'Hothouse,' by Boris Kachka

Michael Novak’s autobiography is another remarkable American success story.

Cesar Chavez is widely considered a great American hero. But 'From the Jaws of Victory' by Matt Garcia explores some of the activist's flaws not often acknowledged by those who know only the legend.

Jane Austen’s novels are as much about vice and virtue as marriage and manners.

"My job is to make what happens within the story convincing and accurate and compelling and believable – and if I am a decent observer of human nature and the world, all theological ideas can find a home here."

Despite his popular image, Jack Kerouac was born and died a self-identified Catholic.