Dear America is the memoir of Jose Antonio Vargas’s experience living as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. I listened to this audiobook, which I loved because it’s narrated by the author himself. He’s lived in the United States undocumented for 25 years and sheds light on the fact that most aspects of the system aren’t black and white.

One reason I love reading books like this is because it makes me think over “What makes America, America?” Baseball? Apple pie? Religious freedom? Freedom of speech? It’s easy to answer the question one way as a white citizen, but there are so many other aspects of America that can only be known by listening to the stories of others.