- Boys in Trees -- Mary Swan
- Knit Two -- Kate Jacobs
Catch up with the characters of The Friday Night Knitting Club five years later.
- The Town that Forgot How to Breathe -- Kenneth Harvey
In the town of Bareneed, Newfoundland, residents are suffering from a breathing disorder, while the ocean is expelling exotic sea creatures and long dead drowning victims. An impending tsuanami, that only those with "the sight" are aware of, threatens the town. A cross between Stephen King and Annie Proulx, this novel of magical realism is hard to put down.
- A Mercy -- Toni Morrison
Florens, young slave girl, was given to Jacob Vaark in 1620 as payment for a debt. Despite his reluctance to have anything to do to with the slave trade, he brings her home to help his wife and other two servants. A small pox outbreak dramatically changes their lives.
