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by Jhumpa Lahiri · about this book

Loved Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri? If its short stories, cultural identity and immigration hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Pachinko, Sabrina & Corina and And the Mountains Echoed. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Interpreter of Maladies: Short Stories · Cultural Identity · Immigration · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   Pachinko

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   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Belonging · Literary Fiction

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   Sabrina & Corina

   Kali Fajardo-Anstine

   Short Stories · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Belonging · Character-Driven

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   Literary Fiction · Immigration · Bittersweet · Immigrant Protagonist · Belonging

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   Charles Yu

   Cultural Identity · Immigration · Belonging · Literary Fiction · Immigrant Protagonist

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   The Golem and the Jinni

   Helene Wecker

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Belonging · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction

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   On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

   Ocean Vuong

   Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   Charmaine Wilkerson

   Cultural Identity · Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Bittersweet · Literary Fiction

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   Colm Tóibín

   Short Stories · Literary Fiction · Immigration · Character-Driven · Bittersweet

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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    Abraham Verghese

    Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet · Character-Driven

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    James McBride

    Immigration · Belonging · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Cultural Identity

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    All the Lonely People

    Mike Gayle

    Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Belonging · Bittersweet · Emotional

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    Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Belonging · Emotional · Character-Driven

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    Cultural Identity · Immigrant Protagonist · Belonging · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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    This Is Where I Leave You

    Jonathan Tropper

    Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Emotional

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    The Reading List

    Sara Nisha Adams

    Belonging · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Cultural Identity · Emotional

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    The German Wife

    Kelly Rimmer

    Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Marriage in Trouble · Belonging · Character-Driven

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    Beautyland

    Marie-Helene Bertino

    Belonging · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Emotional

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    Uncommon Type: Some Stories

    Tom Hanks

    Short Stories · Character-Driven · Immigrant Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction

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    Gather

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    Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction

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