TUESDAY

Rob Chirico (“Not My Mother’s Kitchen: Rediscovering Italian American Cooking Through Stories and Recipes’’) reads at 5:30 p.m. at I AM Books, 189 North St., Boston … Jerry Thornton (“From Darkness to Dynasty: The First 40 Years of the

New England Patriots’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd.,

Newton Centre … Erin Petti (“The Peculiar Haunting of Thelma Bee’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books

WEDNESDAY

Michael Cohen (“American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division’’) and Sarah Jaffe (“Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt’’) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Lindsay Hatton (“Monterey Bay’’) and Aaron Thier (“Mr. Eternity’’) read at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd., Newton Centre … Nathan Hill (“The Nix’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Susan David (“Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life’’) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge

THURSDAY

Margaret Moore and Edward Phillips (“Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life: Decode Your Emotional DNA — And Thrive’’) read at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Karen Finley (“Shock Treatment: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Tommy Shae (“Dingers’’ The 101 Most Memorable Home Runs in Baseball History’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd., Newton Centre … Amor Towles (“A Gentleman in Moscow’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley … Brendan Kiely (“The Last True Love Story’’) reads at 7 p.m. at

Porter Square Books

FRIDAY

Dara Kay Cohen (“Rape During Civil War’’) reads at 3 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Kathryn Smith (“The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story

of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books

SATURDAY

Josh Funk (“Dear Dragon’’) reads at 11 a.m. at the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … Adam Shaughnessy (“The Unbelievable Fib: Over the Underworld’’) and Tania Unsworth (“Brightwood’’) read at 2 p.m. at Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd., Newton Centre … William Giraldi (“The Hero’s Body: A Memoir’’) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store

Events are subject to change. A full listing of events is available online at www. bostonglobe.com/arts/books