The Greatest Books of All Time on Assimilation

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
380 American Pastoral Philip Roth 1997 American English
519 Call It Sleep Henry Roth 1934 American English
665 The Family Moskat Isaac Bashevis Singer 1950 Polish Yiddish
1129 The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 American English
1497 How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez 1991 Dominican English
1878 East Goes West Younghill Kang 1937 American English
2164 Bread Givers Anzia Yezierska 1925 American English
2165 The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka 2011 American English
2798 Goodbye, Columbus Philip Roth 1959 American English
3474 Native Speaker Chang-rae Lee 1995 American English
3478 American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang 2006 American English
4114 Brick Lane Monica Ali 2003 British English
5336 Ellis Island Georges Perec 1980 French French
5495 Ethnic America Thomas Sowell 1981 American English
7215 The Rise Of David Levinsky Abraham Cahan 1917 American English
8105 American Indian Stories Zitkala-Sa 1921 American English
8248 Funny in Farsi Firoozeh Dumas 2003 Iranian English
8598 Nisei Daughter Monica Itoi Sone 1953 American English
9181 Envy, Or Yiddish In America Cynthia Ozick 1969 American English
9704 Black Skin, White Masks Frantz Fanon 1952 French French
10230 A Step From Heaven An Na 2001 American English
10870 Lost In Translation Eva Hoffman 1989 Canadian English
10935 The Leavers Lisa Ko 2017 American English
11299 A Raisin In The Sun Lorraine Hansberry 1959 American English
11660 Bronx Primitive Kate Simon 1982 British English
11811 Clay Walls Kim Ronyoung 1987 Korean-American English
11811 When I Was Puerto Rican Esmeralda Santiago 1993 American English
11899 Seventeen Syllables And Other Stories Hisaye Yamamoto 1988 American English
12258 Quiet Odyssey Mary Paik Lee 1990 Korean American English
12258 Silent Dancing Judith Ortiz Cofer 1990 American English
12513 The Loom And Other Stories R. A. Sasaki 1991 American English
12513 Typical American Gish Jen 1991 American English
12513 Yoruba Girl Dancing Simi Bedford 1991 British English
12894 Orphan Of Asia Zhuoliu Wu 1945 Taiwanese Chinese
13051 Old School Indian Aaron John Curtis 2025 Unknown English
13599 Les Eaux Mêlées Roger Ikor 1955 French French
14232 Hunger of Memory Richard Rodriguez 1982 American English
14622 The Promised Land Mary Antin 1912 American English
15641 Up Stream Ludwig Lewisohn 1922 American English
15671 Children Of Loneliness Anzia Yezierska 1923 American English
16528 The Nez Perce Indians And The Opening Of The Northwest Jr., Alvin Josephy 1965 American English
16526 The Fortunate Pilgrim Mario Puzo 1965 American English
17117 The Uprooted Oscar Handlin 1951 American English
17117 Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston 1973 American English
17117 The Ethnic Project Vilna Bashi Treitler 2013 American English
17117 Summer In Williamsburg Daniel Fuchs 1934 American English
17117 The Cannibal Galaxy Cynthia Ozick 1983 American English
17117 St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves Karen Russell 2024 American English
17117 The Loneliest Americans Jay Caspian Kang 2021 American English
17117 Retablos Mireya Solís 2018 Unknown Unknown