(Im)migration and the US-Mexico Border (nonfiction)
1. 
A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community
by:
Natalia Molina
4.15 avg rating — 422 ratings 
3. 
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border
by:
Francisco Cantú
3.97 avg rating — 15,190 ratings 4. 
6. 
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail
by:
Óscar Martínez
4.32 avg rating — 2,439 ratings 
10. 
Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
11. 
Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
by:
Charles Bowden
3.71 avg rating — 1,497 ratings 12. 
The Daughters of Juárez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border
by:
Teresa Rodríguez
3.84 avg rating — 1,258 ratings 13. 
The Scar: Graphic Reportage from the US-Mexico Border
by:
Andrea Ferraris
3.43 avg rating — 77 ratings 
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
by:
Jonathan Blitzer
4.47 avg rating — 6,898 ratings 19. 
The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border 3.97 avg rating — 613 ratings
23. 
Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border
by:
Rachel St. John
3.70 avg rating — 127 ratings 23. 
The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
by:
Greg Grandin
4.28 avg rating — 3,038 ratings 23. 
The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands
by:
Margaret Regan
3.98 avg rating — 534 ratings 
23. 
Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History
by:
Todd Bensman
4.31 avg rating — 61 ratings 
28. 
City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands
by:
Dan Werb
3.39 avg rating — 137 ratings 
31. 
The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail
by:
Jason De León
4.56 avg rating — 2,094 ratings 31. 
Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border (Volume 41) (California Series in Public Anthropology)
by:
Ieva Jusionyte
4.41 avg rating — 91 ratings 
34. 
Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves
by:
Gene Fowler
3.97 avg rating — 107 ratings 34. 
36. 
Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security
by:
Todd Miller
4.01 avg rating — 138 ratings 36. 
The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7,000 Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire
by:
Kimball Taylor
4.02 avg rating — 286 ratings 
39. 
No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border 4.08 avg rating — 372 ratings
39. 
Abrazando el Espiritu: Bracero Families Confront the US-Mexico Border (American Crossroads Book 40) 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
44. 
Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border
by:
John Carlos Frey
4.27 avg rating — 116 ratings 44. 
"With His Pistol in His Hand": A Border Ballad and Its Hero
by:
Américo Paredes
3.80 avg rating — 343 ratings 46. 
A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border
by:
Américo Paredes
4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings 47. 
Border Insecurity: Why Big Money, Fences, and Drones Aren't Making Us Safer
by:
Sylvia Longmire
3.88 avg rating — 43 ratings 48. 
Fevered Measures: Public Health and Race at the Texas-Mexico Border, 1848–1942 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
48. 
When I Wear My Alligator Boots: Narco-Culture in the US-Mexico Borderlands 4.25 avg rating — 226 ratings
50. 
Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border
by:
Ieva Jusionyte
4.41 avg rating — 91 ratings 50. 
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
by:
James F. Brooks
3.79 avg rating — 217 ratings 52. 
The Dangerous Divide: Peril and Promise on the US-Mexico Border
by:
Peter Eichstaedt
4.03 avg rating — 30 ratings 
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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
by:
Francisco Cantú
3.97 avg rating — 15,190 ratings 56. 
Angry Tías: Cruelty and Compassion on the U.S.-Mexico Border
by:
Daniel Blue Tyx
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings 56. 
Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream
by:
Joe Tone
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 443 ratings 58. 
Forging the Tortilla Curtain: Cultural Drift and Change Along the United States-Mexico Border from the Spanish Conquest to the Present
by:
Thomas Torrans
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 58. 
Texas Blood: Seven Generations Among the Outlaws, Ranchers, Indians, Missionaries, Soldiers, and Smugglers of the Borderlands
by:
Roger D. Hodge
3.38 avg rating — 298 ratings 60. 
The US Army on the Mexican Border: A Historical Perspective
by:
Matt M. Matthews
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 60. 
Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall
by:
Krista Schlyer
4.78 avg rating — 27 ratings 62. 
Walls of Indifference: Immigration and the Militarization of the Us-Mexico Border
by:
Nicole I. Torres
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 62. 
They Guard the Gates: The Way of Life on the American Borders
by:
Mary Kidder Rak
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 64. 
The INS on the Line: Making Immigration Law on the US-Mexico Border, 1917-1954
by:
S. Deborah Kang
3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings 64. 
The Dangerous Divide: Peril and Promise on the US-Mexico Border
by:
Peter Eichstaedt
4.03 avg rating — 30 ratings 66. 
Another Man's Sombrero: A Conservative Broadcaster's Undercover Journey Across the Mexican Border
by:
Darrell Ankarlo
3.32 avg rating — 22 ratings 67. 
No Option But North: The Migrant World and the Perilous Path Across the Border
by:
Kelsey Freeman
4.54 avg rating — 37 ratings 68. 
The Great Great Wall: Along the Borders of History from China to Mexico
by:
Ian Volner
3.46 avg rating — 41 ratings 69. 
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America
by:
Steven Mayers
4.41 avg rating — 720 ratings 70. 
Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders With America's Mexican Migrants
by:
Ted Conover
4.13 avg rating — 1,306 ratings