2012
January
- A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
- When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Room by Emma Donoghue
- When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
February
- Outlander by Gil Adamson
- Small Ceremonies by Carol Shields
March
- Happenstance by Carol Shields
- A Fairly Conventional Woman by Carol Shields
April
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
- A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
- The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
- Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick
May
- The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- I’m a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding
- Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
- Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
- The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler
- A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
June
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
July
- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami
- The Odds by Stewart O’Nan
August
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
September
- East of Denver by Gregory Hill
- Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
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2011
January
- The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
(2010) - Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
(1988) - Larry’s Party by Carol Shields (1997)
- Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo (2010)
- Small Island by Andrea Levy (2004)
- On Beauty by Zadie Smith (2005)
February
- Crooked Letter Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (2010)
- How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
(2010, 233 pp.) - Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (2010, 342 pp.)
- Ship Breaker by Paulo Bacigalupi (2010, 323 pp.)
- The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown (2011, 318 pp.)
- Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
(1975, 108 pp.) - Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (1998, 193 pp.)
- Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee (1999, 220 pp.)
March
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (1996)
June
- Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchan (2002, 368 pp.)
August
- The Box Garden by Carol Shields (1977, 213 pp.)
September
- The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville (1999, 401 pp.)
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (1959, 246 pp.)
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (2001, 318 pp)
- Snowdrops by A.D. Miller (2011, 262 pp.)
- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (1983, 160 pp.)
- The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (2011, 129 pp.)
October
- The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern (2011, 387 pp.)
- The Thing Around Your Neck by Adichie (2009, 218 pp.)
- Bossypants by Tina Fey (2011, 288 pp.)
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011, 372 pp.)
- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt (2011, 325 pp.)
- Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman (2011, 263 pp.)
- Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch (2011, 295 pp.)
- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (2011, 163 pp.)
- The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley (2010, 364 pp.)
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (1962, 214 pp.)
- Japanese Gothic Tales
- The Book of Werewolves
November
- Effie Briest by Fontane
- A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
- The Gambler by Dostoyevsky
