NYT Books

Three new books look at the tensions — left, center, right and further right — in the Democratic and Republican parties.

“Louder Than Hunger” joins a very small shelf of novels and memoirs that address eating disorders from a male point of view.

In his memoir, “What Have We Here?,” the actor writes about his friendships with Hollywood icons and literary lions.

Rita Bullwinkel’s debut novel, “Headshot,” spotlights eight boxers in a national tournament and the struggles of their inner lives.

In her new memoir, “Grief Is for People,” Sloane Crosley works through the death of a beloved friend and mentor.

In “Means of Control” and “The Sentinel State,” modern governments wield high-tech snooping gear while relying on old methods of social surveillance.

In “Normal Women,” Philippa Gregory gives us nine centuries of real-life heroines, murderers, boxers and brides.

In “Shakespeare’s Sisters,” the Renaissance scholar Ramie Targoff presents an astounding group of Elizabethan women of letters.

Adelle Waldman’s “Help Wanted” and Madeleine Gray’s “Green Dot” skewer the modern workplace.

Decades after “Lives of the Monster Dogs” comes “King Nyx,” where the wife of a paranormal researcher explores why girls have gone missing from a remote island.