Books on Biracial Asian Americans and Adoption

Non-Fiction Books

The Voices of Amerasians: Ethnicity, Identity, and Empowerment in Interracial Japanese Americans by Stephen L. H. Murphy-Shigematsu
Gaijin: American Prisoner of War by Matt Falkner
Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy
Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

On Amerasian Children of Korean War

Ten Thousand Sorrows by Elizabeth Kim
Dust of the Streets: The Journey of a Biracial Orphan of the Korean War by Thomas Park Clement
Mixed Korean: Our Stories An Anthology by Cerrisa Kim, Katherine Kim

On Amerasian Children of Vietnam War

War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art by Wei Ming Dariotis
Surviving Twice: Amerasian Children of the Vietnam War by Trin Yarborough
The Dust of Life: America’s Children Abandoned in Vietnam by Robert S. McKelvey
The Outcast Amerasian by Kevin Le
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren
Children Of The Enemy: Oral Histories Of Vietnamese Amerasians And Their Mothers by Steven DeBonis
Vietnamerica: The War Comes Home by Thomas A. Bass

Fiction Books

Books on Asian American Adoption

*many of the books about Amerasian children of Korean and Vietnam war in the biracial section also involve real-life adoption stories

All Inclusive

Adopted from Asia: How It Feels to Grow Up in America by Frances M. Koh
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (fiction for middle school and teens)
Invisible Asians: Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism by Kim Park Nelson (non-fiction for adults)

Chinese American adoption

Chinese Eyes By Marjorie Ann Waybill (fiction for children)
Star of the Week: A Story of Love, Adoption, and Brownies with Sprinkles by Darlene Friedman (picture book)
An-Ya and Her Diary by Diane René Christian (fiction for middle school)
Kids Like Me in China by Ying Ying Fry (non-fiction for middle school)

Cambodian American adoption

The Bora Boys and the Last Big Door by Michael J. Feeney (fiction for children)
Korean American adoption
We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo by Linda Walvoord (fiction for children)
To Save the Children of Korea: The Cold War Origins of International Adoption by Arissa H. Oh (non-fiction for adults)
How to Greet the Mother Who Bore You (A Short Story) by Matthew Salesses (fiction for middle school and up)
Fugitive Visions: An Adoptee’s Return to Korea by Jane Jeong Trenka (non-fiction for middle school and up)
Ghost of Sangju: A Memoir of Reconciliation by Soojung Jo (non-fiction for middle school and up)
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung (non-fiction for adults)
After the Morning Calm: Reflections of Korean Adoptees by Sook Wilkinson and Nancy Fox (non-fiction for adults)
A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee's Search for Her Roots by Katy Robinson (non-fiction for middle school and up)
Voices from Across the Sea: An Adoption Memoir Uniting Two Worlds by Lora V. Keleher (non-fiction for middle school and up)
Disrupting Kinship: Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States by Kimberly D. McKee (non-fiction for adults)
Unequal Motherhoods and the Adoption of Asian Children: Birth, Foster, and Adoptive Mothers by Jungyun Gill (non-fiction for adults)

Pakistani American adoption

First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover by Mitali Perkins (fiction for middle school)
First Daughter: White House Rules by Mitali Perkins (fiction for middle school

Taiwanese American adoption