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Books: Understanding Adoptees
- Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self, by David M. Brodzinsky, Ph.D., Marshall D. Schechter, M.D., and Robin Marantz Henig (New York: Doubleday, 1992)
- How It Feels To Be Adopted: by Jill Krementz (Random House, 1988)
- Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest For Wholeness, by Betty Jean Lifton (Basic Books, 1994)
- Real Parents, Real Children, by Holly Van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb (Crossroad, 1995)
- Talking With Young Children About Adoption, by Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher (Yale University Press, 1993)
- Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wished Their Adoptive Parents Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge (Dell, 1999)
Books: Understanding the Birth Parent Experience
- Birthmothers, Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories, by Merry Block Jones (Chicago Review Press, 1993).
- Dear Birthfather, Randolph Severson, (Hearts Word Press, 1997)
- Birthparent Grief, by Brenda Romanchik (R-Squared Press, 1999 Available from Insight, see organizations)
- Out Of the Shadows: Birthfathers' Stories, by Mary Martin Mason (O.J. Howard, )
- The Other Mother; A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave up for Adoption, by Carol Shaefer (Soho Press, 1991).
- Your Rights and Responsibilities, by Brenda Romanchik. (Available from Insight: Open Adoption Resources and Support; see organizations)