Here is a list of books written by intercountry & transracial adoptees from around the world in various languages. The first section covers books written by one adoptee of their own experience, the second section covers books written as a compilation, anthology, group effort.
Individual Stories by Birth Country
Bangladesh
Bengaalse Curry met een bloemkoolsausje (Rina Duijnker, in Dutch)
Longing to Belong (Hasina Knox)
Benin
Dear Young Adoptee (Baké Watt)
Brazil
Il Cammino tra le Età (Gilda Francesca Chisena, in Italian)
Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World (Christina Rickardsson)
Als Ik Er Niet Neer Ben (Carlos Westerbeek, in Dutch)
Chile
Puzzle (Arnaud Brice, in French)
Being Adopted (Amy Wilkerson) for younger adoptees and parents
The Excavated Earth (Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom)
China
Between Worlds and Shadows (Joey Beyer)
Kids Like Me in China (Ying Ying Fry)
Grenzeloos Gewenst (Indra Hagelstein) in Dutch; Desired without borders – A collection of poetry about adoption
An Adoptee’s Journey (Iris Baijing Hubbard)
Dit Is Ook China (Cindy Zhu Huijgen, in Dutch)
The Heart of the Matter (Maya Luque) a personal reflection on how EMDR helped
The Newest Flower (Juliese Padgett) a book on being different for children
Colombia
Home Sweet Casa: A Journey to the Universal Heart (Mariela Andersen)
What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption (Melissa Guida-Richards)
Ze noemden mij mosquito: over verwaarlozing, misbuik, ontworteling en kracht
They Called Me Mosquito: about neglect, abuse, uprooting, and power (Mosquito Mosquera, in Dutch)
Terug naar het begin – Een adoptieverhaal uitvergroot (Sarah Changuna Patel)
Niet alles is Goud / Not Everything is Gold (Mauricio Plat) poetry in Dutch
Adoption : låta själen läka / Adoption: let the soul heal (Carolina Skyldberg, in Swedish & Spanish)
I Met Myself in October: A Memoir of Belonging (Jacob Taylor-Mosquera)
What is Adoption? Just for Kids (English) and Spanish (Jeanette Yoffe) for ages 6 years and up children
What’s Your Name? Who’s Your Daddy (Jeanette Yoffe)
Eritrea
My Father’s Daughter: A Story of Family and Belonging (Hannah Pool)
Ethiopia
Sara et Tsega (Julie Foulon, in French)
Mam, ik kan niet meer (Betty van Brunschot, in Dutch)
Finland
Påtvingat liv (Taina Adolfsson, in Swedish)
Germany
Outer Search Inner Journey (Peter Dodds)
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me (Jennifer Teege in English & German)
Greece
Ripped at the Root (Dena Poulias’ story by Mary Cardaras)
Beyond the Third Door (Maria Heckinger)
A Son from the Mountains : A Memoir (Andrew Mossin)
Abandoned Maria 43668 (Mary Theodoropoulou)
De Adoptiemonologen (Marina Van Dongen, in Dutch)
Guatemala
Mom, I’m Not Dead (Mariela SR, in French)
Split at the Root : A Memoir of Love and Lost Identity (Catana Tully)
Le Chant du bouc (Carmen Maria Vega, in French)
Haiti
The Perks of Being an Adoptee (Mae Claire)
Rainbows But Not Unicorns (Mae Claire)
Mon Adoption Mon Calvaire (Sabine Isabelle, in French)
Magnitude 7.3 (Tinan Leroy)
Hong Kong
Finding Ching Ha: A Novel (by Maya Fleischmann)
Ungrateful – A Paper Daughter (poetry by Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen)
Made in Hong Kong: Love, Loss and the Long way home (by Laura Tan)
India
A Long Way Home (Saroo Brierley; LION movie adapted from this book)
Garuda: L’ Instinct de survie de mon autre moi (The Survival Instinct of My Other Self by Souda Carlton, French)
La Dou Tu Viens (Where do you come from, by Jasmine Cerfontaine)
The Lucky Lotus: the filthy life of an adopted East Indian girl in an alabaster world (Pushpa Devi)
Adopté dans le vide (Adopted in a vacuum by Christian Demortier, Flemish)
Een verboden dochter uit India (A forbidden daughter from India, Asha Dijkstra, in Dutch)
Daughter of the Ganges: The Story of Girl’s Adoption and her Return Journey to India (Asha Miro)
Mitt Vita Liv (My White Life: a story, a life, a message by Mary Rhedin, in Swedish)
The Girl in the Shoebox (Molly Dee Wells)
Adoptees Like Me (book series for younger children, by psychologist Dr Chaitra Wirta-Leiker)
Indonesia
Postpakketjes Van Overzee (Postal Package from Overseas: legalised child trafficking in adoption of children from Indonesia, in Dutch) and in English by Dewi Deijle
Bortom jet dag vet (Josefine Hultén: Beyond what I know, in Swedish)
Iran
Er du her stadig i morgen? en historie om at vaere adopteret (Jeanette Som Munk, in Danish)
Min mamma är en persisk prinsessa (Sanna Sjöswärd, in Swedish) audio book version in Swedish
Italy
Searching for Me: An Adoptee’s Journey of Faith, Family & Belonging (Scott Sullivan)
Il prezzo degli innocenti. Come il Vaticano ha sottratto migliaia di bambini alle loro madri (in Italian, coming soon in Spanish, Polish and English)
(The price of innocence: how the Vatican took thousands of children from their mothers; intercountry adoptees born in Italy and sent to the USA for adoption such as John Pierre Battersby Campitelli speak out)
Laos
On the Other Side of the Eye (Bryan Thao Worra)
Lebanon
Geadopteerd zonder identiteit (Steven Sonneveld, in Dutch)
Slaaf van je eigen gedachten (Steven Sonneveld, in Dutch)
Nepal
Volver a los origenes (Return to Origins by Chandra Kala Clemente Martinez, in Spanish)
New Zealand
White Moko (Tim Tipene, white NZer adopted to a Maori family)
Peru
J’ai été volée a mes Parents (I’ve been Stolen from my Parents by Celine Giraud)
Philippines
My Third Parents: Orphanage to an American Dream (Fernando Kuehnel)
Marilyn (Amanda Reavey)
Other Words for Grief (Lisa Marie Rollins – Black Filipino)
Saying Your Name Three Times Underwater (Sam Roxas-Chua)
Finding Out: Coming to terms with Adoption (Paula Wilson)
Romania
Memories of Childhood: Life in the Romanian Orphanages (Nicolae Burcea)
The Tip Jar (Viorica Culea)
L’Enfant et le Dictateur (Marion Le Roy Dagen)
Abandoned for Life (Izidor Ruckel)
Russia
My Russian Side (Alex Gilbert)
Adoption is Both (Elena S Hall) for younger adoptees and parents
Through Adopted Eyes: A Collection of Memoirs from Adoptees (Elena Hall)
My Adoptee Voice (Elena Hall)
Infinitely More (Alex Krutov)
The Boy from Baby House 10 (Vanya Lahutsky)
Unsinkable: From Russian Orphanage to Paralympic Swimming World Champion (Jessica Long)
My Life in Siberia Russia (Anya Mowry)
Rwanda
Un livre à la mer (Eugénie B, in French); Uprooted from Rwanda (English)
Sierra Leone
A Princess Found: An American Family, An African Chiefdom, and the Daughter Who Connected them all (Sarah Culberson)
Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (Michaela DePrince)
South Korea
Mamma Lee (Mischa Blok, in Dutch)
Separated @ Birth: A True Love Story of Twin Sisters Reunited (Anais Bordier & Samantha Futerman)
L’adoption internationale, mythes et réalités (Johee Bourgain) / Intercountry adoption, myths and realities in French
88 Je me Souviens (Kimura Boyl) in French
All You Can Ever Know (Nicole Chung)
Dust of the Streets: The Journey of a Biracial Orphan of the Korean War (Thomas Park Clement)
Whose Am I? The Truth about your worth and identity in Christ (Jackie Darby, for children)
¿De quién soy? (Bilingüe) La verdad sobre tu valor e identidad en Cristo (Spanish Edition)
Paper Pavilion (Poetry by Jennifer Kwon Dobbs)
In Reunion (Sara Docan-Morgan) : explores reunion from a research plus lived experience perspective of Korean adoptees
Ausgesetzt. Adoptiert. Angekommen Im Jetzt (Exposed, Adopted, Arrived : Maya’s story, in German)
Welkom in Adoptieland een persoonlijke en kritische zoektocht (Anouk Eigenraam in Dutch / Welcome to Adopted Country: A Personal and Critical Search)
Corn-fed with Rice on the Side: a lighthearted view of daily life as a Korean adoptee (Kim Fenneman)
Sunny Day School: The Book of Shapes (learn shapes in English and Korean, by Janeice Garrard)
Handbook to Korea: for your next trip back (Jodi Gill)
Extraordinary Journey: The Lifelong Path of the Transracial Adoptee (Mark Hagland with 13 transracial adoptees)
Made in Korea (Jeremy Holt)
Adopterad : en bok om Sveriges sista Rasdebatt (Tobias Hübinette in Swedish) Adopted: A book about Sweden’s last race debate
Adoptees: We Are Not Who They Think We Are (Janine Myung Ja, author of multiple other books)
Ghost of Sangju: A Memoir of Reconciliation (Soojung Jo)
Adopted for Sex: Surviving Complex Trauma (Justin KH) ***NEW***
Eyes that Weave the World’s Wonders (Liz Kleinrock) for younger children
Keurium (A novel about intercountry adoption by Jessica Sun Lee)
Not My White Saviour: A Memoir in Poems (Julayne Lee)
Gul utanpå (Patrik Lundberg in Swedish)
I Survived Childhood: A Memoir of Abandonment, Betrayal and Healing (Hyun Martin)
Autobiographical Comic (Sarah Myer)
Cries of the Soul: The True Story of a Korean Adoptee’s Fight to Survive (Khara Nine)
Faith & Favour : Discovering Family at Fifty (Lisa A Quaites) mixed race Korean adoptee
Single Square Picture: A Korean’s Adoptee’s Search for Her Roots (Katy Robinson)
Incovenient Daughter: A Novel (Lauren J Sharkey)
Palimpsest (Lisa Wool-Rim Sjoblom in Dutch) English version here
Famous Adopted People (A Novel by Alice Stephens)
The Language of Blood (Jane Jeong Trenka)
Fugutive Visions: An Adoptee’s Return to Korea (Jane Jeong Trenka)
The Search for Mother Missing: A Peek Inside International Adoption (Janine Vance)
Twins Found in a Box: Adapting to Adoption (Jeanine Vance)
Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related (Jenny Heijun Wills)
Sri Lanka
Good Morning Nilanthi (Céline Breysse in French)
Shattered Child: A Memoir (Sumie Filmer, sexual abuse trigger warning) ***NEW***
Homeland to Foreignland (Kindle only, Geetha Keogh)
Niet Geboren Op Mijn Verjaardag (Sam van den Haak in Dutch)
Het verdriet van Sri Lanka (Sanne van Rossen in Dutch), The Adoption Cover Up of Sri Lanka (English version)
You’ll Always be White to Me: A Memoir (Garon Wade)
Sweden
Adoptionerna (The Adoptions, in Swedish) a journalistic report published as a book by Patrik Lundberg delving into the history of suspected crimes linked to international adoptions to Sweden
Taiwan
Lucky Girl: A Memoir (Mei-Ling Hopgood)
Beyond Two Worlds: A Taiwanese-American Adoptee’s Memoir & Search for Identity (Marijane Huang)
Thailand
Sterk als een Leeuw (David Samwel) in Dutch / Strong as a Lion: Adoption, Anorexia & Love
Togo
The black elephant calling, confessions of a journey in search of one’s own identity (Matteo Fraschini Koffi)
UK Transracial
My Name Is Why (Ethiopian British transracial adoptee, Lemn Sissay)
Black Sheet Sweet Dreams: Adoption Journal (by transracial adoptee, Rachel)
The Second Victim: Daisy’s Story (audible book, transracial adoptee fights for justice)
US Transracial
Adopted Out Memoir (African American adoptee, S M Ezeff)
Adopting Privilege: A memoir of reinventing my adoptee narrative (transracial adoptee, Abby Hasberry)
See No Colour (Mixed Black, transracial adoptee, Shannon Gibney)
The Girl I Was, Am, And Never Will Be (Mixed Black, transracial adoptee, Shannon Gibney)
Goodbye, SaraJane: A Foster Child Writes Letters to Her Mother (Black transracial adoptee, Sequoya Griffin)
Growing up Black in White (Black transracial adoptee, Kevin Hofmann)
I would meet you anywhere: A memoir (Susan Kiyo Ito, bi-racial Japanese American adoptee)
Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib (New Mexican adoptee, Jaiya John)
Vietnam
On My Brother’s Shoulders (Ty Andre)
Other Streets (Photographic documentary by Mark F Erickson)
Shrimp (Dominic Hong Duc Golding)
In the Arms of Grace: One Child’s Journey (LeChristine Hai)
Anseo (Úna-Minh Kavanagh)
Operation Babylift: Mission Accomplished, A memoir of hope and healing (Aryn Lockhart)
L’adoption, le racisme, mon voyage, ma vérité (Léo Nardecchia in French / Adoption, Racism, My Journey, My Truth)
My Life in Mud: A Memoir (Noel Nguyen)
Oceans Apart: A Voyage of International Adoption (Mary Reed)
Heart of Stone (Hoa Stone)
But What Are You? (Barton Williams, for children)
Compilations
Australian Intercountry Adoptees
The Colour of Difference: Journeys in Transracial Adoption
The Colour of Time: A Longitudinal Exploration of the Impact of Intercountry Adoption in Australia (Sequel to The Colour of Difference; Edited and compiled by Lynelle Long. Hardcopy)
Canadian Intercountry Adoptees
La Couleur de l’adoption (The Colours of Adoption, in French)
Colombia
Decoding Our Origins: The Lived Experience of Colombian Adoptees
Ethiopia
Lions Roaring Far From Home: An Anthology by Ethiopian Adoptees (Aselefech Evans)
Native American
Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories
Netherlands
De Adoptie Monologen (in Dutch) / The Adoption Monologues (Marina Van Dongen)
South Korea
Invisible Asians: Korean American Adoptees Experiences & Racial Exceptionalism
Mixed Korean: Our Stories – Anthology
Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and their Journeys Toward Identity
Seeds from a Silent Tree: An Anthology by Korean Adoptees
The Unknown Culture Club: Korean Adoptees, Then and Now
Together At Last: Stories of Adoption and Reunion in the Age of DNA
UK
Coming out of the Fog (Zoe Lowdermilk-Oppenheim) an anthology by UK Chinese intercountry adoptees
Vietnam
Flyet fra Saigon (Flown from Saigon – the early Vietnamese adoptees to enter Norway as early as 1968, in Norwegian)
Vietnamese Adopted: A Collection of Voices
Other Compilations
Adoption and Multiculturalism: Europe, the Americas and the Pacific
Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists
Black Anthology: Adult Adoptees Claim Their Space
Dear Wonderful You, Letters to Adopted & Fostered Youth
Extraordinary Journey: The Lifelong Path of the Transracial Adoptee
Flip the Script: Adult Adoptee Anthology
In Search of Belonging: Reflections of Transracially Adopted People
Lost Daughters: Writing Adoption from a Place of Empowerment
Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption
Perpetual Child: Adult Adoptee Anthology Dismantling the Stereotype
Pieces of Me: Who do I want to Be? Voices for and by Adopted Teens
Through Adopted Eyes: A Collection of Memoirs from Adoptees (Elena Hall)
Voorbij Transnationale Adoptie: Een kritische en meerstemmige dialoog (in Dutch, Sophie Withaeckx, Atamhi Cawayu, & Chiara Candaele) / Beyond Transnational Adoption: A critical and polyphonic dialogue
Whatever Next? On Adult Adoptee Identities (Josephine Jay, Adaline Bara, Hannah Feben-Smith)
When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology (includes some intercountry adoptees)
