Third Culture Kids, Growing Up Among Worlds by David Pollock and Ruth Van Reken
This is not a memoir but a must read for anybody who grew up in countries other than their passport country or who have children growing up internationally. (Third Edition 2017)
A Work of Heart: A Collection of Artwork from Multicultural Individuals by Megan Norton-Newbanks and Simona Wiig. Inside this volume, you will find artwork accompanied by personal reflections from contributors representing diverse backgrounds and global paths. (2025)
Letters Now Sent: A Collection of Letters from the Globally Mobile compiled by Megan Norton-Newbanks. Inspired by Ruth E. Van Reken’s seminal Letters Never Sent, this volume opens a window into the emotional landscapes of identity, belonging, and transition. (2025)
The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism by Holly Berkley Fletcher
(2025)
Lives and the Courage to Live Them: Thoughts of a Third Culture Kid Therapist by Dr Rachel Cason.
Dr Cason is a British therapist who is also a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and caters to TCKs. In this book she touches on all the things TCKs celebrate and struggle with. Trauma, change, moving the furniture, resilience, loss, boarding school, language, relationship, balance. It is a very real and helpful book that is easy to read without a lot of professional mumbo jumbo. I highly recommend it to anybody with a nomadic childhood. (2023)
Belonging Beyond Borders: How Third Culture Kids Can Cultivate a Sense of Belonging by Megan Norton. (2022)
Unstacking your Grief Tower: A Guide to Processing Grief as an Adult Third Culture Kid by Lauren Wells (2021)
Misunderstood: Impact of Growing up Overseas in the 21st Century by Tanya Crossman (2016)
Hidden Immigrants: Legacies of Growing Up Abroad by Linda Bell
Linda Bell interviews 13 people who have grown up globally. If you are a TCK you will be able to identify with much of this book. I read it years ago and want to re-read it. (1997)
Strangers At Home: Essays on the Effects of Living Overseas and Coming “Home” to a Strange Land by Carolyn D. Smith (1996)
The Absentee American: Repatriates’ Perspectives on America and Its Place in the Contemporary World by Carolyn D. Smith (1991)