'Redeployment,' by Phil Klay; 'Green on Blue,' by Elliot Ackerman; 'The Corpse Exhibition,' by Hasan Blasim

This stellar biography shows a truly courageous and holy man but also deeply unjust and humiliating actions by some church officials.

'All the Wild that Remains,' by David Gessner

'History of the National Encuentros,' by Mario J. Paredes

'Francis, Pope of Good Promise,' by Jimmy Burns

'Katrina,' by Gary Rivilin