Immigrant Stories in Fiction
(published 2007-2010)

Evenings at the Argentine Club by Julia Amante

My Daughter’s Eyes and Other Stories by Annecy Báez

Away by Amy Bloom

Honolulu by Alan Brennert   

Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky

My Life at First Try by Mark Budman

The Puzzle King by Betsy Carter

More by Austin Clarke

The Konkans by Tony D'Souza

What is the What by Dave Eggers

Vida by Patricia Engel

The Victory Gardens of Brooklyn by Merrill Joan Gerber

Try to Remember by Iris Gomez

Dancing with Butterflies by Reyna Grande

Some Dream for Fools by Faïza Guène

Cockroach by Rawi Hage

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon

Love and Obstacles: Stories by Aleksandar Hemon

A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar

A Free Life by Ha Jin

The Ladies’ Lending Library by Janice Kulyk Keefer

A Call from Jersey by P.F. Kluge

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Gifted by Nikita Lalwani

The End of East by Jen Sookfong Lee

Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee

Happy Family by Wendy Lee

The River Flows North by Graciela Limón

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Kill-Devil and Water by Andrew Pepper

Baldwin Street by Alvin Rakoff

Water Ghosts by Shawna Yang Ryan

Vigil by Cecilia Samartin

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Bitter Tide by Ann Stamos

In the Shadow of the Cypress by Thomas Steinbeck

The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

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Immigrants--United States Fiction

Updated 9/10/MC