Below is a gathered list of novels from the 2000s that touch upon themes of migration.
| The Vision of Emma Blau by Ursula Hegi | 2000 |
| Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides | 2002 |
| Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber | 2003 |
| Rodzina by Karen Cushman | 2003 |
| The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich | 2003 |
| The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri | 2003 |
| Maggie’s Door by Patricia Reilly Giff | 2003 |
| Dancer by Colum McCann | 2003 |
| Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon | 2004 |
| Serving Crazy with Curry by Amulya Malladi | 2004 |
| Brick Lane by Monica Ali | 2004 |
| Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh | 2004 |
| The Village Bride of Beverly Hills by Kavita Daswani | 2005 |
| Urusla, Under by Ingrid Hill | 2005 |
| Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald | 2006 |
| Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos | 2006 |
| Luca Antara by Martin Edmond | 2006 |
| What is the What by Dave Eggers | 2006 |
| Soul Tourists by Bernadine Evaristo | 2006 |
| The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz | 2007 |
| American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang | 2008 |
| Love Marriage by V.V. Ganeshananthan | 2008 |
| The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant | 2008 |
| The Groom to Have Been by Saher Alam | 2008 |
| Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri | 2008 |
| I Want Candy by Kim Wong Keltner | 2008 |
| The Consequences of Love by Sulaiman Addonia | 2009 |
| Laughing Without an Accent by Firoozeh Dumas | 2009 |
| A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar | 2009 |
| A Free Life by Ha Jin | 2009 |
| The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane | 2009 |
| Shanghai Girls by Lisa See | 2009 |