How Do I
Immigrant Nation
Classic and contemporary fiction about the immigrant experience in the United States.
Bell, Thomas
Out of This Furnace
This regional favorite studies four generations of a Slovak family working in the steel mills of Pittsburgh during the city's industrial heyday.
Out of This Furnace
This regional favorite studies four generations of a Slovak family working in the steel mills of Pittsburgh during the city's industrial heyday.
Cahan, Abraham
The Rise of David Levinsky
The classic story of a Russian Jewish man who leaves his homeland to rise from rags to riches in America.
The Rise of David Levinsky
The classic story of a Russian Jewish man who leaves his homeland to rise from rags to riches in America.
Cruz, Angie
Let It Rain Coffee
A dramatic portrayal of the lives of an immigrant family from the Dominican Republic in contemporary New York City.
Let It Rain Coffee
A dramatic portrayal of the lives of an immigrant family from the Dominican Republic in contemporary New York City.
Erdrich, Louise
The Master Butchers Singing Club
A splendid tale about the deep relationships formed between post-World War I German immigrants who settle in America.
The Master Butchers Singing Club
A splendid tale about the deep relationships formed between post-World War I German immigrants who settle in America.
Lahiri, Jhumpa
The Namesake
A young, second-generation American from an Indian migrant family searches for identity in life and love as he traverses the disparate cultural worlds of his birthplace and ancestral homeland.
The Namesake
A young, second-generation American from an Indian migrant family searches for identity in life and love as he traverses the disparate cultural worlds of his birthplace and ancestral homeland.
Shafak, Elif
The Saint of Incipient Insanities
A comical and sometimes heartbreaking tale of three graduate students from Morocco, Turkey, and Spain assimilating to personal and cultural neuroses.
The Saint of Incipient Insanities
A comical and sometimes heartbreaking tale of three graduate students from Morocco, Turkey, and Spain assimilating to personal and cultural neuroses.
Sinclair, Upton
The Jungle
The famous story of the struggles of a Lithuanian migrant family and the horrid conditions of the early twentieth-century Chicago slaughterhouses.
The Jungle
The famous story of the struggles of a Lithuanian migrant family and the horrid conditions of the early twentieth-century Chicago slaughterhouses.
Tan, Amy
The Joy Luck Club
A contemporary classic about the mothers and daughters of four Chinese-American families sharing their life stories with one another.
The Joy Luck Club
A contemporary classic about the mothers and daughters of four Chinese-American families sharing their life stories with one another.
Tyler, Anne
Digging to America
The story of an Iranian-American immigrant of 35 years who never fully feels at home in her adopted country until a chance encounter changes her life.
Digging to America
The story of an Iranian-American immigrant of 35 years who never fully feels at home in her adopted country until a chance encounter changes her life.
Williamson, Thames
Hunky
A lesser known tale about a Polish immigrant's experiences in 1920s America.
Hunky
A lesser known tale about a Polish immigrant's experiences in 1920s America.
Updated: November 10, 2008
