David Lodge's novels—as well as his many works of nonfiction—made him an important figure in 20th-century British literature. He also captured well the angst of many lay Catholics in the aftermath of Vatican II.

As a young Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown," Timothee Chalamet captures some of the iconic singer's enigmatic yet magnetic personality.

Oscar Hijuelos's 'Mr. Ives' Christmas' doesn't start out as a cheery story—but in the end, this parable of good will lost and good will regained is a perfect Christmas tale.

Can you be a Catholic and a feminist? Julie Hanlon Rubio gives her answer in the introduction of her new book—in the form of a confident “yes.”

Joyelle McSweeney's 'Death Styles'—her 10th book across creative and critical genres—rewards our attention.

With his new biography, 'The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon,' Adam Shatz seeks to give us Fanon the person, and not just his most famous soundbites.