For 100 years, the Catholic Church played a key role in San Francisco politics and culture.

'The Unwinding' by George Packer

'A Man of Misconceptions' profiles a 17th century Jesuit polymath

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.

'Mortal Sins' by Michael D'Antonio offers a sweeping narrative of the sexual abuse crisis.

Some Catholics have lamented that C. S. Lewis, an Anglican, never converted.