Published on April 9, 2026
In the spirit of the community event on immigration this weekend, presented by the Congregational Church of Topsfield, we have curated a list of suggested readings on the immigrant experience in America. We will have these books and more on display at the event on Saturday.
Fiction
- The Guardians by Ana Castillo
- America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
- The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina HenrĂquez
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
- A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavice
Non-fiction
- LatinoLand by Marie Arana
- Everyone Who is Gone is Here by Jonathan Blitzer
- How Does it Feel to be a Problem? by Moustafa Bayoumi
- Where the Wind Leads by Vinh Chung
- After the Last Border by Jessica Goudeau
- Once I was You by Maria Hinojosa
- Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin
- The Far Away Brothers by Lauren Markham
- The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
- Rivermouth by Alejandra Oliva
- The Newcomers by Helen Thorpe
- Our Migrant Souls by HĂ©ctor Tobar
- El Paso by Jazmine Ulloa
- Dear America by Jose Antonio Vargas
- Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
- Solito by Javier Zamora
