MONDAY: Alina Simone reads from “You Must Go and Win,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner … Brooke Gladstone discusses “The Influencing Machine,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Kevin Weeks and Phyllis Karas discuss “Where’s Whitey?,” at 7 p.m., at Prince Pizzeria, 517 Broadway (Route 1 South), Saugus (registration at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m.); to reserve tickets ($20), visit www.nsjcc.org or call 978-535-2968.
TUESDAY: Joseph Finder reads from “Buried Secrets,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Eleanor Henderson reads from “Ten Thousand Saints,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … David Schmahmann discusses “The Double Life of Alfred Buber,” at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville … Poets Kathleen Aguero, Lainie Senechal, and Joseph Torra read at 6:30 p.m., at the Center for the Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. Admission $4.
WEDNESDAY: David McCullough signs “The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Tali Sharot discusses “The Optimism Bias,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … James Greenblatt discusses “The Breakthrough Depression Solution,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge … Margaret McLean reads from “Under Fire,” at 6 p.m., at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square … Hallie Ephron (“Come and Find Me”) speaks at 7 p.m., at Malden Public Library, 36 Salem St., Malden
