The most popular adoption books of 2021

Books about adoption tell stories of families made in more than one way. Adopted children, birth parents and adoptive parents each have their own account, and the search for origins runs through many of them. Novels and memoirs here deal with belonging, identity and what makes a family. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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The Race
Cover of The Race

The Race

Roy Peachey

Published 2021

200 pages

Lifting the Lid
Cover of Lifting the Lid

Lifting the Lid

Karen Ingram

2021 · 2024 edition

314 pages