| FAMILIES IN CANADIAN SOCIETY | |||
| Author | Title | Call Number | Continent/Country |
| Abraham, Pearl | The Romance Reader | F ABR | USA/Jewish |
| Abrahams, Peter | Tell Freedom | 968.050924 ABR | |
| Achebe, Chinua | Things Fall Apart | F ACH | Africa |
| Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi | Purple Hibiscus | F ADI | Africa |
| Alexis, Andre | Childhood | PB F ALE | Trinidad-Can. |
| Allende, Isabel | Portrait of Sepia/ House of Spirits | F ALL | Peru/Chile |
| Allison, Dorothy | Bastard Out of Carolina | PB F ALL | |
| Al-Shaykh, Hanan | Women of Sand and Myrrh | F SHA | Lebanon |
| Al-Shaykh, Hanan | Beirut Blues | PB F SHA | Lebanon |
| Alvarez, Julia | I yo! | PB F ALV | Afr-Am |
| Alvarez, Julia | In the Time of the Butterfies | PB F ALV | Dom-Rep: Afr-Am |
| Alvarez, Julia | In the Name of Salome | PB F ALV | Cuba-America |
| Amulya, Malladi | The Mango Season | F AMU | India |
| Amulya, Malladi | A Breath of Fresh Air | F AMU | India |
| Armstrong, Cambell | I Hope You Have a Good Life | 306.8743 ARM | |
| Atkinson, Kate | Behind the Scenes at the Museum | PB F ATK | (U.S.) |
| Atkinson, Kate | Human Croquet | PB F ATK | family mythology |
| Badami, Anita Rau | Tamarind Mem (extra copies) | PB F BAD | India |
| Balasurbramanyan, Rajeev | in Beautiful Disguises | F BAL | India |
| Banerji,Sara | Shining Hero | F BAN | India |
| Bird, Mary Brave | Ohitika Women | 305.48 BIR | Native-American |
| Bissoondath, Neil | A Casual Brutality | PB F BISS | Trinidad-Can. |
| Bissoondath, Neil | On the Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows | F BISS | Trinidad-Can. |
| Bray, Rosemary L. | Unafraid of the Dark, A Memoir | 977.31104 BRA | Afr-Am |
| Broadfood, Barry | Ten Lost Years 1929-1939 | 971.062 BRO | |
| Brooks, Geraldine | Nine Parts of Desire (Islamic Women) | 305.48 BRO | Saudi Arabia |
| Brown, Claude | Manchild in the Promised Land | 309.17471 BRO | |
| Bumiller, Elisabeth | May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons | 305.40954 BUM | |
| Burton, Rainelle | The Root Worker | F BUR | Afr-Am girl in Detroit |
| Campbell, Bebe Moore | Sweet Summer | 973.0496CAM | Afr-Am |
| Campbell, Bebe Moore | Singing in the Comeback Choir | F CAM | Afr-Am |
| Chai, Arlene J. | The Last Time I Saw Mother | F CHA | Phillipines |
| Chamoiseau, Patrick | School Days | PB F CHA | Martinique |
| Chandraratna, Bandula | Mirage | F CHA | Sri-Lanka |
| Chang, Lan Samantha | Hunger | PB F CHA | Asian-Can |
| Chang, Leslie | Beyond the Narrow Gate | 305.8951 CHA | China/USA |
| Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha | Bound Feet & Western Dress | 305.421951 CHA | Asian-Am |
| Chao, Patricia | Monkey King | F CHA | Chinese American |
| Chaudhuri, Amit | Freedom Song | F CHA | India |
| Chaudhuri, Amit | A New World | F CHA | India |
| Chen, Da | Colors of the Mountain | 951.056 CHE | Asian-Am |
| Chen, Da | Sounds of the Rivers | 951.05 CHE | China |
| Chiu, Christina | Troublemaker and other Saints | F CHI | Asian-American |
| Chong, Denise | The Concubine's Children (extra copies) | 305.895 CHO | Asian-Can |
| Chong, Denise | The Girl in the Picture | 959.704 PHU | |
| Choy, Wayson | The Jade Peony | F CHO | Asian-Can |
| Choy, Wayson | Paper Shadows ("A Chinatown Childhood") | 858 CHO | Asian-Can |
| Clarke, Austin | Pig Tails' n Breadfruit | 828 CLA | Barbados-Can |
| Clarke, Austin | Growing Stupid Under the Union Jack | 828 CLA | Barbados-Can |
| Clarke, Breena | River, Cross My Heart | F CLA | Afr-Am |
| Conway, Jill Ker | The Road from Coorain | 305.40994 CON | |
| Coorvadia, Imraan | The Wedding | F COO | S. Afr/India |
| Craig, Christine | Mint Tea | F HEI | |
| Cronin, A.J. | A Song of Sixpence | F CRO | |
| Crow Dog, Mary | Lakota Woman | 970.3092 CRO | Native-American |
| Cruz, Angie | Soledad | F CRU | Hispanic-American |
| Danticat, Edwidge | Breath, Eyes, Memory | PB F DAN | Haiti |
| Dash, Leon | Rosa Lee | 305.896 DAS | |
| Daswani, Kavita | The Village Bride of Beverly Hills | F DAS | India/USA |
| Desai, Anita | Fasting, Feasting | F DES | India |
| Deshpande, Shashi | The Binding Vine | F DES | India |
| Diawara, Manthia | In Search of Africa | 973.0496 DIA | Africa |
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | any novel (The Unknown Errors of Our Lives | PB F DIV | India |
| Donner, Florinda | Shanbono a visit to ..the S. Am Rainforest | 987.6 DON | S. America |
| Duff, Alan | Once Were Warriors | New Zealand | |
| Eldred-Grigg, Stevan | Oracles & Miracles | PB F ELD | abt. New Zealand |
| El-Saadawi, Nawal | The Fall of the Imam | F ELS | |
| Emecheta, Buchi | The Joys of Motherhood (extra copies) | F EME | Africa |
| Emecheta, Buchi | The Bride Price | F EME | Africa |
| Emecheta, Buchi | Kehinde | F EME | Africa |
| Erdrich, Louise | Love Medicine (stories) | F ERD | Native-American |
| Espinet, Ramabai | The Swinging Bridge | F ESP | Canada/Caribbean |
| Figiel, Sia | They Who Do Not Grieve | F FIG | Samoa |
| Files, Lolita | Child of God | F FIL | Afr-American |
| Findley, Timothy | You Went Away | F FIN | |
| Firouz, Anahita | In The Walled Garden | F FIR | Iran |
| Flag, Fannie | Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! | F FLA | American |
| Foster, Cecil | A Place Called Heaven | 305.896 FOS | Barbados-Can |
| Foster, Cecil | Island Wings ("A Memoir") | 828 FOS | Barbados-Can |
| Foster, Cecil | No Man in the House | F FOS | Barbados-Can |
| Foster, Cecil | Sleep on, Beloved | F FOS | Barbados-Can |
| Francis, Brian | Fruit | F FRA | |
| Gallmann, Kuki | I Dreamed of Africa | 916.762 GAL | Africa |
| Galloway, Priscilla | The Courtesan's Daughter | F GAL | Ancient Greece |
| Garcia, Christina | The Aguero Sisters | PB F GAR | Cuba |
| Garcia, Christina | Dreaming in Cuban | F GAR | Cuba |
| Gibb, Camilla | Sweetness in the Belly | F GIB | |
| Gill, Tarlochan S. | An Accident? | F GIL | S.Asian-Can |
| Gilroy, Beryl | Frangipani House | PB F GIL | Guyana |
| Gimbel, Wendy | Havana Dreams | 972.9106 GIM | Cuba |
| Golden, Arthur | Memoirs of a Geisha | ||
| Gordimer, Nadine | None To Accompany Me | F GOR | South-Africa |
| Gordimer, Nadine | July's People | F GOR | South-Africa |
| Goto, Hiromi | The Kappa Child | F GOT | Japanese-Can |
| Grooms, Anthony | Bombingham | F GRO | Afr-Am |
| Gurnah, Abdulrazak | Admiring Silence | F GUR | Africa |
| Guterson, David | Snow Falling on Cedars | F GUT | (Canadian) |
| Haddon, Mark | A Spot pf Bother | F HAD | |
| Haizlip, Shirlee Taylor | The Sweeter the Juice | 929.2 TAY | Afr-Am |
| Hamilton, Jane | Map of the World | PB F HAM | |
| Harris, E.L. | Still Life in Harlem (extra copies) | 974.7 HAR | Afr-Am |
| Harrison, Kathryn | The Binding Chair | F HAR | China |
| Head, Bessie | A Question of Power | PB F HEA | Africa |
| Head, Bessie | A Woman Alone | 828 HEA | Africa |
| Hegi, Ursula | Stones from the River | F HEG | Germany |
| Hillen, Ernest | The Way of a Boy | 940.53161 HIL | Java-Canadian |
| Hornby, Nick | About a Boy | ||
| Hurston, Zora Neale | Their Eyes Were Watching God | F HUR | Afr-Am |
| Hurston, Zora Neale | Dust Tracks on the Road | 828 HUR | Afr-Am |
| Hutchinson, Sandra | Chinese Brushstrokes (extra copies) | 951.058 HUT | Asian-Can |
| Ione, Carole | Pride of Family | 305.48 ION | Afr-Am |
| Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer | The Nature of Passion | PB F JHA | India |
| Jin, Ha | Waiting | F JIN | China |
| Jingsheng, Wei | The Courage to Stand Alone | 323.0951 WEI | China |
| Kay, Jacquie | Trumpet | F KAY | |
| Kelley, Thomas | The Black Donnellys | 364.152 KEL | |
| Keyes, Marian | Watermelon | F KEY | |
| Kingsolver, Barbara | The Bean Trees | F KIN | |
| Kingsolver, Barbara | The Poisonwood Bible | F KIN | about Africa |
| Kingsolver, Barbara | Pigs in Heaven | F KIN | |
| Kingston, Maxine Hong | China Men | 979.4092 KIN | Chinese-Am |
| Kingston, Maxine Hong | The Woman Warrior | 979.4092 KIN | Chinese-Am |
| Kneale, Matthew | Mr. Foreigner | F KNE | about Japan |
| Kobayashi, Tamai | Exile and the Heart: Lesbian Fiction | F KOB | Asian-Can lesbians |
| Kogawa, Joy | Itsuka | F KOG | Japanese-Can |
| Krause, Corrine Azen | Grandmothers, Mothers, and Daughters | 305.48 KRA | ethnic Am. |
| Kricorian, Nancy | Zabelle | PB F KRI | Armenian-Am |
| Ladha, Yasmin | Women Dancing on Rooftops | 828 LAD | Indian/Can. |
| Lamb, Wally | She's Come Undone | F LAM | |
| Lansens, Lori | Rush Home Road | F LAN | |
| Lansens, Lori | The Girls | F LAN | Twins |
| Lau, Evelyn | Runaway, (Diary of a Street Kid) | 362.74 LAU | Asian-Can |
| Lee, Sky | Disappearing Moon Café | F LEE | Asian-Can |
| Leimbach, Marti | Daniel Isn't Talking | F LEI | Autism- family impact |
| Letts, Billie | Where the Heart Is | F LETTS | |
| Maalouf, Amin | The First Century After Beatrice | F MAA | Gender Bias/Egypt |
| MacDonald, Ann-Marie | Fall on Your Knees | F MAC | Canadian |
| Mah, Adeline Yen | Falling Leaves | 305.48 MAH | China |
| Maharaj, Rabindranath | The Book of Ifs and Buts | F MAH | immigrants |
| Mar, Elaine M. | Paper Daughter, A Memoir | 973.04051 MAR | Chinese-Am |
| Markandaya, Kamala | Nectar in a Sieve (extra copies) | F MAR | India |
| McBride, James | The Color of Water (extra copies) | 305.896 MAC | Afr-Am |
| McCourt, Frank | Angela's Ashes | 929.2 MAC | Ireland |
| McCourt, Frank | Tis | 929.2 MAC | Ireland |
| McWatt, Tessa | Out of My Skin (extra copies) | PB F MAC/McW | Afr-Am |
| Meeks, Kenneth | Driving While Black | 363.232 MEE | Afr-Am |
| Menchu, Rigoberta | I, Rigoberta Menchu | F MEN | Guatemala |
| Menendez, Ana | In Cuba I was a German Shepherd | 972.81 MEN | Cuba-America |
| Mernissi, Fatima | Dreams of Trespass | 964.04092 | Morocco |
| Mezlekia, Nega | Notes from the Hyena's Belly | 963.071092 | Africa |
| Miller, John | The Featherbed | F MIL | |
| Min, Anchee | Red Azalea | 951.056 MIN | China |
| Min, Anchee | Becoming Madame Mao | F MIN | China |
| Mishima, Yukio | Confessions of a Mask | PB F MIS | Japanese-Can |
| Mitchard, Jacquelyn | The Deep End of the Ocean | PB F MIT | |
| Molope, Kagiso Lesego | Dancing in the Dust | F MOL | S. Africa |
| Moody, Anne | Coming of Age in Mississippi | 305.896 MOO | Afr-Am |
| Mootoo, Shani | Cereus Blooms at Night (extra copies) | F MOO | |
| Morrison, Toni | The Bluest Eye | F MOR | Afr-Am |
| Mukherjee, Bharati | Desirable Daughters | F MUK | |
| Mukherjee, Bharati | Leave It To Me | F MUK | India to U.S. |
| Naipaul, V.S. | Miguel Street | F NAI | Trinidad |
| Naylor, Gloria | The Men of Brewster Place | PB F NAY | Afr-Am |
| Ng, Mei | Eating Chinese Food Naked (extra copies) | PB F NG | Asian-Am |
| Nunukul Oodgeroo | Stradbroke Dreamtime | F NUN | Aust-Aboriginal |
| Oliver, Roland | The African Experience | 960 OLI | about Africa |
| Ondaatje, Michael | Runing in the Family | 828 OND | Sri-Lanka-Can |
| Oyeyemi, Helen | The Icarus Girl | F OYE | Britain/Africa |
| Ozeki, Ruth | My Year of Meats (extra copies) | PB F OZE | Japanese-Can |
| Parameswaran, Uma | Mangoes on the Maple Tree | F PAR | Indo-Canadian |
| Park, Frances | When my Sister was Cleopatra Moon | F PAR | Asian-American |
| Paskal, Anna | The Water Gods- World Bank Project | 915.49604 PAS | Nepal |
| Pemberton, Joe | Forever and Ever Amen | F PEM | |
| Perez, Loida Maritza | Geographies of Home | PB F PER | Afr-Am |
| Picoult, Jodi | The Pact | F PIC | Suicide |
| Powell, Patricia | Me Dying Trial | PB F POW | Jamaica |
| Prince, Althea | Loving This Man | F PRI | Afr-Can |
| Realuyo, Bino A. | The Umbrella Country | F REA | Phillipines |
| Rhenisch, Harold | Carnival | F RHE | |
| Richler, Mordecai | Joshua Then and Now | F RIC | Jewish-Canadian |
| Richler, Nancy | Your Mouth is Lovely | F RIC | Russia |
| Rugh, Andrea B. | Within the Circle | 649.10956 RUG | Arab Parents |
| Santiago, Esmerelda | When I was Puerto Rican | 974.71 SAN | Puerto Ricao-Am |
| Sarif, Shamim | The World Unseen | F SAR | abt. S. Africa |
| Sarsfield, Mairuth | No Crystal Stair | PB F SAR | Afr-Can |
| Sasson, Jean P. | Princess | 305.48 SUL SAS | about Arabia |
| Sei Shonagon (trans Morris) | The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon | 952.01 SEI | 965 Japan |
| Selvadurai, Shyam | Funny Boy | F SEL | Sri-Lanka (Tamil) |
| Senior, Olive | Discerner of Hearts (Stories) (extra copies) | F SEN SS | Afr-Am |
| Seth, Vikram | A Suitable Boy | F SET | |
| Shamsie, Kamila | Salt and Saffron | F SHA | India |
| Silvera, Makeda | The Heart Does Not Bend | F SIL | Jamaican-Canadian |
| Smith, Zadie | White Teeth | F SMI | Afr-British |
| Syal, Meera | Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee | F SYA | India/UK |
| Tan, Amy | The Joy Luck Club | F TAN | Asian-Am |
| Tate, Sonsyrea | Little X | 297.87 TAT | Afr- |
| Tekin, Latife | Dear Shameless Death | F TEK | Turkey |
| Tervalon, Jervey | Dead Above Ground | F TER | Afr-Am |
| Thien, Madeleine | Simple Recipies (Stories) | F THI | Asian |
| Toews, Miriam | A Complicated Kindness | F TOE | Canada |
| Trice, Dawn Turner | An Eighth of August | F TRI | Afr-Am extended fam. |
| Tyree, Omar | Single Mom | F TYR | Afr-Am |
| Upadhyay, Samrat | Arresting God in Kathmandu | F UPA | Nepal |
| Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta | Motherland | F VIJ | India |
| Warriar, Nalini | Blues from the Malabar Coast | F WAR | India |
| Wearing, Alison | Honeymoon in Purdah | 955.0543 WEA | Iran |
| Wells, Rebecca | Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood | ||
| Williams, Gregory Howard | Life on the Color Line | 305.896 Wil | |
| Wright, Richard | Black Boy (extra copies) | 305.896 WRI | Afr-Am |
| Wright, Richard | Black Power | 916.63043 WRI | Afr-Am |
| Wu, Ningkun | A Single Tear | 951.05092 WU | China |
| Yalfani, Mehri | Afsaneh's Moon | F YAL | Islamic Iran |
| Ying, Hong | daughter of the River | F YIN (memoir) | China |
| Zeleza, Tiyambe | Smouldering Charcoal | PB F ZEL | Africa |
| Zhang, Zhimei | Foxspirit | 951.05092 | China |