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The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiCity of Thorns by Ben RawlenceThe Damned Balkans by John FarebrotherTell It to the World by Eliott BeharThe Story Keeper by Fred Feldman
Refugee Reading
64 books — 47 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
95 books — 36 voters

Scars of Silence by Roseline Chinasa OiwohThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiSeeking Refuge by Irene N. WattsMaus I by Art SpiegelmanKobane Calling by Zerocalcare
Comics and Graphic Works on Migrants, Refugees, Human Trafficking
36 books — 33 voters
Dragons Don't Dance Ballet by Jennifer CarsonWhere is Uncle Al? by Eva HibbsLast Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaRed by Michael HallClick, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
Creating Conversations with Picture Books
63 books — 21 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
38 books — 20 voters
The Arrival by Shaun TanMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarExit West by Mohsin HamidMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book Riot 2025 #5 - Immigration / Refugees
41 books — 18 voters

Room by Emma DonoghueThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyWives and Daughters by Elizabeth GaskellThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
40 Books by Oppressed People
70 books — 17 voters
Curious George by H.A. ReyA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtIn the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
Books by Refugees in America
49 books — 16 voters

My Two Blankets by Irena KobaldA Different Pond by Bao PhiGrandfather's Journey by Allen SayStrictly No Elephants by Lisa MantchevPancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh
Immigrant and Refugee Picture Books
41 books — 14 voters
The Burning Chambers by Kate MosseARM AND DARKNESS by Taylor CaldwellThe Blue by Nancy BilyeauAngélique in Revolt by Anne GolonThe Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
Huguenots
31 books — 13 voters

#SayHerName by Kimberlé Williams CrenshawFracking by Kathryn Hulick#SayHerName by Kimberlé Williams CrenshawUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Cynthia Kennedy HenzelViewpoint Diversity by John Tomasi
Special Reports series
48 books — 12 voters
Awakened by Love by Azin SametipourWhat Belongs to You by Garth GreenwellAnissa of Syria by Zack LoveUnspoken Rules by Lora InakMahtab's Story by Libby Gleeson
Migrant Novels
12 books — 11 voters

Spy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy for nobody by Basel Saneeb
Voices of Syrian Refugees
16 books — 7 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

On Fragile Waves by E. Lily YuAfter the Tampa by Abbas NazariRefugees by Jane McAdamStranger & friend by Nance DonkinFriend for Petros by Nance Donkin
Australian Refugee and Asylum Seeker books
70 books — 4 voters
Luck Follows the Brave by Aida ŠibićThe Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy LefteriThe Ungrateful Refugee by Dina NayeriUndocumented by Aviva ChomskyIn the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
Stories of refugees in Europe/US
8 books — 4 voters

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa KatouhRefugee by Alan GratzThe Jinn Daughter by Rania HannaEscape from Aleppo by N.H. SenzaiWild Poppies by Haya Saleh
YA & Middle Grade Fiction about Syria & Syrians
24 books — 3 voters
exit RACISM by Tupoka OgetteDesintegriert euch! by Max CzollekWas weiße Menschen nicht über Rassismus hören wollen aber wis... by Alice HastersHochzeitsflug by Yusuf YeşilözCosmopolitanism by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Diverse Europe: migrants, refugees, minorities, hybrids, non-Anglophone
60 books — 2 voters

Third Culture Kids by David C. PollockThird Culture Kids by David C. PollockThird Culture Kids by David C. PollockThe Culture Map by Erin MeyerCultural Intelligence by David C. Thomas
Cross Cultural Reads
38 books — 1 voter
Nomad Century by Gaia VinceThe Road Before Me Weeps by Nick ThorpeMap of Hope and Sorrow by Helen BenedictEveryone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan BlitzerMy Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden
Migration and Refugees
15 books — 1 voter

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