NYT Books

In Rupert Thomson’s new novel, “Dartmouth Park,” the sound of a mundane beep triggers in one man what may be either a revelatory metaphysical journey or a bout of male existential angst.

In “I Must Be Dreaming,” the cartoonist serves up nutty nocturnal admissions, considers theories of sleep and, yes, imagines losing her teeth.

Rachel Maddow’s “Prequel” and Heather Cox Richardson’s “Democracy Awakening” follow plots against America hatched by homegrown autocrats.

In Molly McGhee’s debut, “Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind,” debt-laden citizens are recruited to “audit” others’ dreams — all in the name of productivity.

In her vivid second novel, “My Work,” Olga Ravn evokes the disorientation of new parenthood.

Lisa Tuttle’s “My Death” is short, uncanny, provocative, and pays tribute to a body of forgotten literature.

In “The Upside-Down World,” Benjamin Moser roams the galleries of the Netherlands in search of clues to the artists’ biographies.

A new history by Fergus M. Bordewich examines Ulysses S. Grant’s battle against white supremacist terror.

The filmmaker’s new memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All,” prompts a critic’s incredulity.

“The Leftover Woman” follows two struggling women living completely different lives. How do their paths overlap?