The Greatest Books of All Time on Immigrants

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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
72 Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov 1962 American English
221 White Teeth Zadie Smith 2000 British English
443 Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013 Nigerian English
519 Call It Sleep Henry Roth 1934 American English
565 Amerika Franz Kafka 1927 Czech German
617 Pnin Vladimir Nabokov 1957 Russian English
651 Manhattan Transfer John Dos Passos 1925 American English
912 The Making of Americans Gertrude Stein 1925 American English
989 The Lonely Londoners Sam Selvon 1956 Trinidadian English
1129 The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 American English
1497 How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez 1991 Dominican English
1615 Giants in the Earth Ole Edvart Rolvaag 1927 Norwegian Norwegian
1654 O Pioneers! Willa Cather 1913 American English
2164 Bread Givers Anzia Yezierska 1925 American English
2294 Family Life Akhil Sharma 2014 Indian English
2485 Small Island Andrea Levy 2004 British English
2517 Rites of Passage William Golding 1980 British English
3055 The Enigma of Arrival V. S. Naipaul 1987 British English
3271 The Luminaries Eleanor Catton 2013 New Zealand English
3504 The Big Blowdown George P. Pelecanos 1996 American English
3536 Netherland Joseph O'Neill 2008 Irish English
3638 The House on Henry Street Lillian D. Wald 1915 American English
3638 White Shroud Antanas Škėma 1958 Lithuanian Lithuanian
4114 Brick Lane Monica Ali 2003 British English
4469 The History of Love Nicole Krauss 2005 American English
4675 The Time of Our Singing Richard Powers 2003 American English
5595 The Lazarus Project Aleksandar Hemon 2008 Bosnian English
6415 The Bonesetter's Daughter Amy Tan 2001 American English
6662 Preparation for the Next Life Atticus Lish 2014 American English
7899 Capital John Lanchester 2012 British English
8283 Nowhere Man Aleksandar Hemon 2002 Bosnian English
9912 Miracle Creek Angie Kim 2019 American English
10937 The Leavers Lisa Ko 2017 American English
11451 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler 1992 American English
14232 The Middleman and Other Stories Bharati Mukherjee 1988 Indian English
14984 Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue 2016 Cameroonian English
14984 Call Me Zebra Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi 2018 American English
17120 Fleshmarket Close Ian Rankin 2004 Scottish English
17120 Slow Water Annamarie Jagose 2003 New Zealander English