For the author single page
$query = new WP_Query(array(
'post_type' => 'books',
'meta_key' => 'author',
'meta_value' => get_the_ID() // assuming you're inside the loop
));
while($query->have_posts()) {
$query->the_post();
the_title();
}
wp_reset_query();
For the books archive page
// assuming you're inside the loop
$author = get_post(get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'author', true));
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