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Immigrant and Refugee Novels of the 21st Century

Perhaps Donald Trump would stop pandering to the anti-immigrant element among his supporters if he knew that immigrants wrote the best American literature of the current millennium. But that would require reading a book, and... y'know...
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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Michael Chabon
American Dervish (Ayad Ashkar)
American Dervish
2
Ayad Ashkar
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
4
Khaled Hosseini
The Barbarian Nurseries
The Barbarian Nurseries
5
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
6
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers
7
Imbolo Mbue
The Book of Unknown Americans (Cristina Henriquez)
The Book of Unknown Americans
8
Cristina Henriquez
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane
9
Monica Ali
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
10
Colm Toibin
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who
11
Junot Diaz
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
12
Abraham Verghese
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
13
Madeleine Thien
Drown (Junot Diaz)
Drown
14
Junot Diaz
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
15
Jonathan Safran Foer
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
16
Mohsin Hamed
Ghana Must Go (Taiye Selasi)
Ghana Must Go
17
Taiye Selasi
Girl in Translation (Jean Kwok)
Girl in Translation
18
Jean Kwok
A Good Country (Laleh Khadivi)
A Good Country
19
Laleh Khadivi
Into the Beautiful North
Into the Beautiful North
20
An Ishmael of Syria (Asaad Almohammad)
An Ishmael of Syria
21
Asaad Almohammad
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
22
Khalid Hosseini
The Lazarus Project (Aleksandar Hemon)
The Lazarus Project
23
Aleksandar Hemon
The Leavers (Lisa Ko)
The Leavers
24
Lisa Ko
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
25
Colum McCann
A Life Apart (Mariapia Veladiano)
A Life Apart
26
Mariapia Veladiano
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
27
Jhumpa Lahiri
Lucky Boy (Shanthi Sekaran)
Lucky Boy
28
Shanthi Sekaran
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
29
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Moor's Account (Laila Lalami)
The Moor's Account
30
Laila Lalami
Music of the Ghosts (Vaddey Ratner)
Music of the Ghosts
31
Vaddey Ratner
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
32
Jhumpa Lahiri
Open City (Teju Cole)
Open City
33
Teju Cole
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
34
Min Jin Lee
The Refugees (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Refugees
35
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
36
Mohsin Hamid
Return to Sender (Julia Alvarez)
Return to Sender
37
Julia Alvarez
The Russian Debutante's Handbook (Gary Shteyngart)
The Russian Debutante's Handbook
38
Gary Shteyngart
The Same Sky (Amanda Eyre Ward)
The Same Sky
39
Amanda Eyre Ward
A Short History of Tractors in UKrainian (Marina Lewycka)
A Short History of Tractors in UKrainian
40
Marina Lewycka
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