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.

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.

Peter Ackroyd declares at the outset of 'The English Soul: Faith of a Nation' that Christianity has been “the reflection, perhaps the embodiment of the English soul.” But his book is not about Christianity so much as it is about some notable figures in Protestant England.