenre by Anne H. StevensWhere Are Your Boys Tonight? by Chris Payne
New(ish) Music History, Musicology + Ethnomusicology Books
77 books — 24 voters

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Tour d'Afrique
71 books — 21 voters
The People Could Fly by Virginia HamiltonHer Stories by Virginia HamiltonJohn Henry by Julius LesterThe People Could Fly by Virginia HamiltonThe Black Cloth by Bernard Binlin Dadié
African and African American Folktales
137 books — 19 voters

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiFusion of Reality by K VariaInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best Diasporic Fiction
20 books — 17 voters
Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam SelvaduraiThe Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption by Lidija StankovikjThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriFunny Boy by Shyam SelvaduraiHani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
LGBTQ+ South Asian Books
73 books — 15 voters

The Corpse Washer by Sinan AntoonThe Iraqi Nights by Dunya MikhailThe Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq by Hassan BlasimThe Gardener of Baghdad by Ahmad ArdalanThe War Works Hard by Dunya Mikhail
Iraq in Diaspora
22 books — 13 voters
Migrations by J.L. TorresCece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela RiveraThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz¡Todos a Celebrar! A Hispanic Customs and Traditions Alphabet... by Ma. Alma González PérezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Latinx Heritage Month Book Display
76 books — 13 voters

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. ManansalaPatron Saints of Nothing by Randy RibayRevolution by Arius Lauren RaposasAmerica Is Not the Heart by Elaine CastilloHomicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala
Filipino Fiction (English)
67 books — 12 voters
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. PhamThe Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế MaiThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Overseas Vietnamese Reading List
31 books — 11 voters

Our Very Greek Traditions And A Few Superstitions by Kassi PsifogeorgouOur Very Greek Summer by Kassi PsifogeorgouOur Very Greek Easter by Kassi PsifogeorgouMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellThis is Greece by Miroslav Sasek
Greece for Children - Παιδικά βιβλία
31 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

salt. by Nayyirah WaheedBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahGhachar Ghochar by Vivek ShanbhagPrincess by Jean SassonBloodbath by Ray Rao by Ray Rao
Best World Literature/Diverse Literature Books
19 books — 6 voters
Fusion of Reality by K VariaArranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniA Spark of White Fire by Sangu MandannaBeast by Krishna UdayasankarThere's Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
Books by Indian Diaspora Authors | #IndianLitReadathon
11 books — 5 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
69 books — 4 voters
Constellating Home by V. Jo HsuWhat My Bones Know by Stephanie FooPermission to Come Home by Jenny WangPedagogies of Woundedness by James Kyung-Jin LeeThe Woo-Woo by Lindsay Wong
Asian-American Intersections
6 books — 1 voter

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooLinghun by Ai JiangShe Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh TranNothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra KhawLesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
Asian Gothic
10 books — 1 voter
Honey & Spice by Bolu BabalolaSweet Heat by Bolu BabalolaLove in Colour by Bolu BabalolaGet a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia HibbertTake a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Black British Romance Books
18 books — 1 voter

Bangla New Year in New York City by Milton BiswasGender in World Cinema by Milton BiswasChristian Contributions to Bangla Literature by Milton Biswas
Essential Books on Global Culture, Cinema, and Diaspora
3 books — 1 voter
If There's No Belt, There's Rope by Adem Deniz Garic
Best Short Story Collections by Immigrant Writers
1 book — 1 voter

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