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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 (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory
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House on Mango Street
House on Mango Street
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Almost a Woman (Esmeralda Santiago)
Almost a Woman (Esmeralda Santiago)
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Middlesex
Middlesex
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My New American Life (Francine Prose)
My New American Life (Francine Prose)
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Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
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Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
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Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again
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The Good Braider (Terry Faris)
The Good Braider (Terry Faris)
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
13
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans
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The Secret Side of Empty (Maria E. Andreu)
The Secret Side of Empty (Maria E. Andreu)
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The Consequences of Love (Sulaiman Addonia)
The Consequences of Love (Sulaiman Addonia)
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The Namesake
The Namesake
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On Black Sisters' Street (Chika Unigwe)
On Black Sisters' Street (Chika Unigwe)
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How to Get Into the Twin Palms
How to Get Into the Twin Palms
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Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep
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The Russian Debutante's Handbook (Gary Shteyngart)
The Russian Debutante's Handbook (Gary Shteyngart)
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My Antonia
My Antonia
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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The Arrival
The Arrival
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The Golem and the Jinni
The Golem and the Jinni
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Anya's Ghost
Anya's Ghost
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Ru (Kim Thuy)
Ru (Kim Thuy)
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The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion
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We Need New Names
We Need New Names
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The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic
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Persepolis
Persepolis
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The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
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The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
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