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Books That Perfectly Capture the Immigrant Experience

A combined list from Buzzfeed and Flavorwire, these are some of the best novels about the immigrant experience, and émigré stories? These authors share fiction and non-fiction about staying afloat (or sinking down) in the system.
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
2
Edwidge Danticat
House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
House on Mango Street
3
Sandra Cisneros
Almost a Woman (Esmeralda Santiago)
Almost a Woman
4
Esmeralda Santiago
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
5
Jeffrey Eugenides
My New American Life (Francine Prose)
My New American Life
6
Francine Prose
Girl in Translation (Jean Kwok)
Girl in Translation
7
Jean Kwok
Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
Bread Givers
8
Anzia Yezierska
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
9
Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again
10
The Good Braider (Terry Faris)
The Good Braider
11
Terry Faris
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
12
Julia Alvarez
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans
13
The Secret Side of Empty (Maria E. Andreu)
The Secret Side of Empty
14
Maria E. Andreu
The Consequences of Love (Sulaiman Addonia)
The Consequences of Love
15
Sulaiman Addonia
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
16
Jhumpa Lahiri
On Black Sisters' Street (Chika Unigwe)
On Black Sisters' Street
17
Chika Unigwe
How to Get Into the Twin Palms
How to Get Into the Twin Palms
18
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
19
Vladimir Nabokov
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
20
Henry Roth
The Russian Debutante's Handbook (Gary Shteyngart)
The Russian Debutante's Handbook
21
Gary Shteyngart
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
22
Willa Cather
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
23
Junot Díaz
The Arrival
The Arrival
24
The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Jinni
25
Helene Wecker
Anya's Ghost (Vera Brosgol)
Anya's Ghost
26
Vera Brosgol
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
27
Noviolet Bulawayo
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
28
Julie Otsuka
The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion
29
Ru (Kim Thuy)
Ru
30
Kim Thuy
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
31
Amy Tan
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
32
Marjane Satrapi
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
33
Kiran Desai
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