• Australia: Matthew Flinders’ Cat by Bryce Courtenay
  • Belgium: Resistance by Anita Shreve
  • China: The Good Women of China by Xinran
  • Denmark: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
  • India: Holy Cow! An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald
  • Ireland: Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
  • Japan: Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seichō Matsumoto
  • Kenya: My Maasai Life by Robin Wiszowaty
  • Poland: The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
  • South Africa: Street Blues by Andrew Brown
  • Ukraine: A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka
  • United Kingdom: Last Seen Alive by Dorothy Simpson
  • United States: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhum...
feb 2 2011 ∞
apr 1 2012 +
  • B: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
  • F: Zelda by Nancy Milford (Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald)
  • H: Emma and I by Shelia Hocken
  • K: A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
  • M: Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
  • W: My Maasai Life by Robin Wiszowaty
  • Z: The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman (Antonina and Jan Żabiński)
dec 12 2010 ∞
apr 30 2012 +
  • A: The Red Mass by Rosemary Aubert
  • B: Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals
  • C: Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook
  • D: Kindertransport by Olga Levy Drucker
  • E: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
  • F: Hanna’s Daughters by Marianne Fredriksson
  • G: Unclutter Your Life by Katherine Gibson
  • H: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
  • I: Listening Is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
  • J: Alice, I Think by Susan Juby
  • K: Confessions of a Shopoholic by Sophie Kinsella
  • L: Postcards from France by Megan McNeill Libby
  • M: Atonement by Ian McEwan
  • N: The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble
  • O: Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
dec 8 2010 ∞
jan 1 2012 +
  • Alberta: Obasan by Joy Kogawa
  • British Columbia: The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy
  • Nova Scotia: A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
  • Ontario: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • Saskatchewan: The Wandering Soul Murders by Gail Bowen
dec 9 2010 ∞
nov 29 2011 +
  • 2010 Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
  • 2009 Chanda's Wars by Allan Stratton
  • 2008 Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
  • 2007 The Blue Helmet by William Bell
  • 2006 Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai
  • 2005 A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
  • 2004 The Canning Season by Polly Horvath
  • 2003 True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brookes
  • 2002 Stones by William Bell
  • 2001 Before Wings by Beth Goobie
  • 2000 Alone at Ninety Foot by Katherine Holubitsky
  • 1999 Janey's Girl by Gayle Friesen
  • 1998 Bone Dance by Martha Brooks
  • 1997 Takes: Stories for Young Adults by R.P. MacIntyre
  • 1996 The Maestro by Tim Wynne-Jones
dec 12 2010 ∞
dec 12 2010 +
  • A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman
  • Optimum Nutrition Made Easy by Patrick Holford
  • The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
  • Shaken by Eric Walters
  • Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
  • Isabel’s Daughter by Judith Ryan Hendricks
  • The Caregiver’s Survival Handbook by Alexis Abramson
  • The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith
  • Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (10)
  • How to Be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World by the Dalai Lama
  • Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
  • Stepping Up: How Taking Responsibility Ch...
jan 1 2012 ∞
apr 30 2012 +
  • Alaska: Two Old Women by Velma Wallis
  • Arizona: Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli
  • California: Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
  • Colorado: Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson
  • Connecticut: Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
  • Florida: Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
  • Georgia: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
  • Illinois: Living Downstream: An Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment by Sandra Steingraber
  • Indiana: A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
  • Iowa: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
  • Maine: Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
  • Maryland: Digging to America by Anne Tyler
  • Massachusetts: Died in the Wool by Mary Kruger
dec 8 2010 ∞
mar 1 2012 +

Africa

    • The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John (South Africa)
    • Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (Kenya)
    • Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud (Morocco)

Asia (including the Middle East and Southeast Asia)

    • Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (China)
    • Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Indonesia)
    • Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (India)
    • Leave Your Tears in Moscow by Barbara Armonas (Russia)
    • A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam (Bangladesh)...
dec 8 2010 ∞
jan 31 2012 +
  • 2010 Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry
  • 2009 The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter
  • 2008 Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • 2007 Johnny Kellock Died Today by Hadley Dyer
  • 2006 The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter
  • 2005 Last Chance Bay by Anne Laurel Carter
  • 2004 Boy O'Boy by Brian Doyle
  • 2003 Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
  • 2002 Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope by Jean Little
  • 2001 Wild Girl & Gran by Nan Gregory
  • 2000 Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel
  • 1999 Stephen Fair by Tim Wynne-Jones
  • 1998 Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
  • 1997 Uncle Ronald by Brian Doyle
  • 1996 The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing by Maxine Trottier
dec 12 2010 ∞
feb 1 2011 +

2010

  • When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
  • Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
  • The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
  • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
  • The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

2009

  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
  • The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
  • Savvy by Ingrid Law
  • After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

2008

dec 8 2010 ∞
nov 29 2011 +