One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (nonfiction, memoir)
or
The Makioka Sisters (Japan, classic fiction)
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Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
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If you’ll read books for younger readers — the Golden Mountain Chronicles (series) by Laurence Yep. Spans 1850s to the modern era, a family’s story of emigration from China to the US. At least one was a Newberry Honor book.
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The eighth life – Nino Haratischvili. Georgia.
I’d even say Real Americansby Rachel Khong. Chinese American
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The Love Songs of WEB DuBois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
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I like Julia Alvarez’s books a lot for this! Her most popular is How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents but I liked Yo! even more.
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Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann is about a german family between early and late 19th century germany (in part even before there was a germany).
Considered a big part of german canon literature.
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Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages. This is a novella published for free in Reactor Magazine but I can’t link to it or my comment will be auto-filtered.
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Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (nonfiction, memoir)
or
The Makioka Sisters (Japan, classic fiction)
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
If you’ll read books for younger readers — the Golden Mountain Chronicles (series) by Laurence Yep. Spans 1850s to the modern era, a family’s story of emigration from China to the US. At least one was a Newberry Honor book.
The eighth life – Nino Haratischvili. Georgia.
I’d even say Real Americansby Rachel Khong. Chinese American
The Love Songs of WEB DuBois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
I like Julia Alvarez’s books a lot for this! Her most popular is How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents but I liked Yo! even more.
Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann is about a german family between early and late 19th century germany (in part even before there was a germany).
Considered a big part of german canon literature.
Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages. This is a novella published for free in Reactor Magazine but I can’t link to it or my comment will be auto-filtered.