'My Battle Against Hitler,' by Dietrich von Hildebrand

'What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours,' by Helen Oyeyemi

'The Givenness of Things,' by Marilynne Robinson

'Thirteen Ways of Looking,' by Colum McCann

'The Witches,' by Stacy Schiff

For Jorge Galán, war is is something very familiar, stuck to his shoes like mud.