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)
Brazil
Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World (Christina Rickardsson)
Il Cammino tra le Età (Gilda Francesca Chisena, in Italian)
Chile
Blir adopterad (Amy Wilkerson) for younger adoptees and parents
The Excavated Earth (Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom)
Kina
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)
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)
I Met Myself in October: A Memoir of Belonging (Jacob Taylor-Mosquera)
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
What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption (Melissa Guida-Richards)
Adoption : låta själen läka / Adoption: let the soul heal (Carolina Skyldberg, in Swedish & Spanish)
What is Adoption? Just for Kids (English) and spanska (Jeanette Yoffe) for ages 6 years and up children
What’s Your Name? Who’s Your Daddy (Audible) (Jeanette Yoffe)
Eritrea
My Father’s Daughter: A Story of Family and Belonging (Hannah Pool)
Etiopien
Sara et Tsega (Julie Foulon, in French)
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
Le Chant du bouc (Carmen Maria Vega, in French)
Mom, I’m Not Dead (Mariela SR, in French)
Split at the Root : A Memoir of Love and Lost Identity (Catana Tully)
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
Ungrateful – A Paper Daughter (poetry by Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen)
Finding Ching Ha: A Novel (by Maya Fleischmann)
Indien
A Long Way Home (Saroo Brierley; LION movie adapted from this book)
Adopté dans le vide (Adopted in a vacuum by Christian Demortier, Flemish)
Een verboden dochter uit India (A forbidden daughter from India, Asha Dijkstra, Dutch)
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)
Daughter of the Ganges: The Story of Girl’s Adoption and her Return Journey to India (Asha Miro)
Indonesia
Postpakketjes Van Overzee (Postal Package from Overseas: legalised child trafficking in adoption of children from Indonesia, by Dewi Deijle, in Dutch; English coming soon)
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)
Laos
On the Other Side of the Eye (Bryan Thao Worra)
Libanon
Geadopteerd zonder identiteit (Steven Sonneveld, Dutch)
Slaaf van je eigen gedachten (Steven Sonneveld, Dutch)
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
Saying Your Name Three Times Underwater (Sam Roxas-Chua)
My Third Parents: Orphanage to an American Dream (Fernando Kuehnel)
Marilyn (Amanda Reavey)
Other Words for Grief (Lisa Marie Rollins – Black Filipino)
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)
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, 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)
Sydkorea
Mamma Lee (Mischa Blok, Dutch) ***NEW***
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)
Paper Pavilion (Poetry by Jennifer Kwon Dobbs)
Handbok till Korea: för din nästa resa tillbaka (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)
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 här
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)
Welkom in Adoptieland een persoonlijke en kritische zoektocht (Anouk Eigenraam) in Dutch / Welcome to Adopted Country: A Personal and Critical Search
Sri Lanka
Good Morning Nilanthi (Céline Breysse in French)
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)
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)
US Transracial
Adopted Out Memoir (African American adoptee, S M Ezeff)
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)
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)
Oceans Apart: A Voyage of International Adoption (Mary Reed)
L’adoption, le racisme, mon voyage, ma vérité (Léo Nardecchia) in French (Adoption, Racism, My Journey, My Truth)
Heart of Stone (Hoa Stone)
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
Etiopien
Lions Roaring Far From Home: An Anthology by Ethiopian Adoptees (Aselefech Evans) ***NEW***
Native American
Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories
Nederländerna
De Adoptie Monologen (Marina Van Dongen, The Adoption Monologues in Dutch)
Sydkorea
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
Storbritannien
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)
Whatever Next? On Adult Adoptee Identities (Josephine Jay, Adaline Bara, Hannah Feben-Smith)
