Nonfiction Favoring and Discussing Cultural Reactions To Immigration
- No Land’s Man, by Aasif Mandvi
- A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story, by Tom Gjelton
- Strangers in Their Own Land, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
- White Trash. The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America, by Nancy Isenberg
- America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States, by Erika Lee
- Political Tribes, Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations, by Amy Chua
- Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, by Gordon Chang
- The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the law that Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America, by Daniel Okrent
- A Nation of Immigrants, by John. F. Kennedy
- The New Americans, How the Melting Pot Can Work Again, by Michael Barone
- Immigrants OUT! The New Nativism and the Anti-Immigrant Impulse in the United States, edited by Juan F. Perea
- The Unmaking of Americans How Multiculturalism Has Undermined America’s Assimilation Ethic, by John J. Miller
- How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization, by Franklin Foer
- The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, by Kao Kalia Yang
- The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
- From Every End of This Earth: 11 Families and the New Lives They Made in America, by Steven V. Roberts
- The Maya of Morganton, by Leon Fink
- World of Our Fathers: The Journey of East European Jews to America, by Irving Howe
- Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing, forward by Pete Hamill, edited by Illan Stavans
- The Uprooted, by Oscar Handlin
- Enrique’s Journey, The story of a boy’s dangerous odyssey to reunite with his mother, by Sonia Nazario
- A Good Provider is One Who Leaves, by Jason DeParle
- Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, by Rigoberto Gonzalez
- Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League, by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
- American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood, by Marie Arana
- Brother, I’m Dying, by Edwidge Danticat
- You’re Not an American Citizen: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers, by Amanda Frost
- Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, by Jacob Soboroff
- Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, by Ronald Takaki
- Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, by Ronald Takaki
- Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, by Helen Zia
- The Making of Asian America: A History, by Erika Lee
- Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940, Edited by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung
- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures, by Anne Fadiman
- America is in the Heart, by Carlos Bulosan
- Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid, by William Lopez
- Lives in the Balance: Asylum Adjudication in the Department of Homeland Security, by Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Philip C. Schrag, and Andrew Shonoeltz
- Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants, by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
- Baby Jails: The Fight to End Incarceration of Refugee Children in America, by Philip C. Schrag
- Here we Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares, by Aarti Namdev Shahani
Fiction About Immigrants and the Immigrant Experience
- Americanah, A Novel, Chimamanda Igozi Adichie
- Mao’s Last Dancer, by Li Cunxin
- Typical American, by Gish Jen
- Call it Sleep, by Henry Roth
- The Leavers, by Lisa Ko
- Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee
- The Book of Unknown Americans, a Novel, by Critsina Henriquez
- Sour Heart, by Jenny Zhang
- My Notorious Life, by Kate Manning
- Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka
- The Tortilla Curtain, T.C. Boyle
- The Beekeeper of Aleppo, by Chritsy Lefteri
- Exit West, by Moshin Hamid
- Behold the Dreamers: A Novel, by Imbolo Mbue
- America is Not the Heart, by Elaine Castillo
- Native Speaker, by Chang-Rae Lee
- Prayers for the Stolen, by Jennifer Clement
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong
- Lost Children Archive, a Novel, by Valeia Luiselli
- Open City, by Teju Cole
- The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, by Heidi W. Durrow
- When I Walk Through that Door, I Am: An Immigrant Mother’s Quest, by Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Skinship, by Yoon Cho
- “Sa-i-gu” by Ishle Park (poetry)
- Our Stories Carried Us Here, (graphic novel), by Zaynab Abdi, Mary Anne & Sergio Cenoch, Zurya Anjum, Alex Tsipenyuk, Ruth Mekolum, Amara Solomon Kamara, Karelin, Vy Loung, Craig Moodie, Aziz Kamal
Books by and about Immigration Lawyers
- DREAMers Nightmare: The U.S. War on Immigrant Latinx Children, by Arturo Jimenez
- Kissing Fidel, A Memoir of Cuban American Terrorism in the United States, by Magda Montiel Davis
- Self, Divided, by John Medeiros
- The Right Way, by Skyler Anderson
- John Lennon vs. The U.S.A.: The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History, by Leon Wildes
- Try to Remember, by Iris Gomez
- Our American Dream, by Fiona McEntee (Children’s literature)
- Being Sheela: The Life Journey of an Immigration Lawyer, by Adithi Rao
- No Human Is Illegal, by J.J. Mulligan Sepulveda
- Banned: Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump, by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
- The Battle to Stay In America, by Michael Kagan
- Becoming a U.S. Citizen: A Guide to the Law, Exam & Interview, by Ilona Bray
- Immigration & Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies, 2d edition, by Lenni Benson, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
- The Asylumist: How to Seek Asylum in the United States and Keep Your Sanity, by Jason Dzubow
- Safe Haven in America: Battles to Open the Golden Door, by Michael Wildes
- Court of Injustice: Law Without Recognition in U.S. Immigration, by J.C. Slayer
- Green Card Stories, by Stephen Yale-Loehr
- Defining America Through Immigration Policy, by Bill Ong Hing
- Making and Remaking Asian America Through Immigration Policy, by Bill Ong Hing
- On the Wings of a Hummingbird, by Susan Mills
Children’s Literature Focusing on Immigration
- Two White Rabbits, by Jairo Buitrago (Preschool)
- The Seeds of Friendship, by Michael Foreman (Preschool)
- Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain, by Russell Freedman (Elementary School)
- My Name is Sangoel, by Karen Williams (Elementary School)
- My Two Blankets, by Irena Kobald (Elementary School)
- The Only Road, by Alexandra Diaz (Elementary School)
- A Different Pond, by Bao Phi (Elementary School)
- Dear Baobab, by Cheryl Foggo (Elementary School)
- Color of Home, by Mary Hoffman (Elementary School)
- A Shelter in Our Car, by Monica Gunning (Elementary School)
- Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote, by Duncan Tonatiuh (Elementary School)
- My Diary from Here to There, by Amada Irma Perez (Elementary School)
- My Name is Jorge, by Jane Medina (Elementary School)
- My Dog Is Lost, by Ezra Jack Keats (Elementary School)
- Chocolate Milk, Por Favor, by Maria Dismondy (Elementary School)
- The Quiet Place, by Sarah Stewart (Elementary School)
- From North to South, by Rene Colato Lainez (Elementary School)
- A Movie in My Pillow, by Jorge Argueta (Elementary School)
- My Shoes and I, by Rene Colato Lainez (Elementary School)
- Home at Last, by Susan Middleton Elya (Elementary School)
- When This World Was New, by D.H. Figueredo (Elementary School)
- One Green Apple, by Eve Bunting (Elementary School)
- My Name is Yoon, by Helen Recorvits (Elementary School)
- Here I Am, by Patti Kim (Elementary School)
- Hannah Is My Name, by Belle Young (Elementary School)
- Angel Child, Dragon Child, by Michele Maria Surat (Elementary School)
- My Chinatown: One Year in Poems, by Kam Mak (Elementary School)
- Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong, by Frances Park (Elementary School)
- Tea With Milk, by Allen Say (Elementary School)
- Lailah’s Lunchbox, by Reem Faruqi (Elementary School)
- I’m New Here, by Anne Sibley O’Brien (Elementary School)
- Mama the Alien, by Rene Colato Lainez (ages 4+)
- Yo Soy Muslim, by Mark Gonzales (ages 4+)
- What is a Refugee, By Elisa Gravel (ages 3-7)
- Danbi Leads the School Parade, by Anna Kim (ages 3-7)
- The Name Jar, by Yangsook Choi (ages 4-8)
- Carmela Full of Wishes, by Matt de la Pena (ages 4-8)
- The Wall in the Middle of the Book, by Jon Agee (ages 4-8)
- Dreamers, by Yuji Morales (ages 4-8)
- Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation, by Edwidge Danticat (ages 5-8)
- We Came to America, by Faith Ringgold (ages 5-8)
- All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel, by Dan Yaccarino (ages 5-9)
- When Stars are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (ages 8-12)
- Kiki and Jacques, by Susan Ross (ages 8-12)
- One Good Thing About America, by Ruth Freeman (ages 8-12)
- Count Me In, by Varsha Bajaj (ages 10+)
- Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration by Ann Bausum (ages 10+)
- Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card, by Sara Saedi (Young Adult)
- Enrique’s Journey, by Sonia Nazario (Young Adult edition)
- American Street, by Ibi Zoboi (Young Adult)
NOTE: This list was drawn, in part, from the following websites:
- https://redtri.com/books-to-help-kids-understand-the-immigrant-experience/slide/15
- https://www.readbrightly.com/books-about-immigration-for-kids/
- https://coloursofus.com/multicultural-picture-books-immigration/
- https://bookriot.com/best-books-about-immigrants
- <a href="https://www.lirs.org/books-about-immigrationhttps://www.lirs.org/books-about-immigration
- https://www.ilctr.org/best-books-about-immigrants-and-immigration/
- https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g29193389/books-about-immigration/
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/books-about-immigration