A gentleman in Moscow —Towles, Amor, author.

Firekeeper's daughter —Boulley, Angeline, author.

Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths.

From the ashes my story of being Métis, homeless, and finding my way —Thistle, Jesse, author.

Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal gr...

Strangers in the house a prairie story of bigotry and belonging —Savage, Candace, 1949- author.

When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expected. Napoléon Sureau dit Blondin built the house in the 1920s, an era when Fr...

The tattooist of Auschwitz a novel —Morris, Heather (Screenwriter), author.

"In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the...

The witches of New York a novel —McKay, Ami, 1968- author.

The bestselling author of "The Birth House" and "The Virgin Cure" is back, luring us deep inside the lives of a trio of remarkable young women navigating the glitz and grotesqueries of Gilded-Age New York by any means po...

The Expatriates —Lee, Janice Y. K, author.

Devastating and heartwarming, and exquisite in every way, this is a book you'll fall deeply in love with and never want to put down." --Kevin Kwan From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Piano Teacher, a bea...

Where the crawdads sing —Owens, Delia, author.

"Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two m...

A river in darkness one man's escape from North Korea —Ishikawa, Masaji, author.

"Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years...

Every note played a novel —Genova, Lisa, author.

"A once accomplished concert pianist, Richard now has ALS. As he becomes increasingly paralyzed and is no longer able to live on his own, Karina becomes his reluctant caretaker. As Richard's muscles, voice, and breath fa...

Washington Black a novel —Edugyan, Esi, author.

Washington Black is an eleven-year-old field slave who knows no other life than the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born. When his master's eccentric brother chooses him to be his manservant, Wash is terrified of ...

Unsheltered a novel —Kingsolver, Barbara, author.

Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility for her family. Which is why it's so unnerving that she's arrived at middle age with nothing to show for her hard work and dedication but a s...

Mrs. Everything a novel —Weiner, Jennifer, author.

"A smart, thoughtful, and timely exploration of two sisters' lives from the 1950s to the present as they struggle to find their places--and be true to themselves--in a rapidly evolving world. Mrs. Everything is an ambiti...

The choice embrace the possible —Eger, Edith Eva, author.

"At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger, a trained ballet dancer and gymnast, was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, the 'Angel of Death, ' Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amu...

Moon of the crusted snow —Rice, Waubgeshig, 1979- author.

"A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply ...

The silent patient —Michaelides, Alex, 1977- author.

Alicia Berenson is a famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, living in a posh area of London. One evening, her husband Gabriel returns home late. Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then nev...

The unexpected cop Indian Ernie on a life of leadership —Louttit, Ernie, 1961- author.

"The cop who blew the whistle on Saskatoon's notorious "Starlight Tours," Ernie Louttit is the bestselling author of two previous "Indian Ernie" books. He demonstrates in this latest title that being a leader means stick...

The library of lost and found —Patrick, Phaedra, author.

Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people, though not for lack of trying. She keeps careful lists of how to help others in her superhero-themed notebook. And yet, sometimes it fe...

Warlight —Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- author.

"From the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of The English Patient: a mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected ch...

The storied life of A.J. Fikry a novel —Zevin, Gabrielle, author.

A.J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. ...