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30 Best Immigration Books

Goal: Find the best Immigration books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best immigration books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

30 Best Immigration Books

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1

Exit West

A Novel

by Mohsin Hamid

2

American Street

by Ibi Zoboi

3

Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Also recommended by:

Barack Obama, Kathryn Minshew

4

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

A Novel

by Christy Lefteri

Also recommended by:

Jack Edwards

5

Barefoot Heart

Stories of a Migrant Child

by Elva Treviño Hart

6

In the Country We Love

My Family Divided

by Diane Guerrero

7

The Refugees

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

8

The Ungrateful Refugee

What Immigrants Never Tell You

by Dina Nayeri

9

Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

Also recommended by:

Barack Obama, Emma Watson

10

The Best We Could Do

An Illustrated Memoir

by Thi Bui

Also recommended by:

Bill Gates

11

A Different Pond

by Bao Phi

12

Americanized

Rebel Without a Green Card

by Sara Saedi

13

Butterfly Boy

Memories of a Chicano Mariposa

by Rigoberto González

14

Call Me American

A Memoir

by Abdi Nor Iftin

15

Dreamers

by Yuyi Morales

16

Front Desk

by Kelly Yang

17

My (Underground) American Dream

My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive

by Julissa Arce

18

Native Speaker

by Chang-rae Lee

19

One Billion Americans

The Case for Thinking Bigger

by Matthew Yglesias

20

One Mighty and Irresistible Tide

The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965

by Jia Lynn Yang

21

Separated

Inside an American Tragedy

by Jacob Soboroff

22

The Beast

Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail

by Oscar Martinez

23

The Book of Unknown Americans

A Novel

by Cristina Henríquez

24

The Distance Between Us

A Memoir

by Reyna Grande

25

The Good Immigrant

26 Writers Reflect on America

by Nikesh Shukla

26

The Sun Is Also a Star

by Nicola Yoon

27

This Land Is Our Land

An Immigrant's Manifesto

by Suketu Mehta

28

Two White Rabbits

by Jairo Buitrago

29

Unaccompanied

by Javier Zamora

30

Undocumented

A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League

by Dan-el Padilla Peralta

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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