Books
Search, rank, and filter winners, finalists, shortlists, and longlists across the imported prize corpus.
All awards · Topic: Immigration, Refugees & Borderlands · Sorted by score · 100 books · filtered
100 per page
Density
Filters
Entangled LifeMerlin Sheldrake202014 pts2 wins2 listsRandom House Trade PaperbacksScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+3
A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China: An Investigative HistoryPatrick Tyler199914 pts2 wins2 listsPublicAffairsPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
The Great Arizona Orphan AbductionLinda Gordon199914 pts2 wins2 listsHarvard University PressHistoryCourts & Trials+3
The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of AmericaGreg Grandin202014 pts1 wins2 listsMetropolitan BooksHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+2
Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the RevolutionBernard Bailyn198614 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryIndigenous History+2
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America and the Making of a CrisisJonathan Blitzer202514 pts2 wins4 listsPenguin PressPolitics & GovernmentScience & Discovery+3
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino.”Héctor Tobar202312 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxRace & EthnicitySettler Colonialism+3
John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial LawBeth Lew-Williams202510 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Border Law: The First Seminole War and American NationhoodDeborah A. Rosen201610 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryTravel, Exploration & Place+3
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and its PeopleJerry White200110 pts1 wins1 listsVikingHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Bad Land: An American RomanceJonathan Raban199610 pts1 wins1 listsPantheonHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+2
Confessions of an Immigrant's DaughterLaura Salverson193910 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our NationLinda Villarosa202210 pts1 wins3 listsDoubledayRace & EthnicityCivil Rights & Racial Justice+2
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil WarAlice Baumgartner20208 pts2 wins2 listsBasic BooksHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling ImmigrantsAdam Goodman20206 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated AmericaRichard Rothstein20176 pts1 wins2 listsLiverightRace & EthnicityBlack History & Culture+2
The Politics of Opera: A History from Monteverdi to MozartMitchell Cohen20176 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressArts & CriticismArt, Music & Performance+3
The Migrant Rain Falls in ReverseVinh Nguyen20256 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintRace & EthnicityArt, Music & Performance+3
Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever ToldJeremy Atherton Lin20254 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownMemoir & AutobiographyLgbtq History & Life+3
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United StatesAna Raquel Minian20254 pts1 wins1 listsVikingRace & EthnicityMigration & Diaspora+2
Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and ResistanceWilliam D. Lopez20254 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence across the BorderIeva Jusionyte20244 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressPolitics & GovernmentCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Private Violence: Latin American Women and the Struggle for AsylumCarol Cleaveland, Michele Waslin20244 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressGender & SexualityCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School LunchAndrea Freeman20244 pts1 wins1 listsMetropolitan BooksScienceImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Mnemonic Ecologies: Memory and Nature Conservation along the Former Iron CurtainSonja K. Pieck20234 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressNature & EnvironmentImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
The PicnicMatthew Longo20234 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonPolitics & GovernmentPrisons & Incarceration+3
Critical Race Judgments: Rewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and the LawBennett Capers, Devon W. Carbado, R. A. Lenhardt, Angela Onwuachi-Willig20224 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressRace & EthnicityImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. LawrenceFrances Wilson20214 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyBlack History & Culture+3
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in AmericaEyal Press20214 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in AmericaJessica Goudeau20204 pts1 wins1 listsVikingRace & EthnicityGender & Feminism+3
The Unsettling of Europe: How Migration Reshaped a ContinentPeter Gatrell20194 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated AuschwitzJack Fairweather20194 pts1 wins1 listsW. H. AllenBiographyWorld War Ii+3
Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee CampsAmy Murrell Taylor20184 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New YorkTyler Anbinder20174 pts1 wins1 listsHoughton Mifflin HarcourtHistoryConstitutional History+3
Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640David Wheat20164 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Enduring Uncertainty: Deportation, Punishment and Everyday LifeInes Hasselberg20164 pts1 wins1 listsBerghahn BooksPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
Other People's Countries: A Journey into MemoryPatrick McGuinness20154 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
The Global Transformation of Time: 1870-1950Vanessa Ogle20154 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryIndigenous History+3
Immigration Outside the LawHiroshi Motomura20144 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United StatesHiroshi Motomura20064 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
American Law in the Twentieth CenturyLawrence Friedman20024 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressPolitics & GovernmentImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City CollegeJames Traub19954 pts1 wins1 listsPerseus BooksSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Land of Savagery, Land of Promise: The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth CenturyRay Allen Billington19804 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New RepublicDavid Rothman19714 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryScience & Discovery+2
Abundance: How We Build a Better FutureEzra Klein, Derek Thompson20254 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
The Sleeping BeautiesSuzanne O'Sullivan20214 pts0 wins1 listsPicadorMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+3
City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the BorderlandsDan Werb20194 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyJournalism & ReportageDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
The Great PretenderSusannah Cahalan20194 pts0 wins1 listsGrand Central PublishingMedicine & Public HealthImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and CultureEd Morales20184 pts0 wins1 listsVerso BooksRace & EthnicityIndigenous History+3
I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of JihadSouad Mekhennet20174 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyReligion & Religious Movements+3
New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early AmericaWendy Warren20174 pts0 wins1 listsLiverightHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
Kissinger 1923–1968: The IdealistNiall Ferguson20154 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksBiographyImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
The Distance Between UsReyna Grande20134 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab SpringNahlah Ayed20124 pts0 wins1 listsVikingJournalism & ReportageOceans, Rivers & Water+3
The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in NatureSharon Butala19944 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentIndigenous History+3
Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North AmericaKerby A. Miller19854 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+2
The UprootedOscar Handlin19514 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+2
Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee MemoirDanny Ramadan20244 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyLgbtq History & Life+3
Homes: A Refugee StoryAbu Bakr Al-Rabeeah, Winnie Yeung20184 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and EarthquakesJazmina Barrera20224 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Rising: Dispatches from the New American ShoreElizabeth Rush20194 pts0 wins1 listsMilkweed EditionsNature & EnvironmentImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+2
The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860Marcus Lee Hansen19414 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistorySlavery & Emancipation+2
The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants on the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840–60John B. Unruh19804 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamJoshua Davis20144 pts0 wins2 listsMacmillanRace & EthnicityOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and BelongingJessica J. Lee20242 pts0 wins1 listsCatapultNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+3
Homeland: The War on Terror in American LifeRichard Beck20242 pts0 wins1 listsCrownPolitics & GovernmentCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Don't Look Away: Art, Nonviolence, and Preventive Publics in Contemporary EuropeBrianne Cohen20232 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismGenocide, Atrocity & Political Violence+3
The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American RevolutionAndrew M. Wehrman20222 pts0 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Thin PlacesKerri ní Dochartaigh20222 pts0 wins1 listsMilkweed EditionsMemoir & AutobiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Black Paper: Writing in a Dark TimeTeju Cole20212 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressSociety & CultureArt, Music & Performance+3
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st CenturyJason DeParle20192 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressRace & EthnicityClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile EnvironmentAmelia Gentleman20192 pts0 wins1 listsFaber & FaberRace & EthnicityEducation & Universities+3
Leftism Reinvented: Western Parties from Socialism to NeoliberalismStephanie L. Mudge20182 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressScienceClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Patriot Number One: American Dreams in ChinatownLauren Hilgers20182 pts0 wins1 listsCrownRace & EthnicityAsia & the Pacific+2
No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in AmericaRon Powers20172 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American ClassroomHelen Thorpe20172 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterRace & EthnicityIndigenous History+3
The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful FriendshipAlex Beam20162 pts0 wins1 listsPantheonBiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
The MoorWilliam Atkins20152 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTravel & PlaceBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
Thin Paths: Journeys In and Around an Italian Mountain VillageJulia Blackburn20112 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
The Real Mrs MiniverYsenda Maxtone Graham20022 pts0 wins1 listsJohn MurrayBiographyDisability & Difference+3
All Else Failed: The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant Aid CrisisDana Sachs20242 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War BritainClair Wills20182 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+1
We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of EmpireIan Sanjay Patel20222 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped AustraliaSantilla Chingaipe20242 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintRace & EthnicityAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Airplane Mode: An Irrelevant History of TravelShahnaz Habib20232 pts0 wins1 listsCatapultTravel & PlaceImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Lost & FoundKathryn Schulz20222 pts0 wins1 listsRandom House Trade PaperbacksMemoir & AutobiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in AmericaLaila Lalami20202 pts0 wins1 listsVintage BooksRace & EthnicityImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle over American Immigration, 1924-1965Jia Lynn Yang20202 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryMigration & Diaspora+3
In the Country of WomenSusan Straight20192 pts0 wins1 listsCatapultMemoir & AutobiographyImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and ReturningElliot Ackerman20192 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin Publishing GroupWar & MilitaryOceans, Rivers & Water+3
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life after WarmingDavid Wallace-Wells20192 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressNature & EnvironmentImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes AfterClemantine Wamariya, Elizabeth Weil20182 pts0 wins1 listsCrown ArchetypeMemoir & AutobiographyImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Cast Away: True Stories of Survival from Europe's Refugee CrisisCharlotte McDonald-Gibson20162 pts0 wins1 listsThe New PressPolitics & GovernmentLgbtq History & Life+3
Vesper FlightsHelen Macdonald20211 pts0 wins1 listsVintage BooksNature & EnvironmentEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of RaceNeda Maghbouleh20170 pts0 wins1 listsStanford University PressRace & EthnicityImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected WorldTimothy Garton Ash20160 pts0 wins1 listsYale University PressPolitics & GovernmentTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Psychoanalytic Theory and Cultural Competence in PsychotherapyPratyusha Tummala-Narra20160 pts0 wins1 listsAmerican Psychological AssociationScienceClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Global Crossings: Immigration, Civilization, and AmericaAlvaro Vargas Llosa20130 pts0 wins1 listsThe Independent InstituteRace & EthnicityFood, Agriculture & Land+3
Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary ImmigrationRichard Alba, Victor Nee20030 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressRace & EthnicityDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Showing 1-100 of 100 books
All awards · Topic: Immigration, Refugees & Borderlands · Sorted by score · 100 books · filtered