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
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
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,421 voters

The Chosen by Chaim PotokThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Jews in Literature
884 books — 312 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichCeremony by Leslie Marmon SilkoIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Native American Fiction
837 books — 638 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


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