Immigrant


Americanah
The Namesake
Pachinko
Interpreter of Maladies
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
Exit West
Transcendent Kingdom
Behold the Dreamers
Girl in Translation
The Joy Luck Club
Inside Out & Back Again
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
American Dirt
Crying in H Mart
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
DE LA CAPTIVITÉ À LA LIBERTÉ by Léonce JATCHEDe la captivite a la liberte by Léonce JATCHEIllegal by José Ángel N.LE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JATCHEMy (Underground) American Dream by Julissa  Arce
Undocumented (memoirs)
17 books — 13 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
65 books — 6 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
104 books — 16 voters


Abhijit Naskar
“ Better a refugee than prisoner (Sonnet 1555) Eon upon eon I seek for a refuge, Land upon land I receive but coldness. Last I stand at your door exhausted, Spare some warmth, for my heart freezes! Stateless, cultless, I walk the planet. Restless, sleepless, I live a dream. Friendless, loveless, I brave the mission. The being is dissolved for the beacon to beam. Wield, I do, my conscience as compass. Wear, I do, my backbone as battery. Bouts of tragedy only amplifies my thunder, Nature's bare m ...more ”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

Michael Pollan
“ Historically, national cuisines have been remarkably stable, and resistant to change, which is why the immigrant's refrigerator is the very last place to look for signs of assimilation. ...more ”
― Michael Pollan

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