Immigrant Experience Literature

1.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,386 ratings
2.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,683 ratings
3.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,135 ratings
4.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating — 222,900 ratings
5.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,018 ratings
6.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,924 ratings
7.
An Ishmael of Syria
An Ishmael of Syria 3.81 avg rating — 632 ratings
8.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,845 ratings
9.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,443 ratings
10.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,073 ratings
11.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,939 ratings
12.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,731 ratings
13.
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.92 avg rating — 160,764 ratings
14.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating — 95,607 ratings
15.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,343 ratings
16.
Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
by: Jean Kwok
3.99 avg rating — 58,175 ratings
17.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 131,935 ratings
18.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures 4.20 avg rating — 87,592 ratings
19.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,066 ratings
20.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,226 ratings
21.
The Hundred Secret Senses
The Hundred Secret Senses
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46,173 ratings
22.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,622 ratings
23.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating — 35,228 ratings
24.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating — 431,571 ratings
25.
The Arrival
The Arrival
by: Shaun Tan
4.35 avg rating — 59,071 ratings
26.
Little Bee
Little Bee 3.72 avg rating — 247,065 ratings
27.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,541 ratings
28.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! 3.90 avg rating — 57,270 ratings
29.
Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising 4.04 avg rating — 111,352 ratings
30.
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 3.62 avg rating — 32,108 ratings
31.
Daughter of Fortune
Daughter of Fortune 3.94 avg rating — 138,038 ratings
32.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating — 33,274 ratings
33.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,049 ratings
34.
The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain 3.66 avg rating — 34,020 ratings
35.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,907 ratings
36.
The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic 3.70 avg rating — 62,372 ratings
37.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 3.73 avg rating — 82,630 ratings
38.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,442 ratings
39.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,134 ratings
40.
Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating — 91,942 ratings
41.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating — 30,929 ratings
42.
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss 3.45 avg rating — 54,325 ratings
43.
'Tis
'Tis 3.74 avg rating — 65,407 ratings
44.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,848 ratings
45.
Digging to America
Digging to America 3.59 avg rating — 23,213 ratings
46.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,118 ratings
47.
Starting Over
Starting Over 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings
48.
Exodus
Exodus
by: Leon Uris
4.34 avg rating — 100,893 ratings
49.
How to Be an American Housewife
How to Be an American Housewife 3.65 avg rating — 13,575 ratings
50.
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans 3.89 avg rating — 45,524 ratings
51.
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America 3.84 avg rating — 27,108 ratings
52.
Managing Bubbie
Managing Bubbie 4.33 avg rating — 506 ratings
53.
When I Was Puerto Rican
When I Was Puerto Rican 4.07 avg rating — 13,509 ratings
54.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,168 ratings
55.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating — 48,393 ratings
56.
Bless Me, Ultima
Bless Me, Ultima 3.82 avg rating — 36,615 ratings
57.
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 3.45 avg rating — 36,189 ratings
58.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,860 ratings
59.
Those Who Save Us
Those Who Save Us 4.11 avg rating — 102,912 ratings
60.
Drown
Drown 4.01 avg rating — 36,959 ratings
61.
A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating — 41,016 ratings
62.
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 96,275 ratings
63.
Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating — 108,621 ratings
64.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating — 395,425 ratings
65.
Teacher Man: A Memoir
Teacher Man: A Memoir 3.76 avg rating — 39,640 ratings
66.
Zeitoun
Zeitoun 4.05 avg rating — 79,608 ratings
67.
Milena: & Other Social Reforms
Milena: & Other Social Reforms 4.06 avg rating — 77 ratings
68.
The Mistress of Spices
The Mistress of Spices 3.48 avg rating — 14,720 ratings
69.
American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese 3.88 avg rating — 100,052 ratings
70.
The Road Home
The Road Home 3.88 avg rating — 10,464 ratings
71.
Mama's Bank Account
Mama's Bank Account 4.25 avg rating — 3,346 ratings
72.
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 129,511 ratings
73.
Honolulu
Honolulu 4.08 avg rating — 25,159 ratings
74.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,449 ratings
75.
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories 4.05 avg rating — 11,125 ratings
76.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,066 ratings
77.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating — 148,003 ratings
78.
Caramelo
Caramelo 3.93 avg rating — 12,986 ratings
79.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,887 ratings
80.
Lucy
Lucy 3.83 avg rating — 13,945 ratings
81.
Annie’s Stories (Ellis Island, #2)
Annie’s Stories (Ellis Island, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 196 ratings
82.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,303 ratings
83.
The Emigrants (The Emigrants, #1)
The Emigrants (The Emigrants, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 9,423 ratings
84.
Ignorance
Ignorance 3.81 avg rating — 26,964 ratings
85.
When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine 3.81 avg rating — 29,655 ratings
86.
On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
by: Lisa See
3.95 avg rating — 11,026 ratings
87.
The Feast of the Goat
The Feast of the Goat 4.34 avg rating — 40,747 ratings
88.
Molly's Pilgrim
Molly's Pilgrim 4.10 avg rating — 1,266 ratings
88.
Anil's Ghost
Anil's Ghost 3.58 avg rating — 18,628 ratings
90.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,011 ratings
91.
The Light of Eternal Spring
The Light of Eternal Spring 3.92 avg rating — 510 ratings
92.
Grace's Pictures (Ellis Island #1)
Grace's Pictures (Ellis Island #1) 3.68 avg rating — 541 ratings
93.
Out of Place
Out of Place really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,443 ratings
94.
Giants in the Earth
Giants in the Earth 4.04 avg rating — 6,050 ratings
95.
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam 3.99 avg rating — 6,619 ratings
96.
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda 3.73 avg rating — 21,639 ratings
97.
The Master Butchers Singing Club
The Master Butchers Singing Club 4.06 avg rating — 25,989 ratings
98.
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia 3.75 avg rating — 20,577 ratings
99.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,866 ratings
100.
White Shanghai (Russian Treasures #2)
White Shanghai (Russian Treasures #2) 3.96 avg rating — 223 ratings
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