The Girls, by Lori Lansens

The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill

The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck

Through Black Spruce, by Joseph Boyden

Small Island, by Andrea Levy

The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls

The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway

The Gargoyle, by Andrew Davidson

The Winter Vault, by Anne Micheals Hay