MONDAY

Elaine C. Kamarck (“Why Presidents Fail And How They Can Succeed Again’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store . . . Megan Abbott (“You Will Know Me’’) and Rory Flynn (“Dark Horse’’) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith . . . Reif Larsen (“I Am Radar’’) in conversation with Laura van den Berg (“Find Me’’) at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books

TUESDAY

Carolyn Parkhurst (“Harmony’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books . . . Colleen Hoover (“It Ends with Us’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith . . . Cindy Peyser Safronoff (“Crossing Swords: Mary Baker Eddy vs. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and the Battle for the Soul of Marriage’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store

WEDNESDAY

Jeffrey Toobin (“American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst’’) reads at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge (tickets at www.eventbrite.com) . . . Anna Solomon (“Leaving Lucy Pear’’) in conversation with WBUR’s Jessica Alpert at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store . . . Tess Taylor (“Work and Days’’), Joseph Massey (“Illocality’’), and Stephen Burt (“Belmont’’) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books

THURSDAY

J.R. Thornton (“The Beautiful World’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books . . . Elee Kraljii Gardiner (“Serpentine Loop’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd., Newton Centre . . . Anu Partanen (“The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store

FRIDAY

David Witter and Bill Dal Cerro (“Bebop, Swing and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian American Experience’’) read at 5 p.m. at I AM Books, 189 North St., Boston . . . Penn Jillette (“Presto! How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith . . . Ellen Wittlinger (“Local Girl Swept Away’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books

SATURDAY

Eric Morse (“What Is Punk?’’) reads at 11 a.m. at Porter Square Books . . . Sara Levine (“Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons’’) reads at 11 a.m. at Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd., Newton Centre

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