Best Memoirs about Immigrant Families

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Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century
Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century 4.12 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 651,006 ratings
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With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes
With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes 3.93 avg rating — 90 ratings
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East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,418 ratings
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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 — 27,115 ratings
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,308 ratings
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Until the Robin Walks on Snow
Until the Robin Walks on Snow 3.55 avg rating — 137 ratings
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The Story Keeper
The Story Keeper 4.32 avg rating — 127 ratings
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace 4.12 avg rating — 4,294 ratings
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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 — 87,607 ratings
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A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home
A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home 4.26 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran
Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran 4.06 avg rating — 551 ratings
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The 1842 Diary of Julia Turnau
The 1842 Diary of Julia Turnau 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Relative Strangers: Italian Protestants in the Catholic World
Relative Strangers: Italian Protestants in the Catholic World 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Eat Now; Talk Later: 52 True Tales of Family, Feasting, and the American Dream
Eat Now; Talk Later: 52 True Tales of Family, Feasting, and the American Dream 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Inheritance
The Inheritance 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Jeegareh Ma
Jeegareh Ma 4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Left Across the Border: A Story of Teen Depression (Teen & Depression #1)
Left Across the Border: A Story of Teen Depression (Teen & Depression #1) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Urban Shepherd: Chasing the American Dream
The Urban Shepherd: Chasing the American Dream
by: Ben Amor
3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Unenviable: Stories of Psychological Trauma and Hardship among Immigrants and their Families.
The Unenviable: Stories of Psychological Trauma and Hardship among Immigrants and their Families. 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Journeys: An American Story
Journeys: An American Story 3.81 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Coffeehouse Resistance
The Coffeehouse Resistance 4.19 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Shadows of Exile: Return of the African King
Shadows of Exile: Return of the African King 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Laughter with the Tears
Laughter with the Tears 4.36 avg rating — 73 ratings
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American Muslim: An Immigrant's Journey
American Muslim: An Immigrant's Journey 4.60 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Unruly Past
The Unruly Past it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Beautiful Country
Beautiful Country 4.17 avg rating — 37,474 ratings
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Slaves in the Family
Slaves in the Family 4.04 avg rating — 3,020 ratings
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The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life 3.95 avg rating — 3,718 ratings
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Elsie at Ebb Tide Emerging from the Undertow of Alzheimer's
Elsie at Ebb Tide Emerging from the Undertow of Alzheimer's 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Eat Now; Talk Later: 52 True Tales of Family, Feasting, and the American Dream
Eat Now; Talk Later: 52 True Tales of Family, Feasting, and the American Dream 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir
A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir 4.19 avg rating — 3,191 ratings
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1958: A Year to Remember
1958: A Year to Remember 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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A Place for Us: A Greek Immigrant Boy's Odyssey to a New Country and an Unknown Father
A Place for Us: A Greek Immigrant Boy's Odyssey to a New Country and an Unknown Father 4.32 avg rating — 312 ratings
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Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,070 ratings
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Cholos and Surfers: A Latino Family Album
Cholos and Surfers: A Latino Family Album really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Journey Takers
The Journey Takers 3.91 avg rating — 53 ratings
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A Zany Slice of Italy (Italian Living #1)
A Zany Slice of Italy (Italian Living #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 412 ratings
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Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran 3.70 avg rating — 4,726 ratings
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Dreaming: Hard Luck And Good Times In America
Dreaming: Hard Luck And Good Times In America 3.89 avg rating — 209 ratings
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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 — 11,027 ratings
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,558 ratings