A Country You Can Leave (Knopf Canada)

by Asale Angel-Ajani, $26

The Other Daughter (Simon & Schuster)

by Caroline Bishop, $25

Hold My Girl (HarperCollins Publishers)

by Charlene Carr, $25

Pineapple Street (Viking)

by Jenny Jackson, $25

Künstlers in Paradise (Henry Holt and Co.)

by Cathleen Schine, $37

Still, I Cannot Save You (McClelland & Stewart)

by Kelly S. Thompson, $25