Marvin Olasky | Superb reporting and storytelling about a modern-day underground railroad make Melanie Kirkpatrick's Escape from North Korea WORLD’s Book of the Year
From ludicrous to lively, five books about leaders
Jamie Dean | Three biographies testifying to God’s work in mankind
Emily Belz, Timothy Lamer | A look at Nixon as VP, a tour of New York’s Grand Central Terminal, and a history of Thomas Becket’s battle with a king
Edward Lee Pitts | A closer look at three costly—but pivotal—battles spanning U.S. history
Warren Cole Smith | Two books celebrating 50th anniversaries in the past year offered cures worse than the disease
Mindy Belz | Two books highlight two different approaches to Africa’s resources
Daniel James Devine | Science books proposing new perspectives on drugs, death, and design
Angela Lu Fulton | Three books geared for millennials wrestling with cultural questions
Janie B. Cheaney | Deluge of supernatural young adult novels produce plots with mangled biblical truths
