'Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life,' by Fabrizio Amerini

'Edmund Burke in America: The Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism,' by Drew Maciag

'Beethoven: The Man Revealed,' by John Suchet

Robert Bartlett’s book will also be welcome to those who have experienced something of the power of the cult of the saints in their own time and place.

'All The Light We Cannot See,' by Anthony Doerr

'Hothouse,' by Boris Kachka