The most popular adoption books of 2023

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 2023.

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Unwanted
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Unwanted

Cathy Glass

Published 2023

336 pages

Skinfolk
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Skinfolk

Matthew Pratt Guterl

Published 2023

320 pages

Harriet Spies
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Harriet Spies

Elana K. Arnold

2023 · 2024 edition

240 pages

Dear Stray
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Dear Stray

Kirsten Hubbard

Published 2023

32 pages

Tell No One
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Tell No One

Brendan Watkins

Published 2023

368 pages

Unwanted
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Unwanted

Cathy Glass

Published 2023

336 pages