| Title | Author | Pages | Description | ISBN |
| Witch-hunt: mysteries of the Salem witch trials | Aronson, Marc | 260 | Aronson pulls together lots of different interpretations of the Salem trials skillfully. Fascinating subject matter written about in an interesting way. | 9781416903154 |
| Case Histories | Atkinson, Kate | 310 | Various stories of loss with unbelievably real characters somehow get weaved together and various “mysteries” get solved. Even the unpleasant characters stay in your mind, whether you want them to or not. | 9780316010702 |
| Postville; a clash of cultures in heartland America | Bloom, Stephen G. | 384 | Bloom documents the differences between the native Iowans and their new neighbors, Hasidic Jews from NYC. | 9780156013369 |
| The little lady agency | Browne, Hester | 376 | Melissa Romney-Jones made redundant repeatedly, starts her own agency, helping clueless bachelors shop, entertain, etc. Fun, fluffy read. | 9781416514923 |
| Answering 911; Life in the hot seat | Burau, Caroline | 206 | Burau is a 911 dispatcher for Ramsey County, MN and then White Bear Lake, MN. Her stories of what it’s like on the other end of the line is fascinating. | 9780873515696 |
| Ender’s game | Card, Orson Scott | 336 | | 9780765342294 |
| A private hotel for gentle ladies | Cooney, Ellen | 304 | Charlotte Heath, seeing her husband with another woman, leaves him and finds another life in a hotel in Boston in 1900s. | 9781400079438 |
| The black chord: visions of the groove: connections between Afro-beats rhythm & blues, hip hop and more | Corio, David | | | 9780641553110 |
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