How would I select the subdocument author, in the below shown object, without directly

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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T11:56:09+00:00 2026-05-30T11:56:09+00:00

How would I select the subdocument author, in the below shown object, without directly

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How would I select the subdocument author, in the below shown object, without directly accessing it, ie authors[0], so that the result that I get back is {"_id":"4f44af6a024342300e000002", visible: true}?

The object:

{
    _id:     "4f44af6a024342300e000001",
    title:   "A book", 
    created: "2012-02-22T14:12:51.305Z"
    authors: [{"_id":"4f44af6a024342300e000002", visible: true}] 
}

I have been able to update it by doing this, but selecting it seems like a completely different story:

books.update({_id: "4f44af6a024342300e000001",'authors._id': "4f44af6a024342300e000002"}, 
             {$set: {'books.$.visible': true}}, function(err) {
    // ...
});