Book Quote by Laila Lalami

It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't…

— Oscar Hijuelos

I had many reasons for writing this book but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar…

— Sonia Sotomayor

As Latinos, we are so aware of what people go through in order to come to America. It's very interesting to do research on…

— Wilmer Valderrama

Books by women, people of color, LGBTQ authors, differently abled people, and non-Americans are a great way of broadening horizons and building empathy.

— Celeste Ng

I like to do books in which a lot of the research and the writing and the thinking revolves around something American.

— Bill Bryson

American books reflect our common heritage with many other nations and their influence upon our culture. The influences are endless, linking us with the…

— Robert Kennedy

There weren't too many books featuring other cultures and countries when I was growing up as an immigrant kid here in the States.

— Mitali Perkins

I think each book has its own way of accommodating my concerns, whether it's about race, America, technology, the city.

— Colson Whitehead

American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.

— Gary Shteyngart

I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child.

— Chris Van Allsburg

'A People's History of the United States' was actually a very big book for me. I read it in high school, and I felt…

— Greta Gerwig

One I'm deeply into is Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Team of Rivals." I was the only person in the US who hadn't read it.

— Dave Barry