NYT Books

“Furious Minds,” by Laura K. Field, traces the ascendancy of hard-right thinkers whose contempt for liberal democracy is shaping American politics.

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In “Cape Fever,” a young maid finds herself dealing with ghosts from the past and a manipulative employer.

In “The Sea Captain’s Wife,” Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the thrilling story of Mary Ann Patten, the first female captain of a merchant clipper ship.

The notebooks of Albert Camus, the French philosopher and novelist, have been collected in a single volume for the first time.

This season’s bounty includes volumes on far-out artists, unusual cats and enviable gardens.

Lauren Rothery’s “Television” finds an action star and two writers dazed by the changing rules of the entertainment industry.

As told in Tarpley Hitt’s rollicking “Barbieland,” the rise of America’s doll alter ego is much messier and more interesting than any movie.

Raised in a large chaotic family outside Boston, the journalist Janice Page recalls an eventful childhood and the love story that brought her to China and back again.

“Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures,” a new biography of Denis Johnson, traces the life of a brilliant nonconformist.