BVBook Verdict

Belonging and its cost

Immigrant and Diaspora Fiction Reading Guides

Novels about the experience of migration, displacement and building a life between cultures — from Windrush to the present day.

Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2013 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri · 2003 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini · 2003 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Brooklyn Colm Toibin · 2009 Essential Read See details →
Small Island Andrea Levy · 2004 Essential Read See details →
The Buddha of Suburbia Hanif Kureishi · 1990 Essential Read See details →
White Teeth Zadie Smith · 2000 Recommended See details →
Brick Lane Monica Ali · 2003 Essential Read See details →
The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros · 1984 Essential Read See details →
We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo · 2013 Essential Read See details →
Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer · 2002 Essential Read See details →
Pachinko Min Jin Lee · 2017 Essential Read See details →
Breath Eyes Memory Edwidge Danticat · 1994 Essential Read See details →
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz · 2007 Essential Read See details →
Waiting Ha Jin · 1999 Essential Read See details →

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