SUNDAY

Chris Edwards (“BALLS: It Takes Some to Get Some’’) reads at 4 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley … Danny Orbach (“The Plots Against Hitler’’) reads at 6 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Sarah Schulman (“Conflict is Not Abuse’’) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge

MONDAY

Jacqueline Davies (“Panda Pants’’) reads at 1:45 p.m. at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester (craft activity to follow) … Emily Witt (“Future Sex’’) in conversation with Meredith Goldstein at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Alex Prud’homme (“The French Chef in America: Julia Child’s Second Act’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley … Bonnie Jo Campbell (“Mothers, Tell Your Daughters’’) and Mimi Lipson (“Women and Other Animals’’) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books

TUESDAY

Dan Barry (“The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Adriana Mather (“How to Hang a Witch’’) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Laurie Halse Anderson (“Ashes’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley … Rabih Alameddine (“The Angel of History’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store

WEDNESDAY

Robert LeVine and Sarah LeVine (“Do Parents Matter?: Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don’t Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax’’) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Elissa Altman (“Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley … Rob Hart (“South Village’’) and Todd Robinson (“Rough Trade’’) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Roy Scranton (“War Porn’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store

THURSDAY

Eva Ungar Grudin and Eric Joseph (“Save the Last Dance’’) read at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd., Newton Centre … Chelsey Philpot (“Be Good Be Real Be Crazy’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store

FRIDAY

Louie Cronin (“Everyone Loves You Back’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Brit Bennett (“The Mothers’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store

SATURDAY

Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Haverhill Public Library, 99 Main St., Haverhill (full schedule at www.jabberwockybookshop.com)

A full listing of events is available online at www. bostonglobe.com/arts/books