The best local book events, July 19-24

SUNDAY, JULY 19

• Val Lucien and Ralph Abraham (“A Journey Through Numbers”) read their picture book at 11 a.m. at Hummingbird Books.
• Brittainy Cherry (“Karla & Ash”) and Jennifer Safrey (“On This Harvest Moon”) discuss their latest novels at 1 p.m. at Lovestruck Books & Cafe. (Tickets are $6.24, event entry plus a copy of either book is $26.19, event entry plus both books is $52.44.)
• Rebecca Chace (“Talking to the Wolf”) and Alice Mattison (“What Clever Friends: The Selected Letters of Jane Kenyon and Alice Mattison”) present their latest works at 2 p.m. at Newtonville Books.
• E.M. and David Elliot (“Bonebag”) are in conversation with Mary Burchenal about their middle-grade novel at 5 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Registration is required.)

MONDAY, JULY 20

• Chris M. Arnone (“My Name Was Baby: An Intersex Memoir”) is in conversation with Kimberly Zieselman to celebrate the release of his new book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Registration is required.)
• Danielle Allen (“Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat — and the American Revolution — Transformed Britain”) is in conversation with Eric Nelson about her new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
• Julie Murphy (“Vera Stein Is Fine”) celebrates the release of her forthcoming novel at 7 p.m. at First Parish in Cambridge via Lovestruck Books & Cafe. (Tickets are $6.24, event entry plus a copy of the book is $37.74.)

TUESDAY, JULY 21

• Brad Ryan (“Grandma Joy and Me: A Journey of Healing, One National Park at a Time”) virtually discusses his new memoir at 6 p.m. via American Ancestors. (Registration is required.)
• Jayne Anne Phillips (“Small Town Girls”) and Jessica Brilliant Keener (“Evening Begins the Day”) are in conversation about their new books at 6 p.m. at Boston Athenaeum. (Visitor tickets are $20 and include first floor admission.)
• Jenny L. Howe (“How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House”) discusses her forthcoming young adult novel with Taylor Grothe, Hannah Reynolds, and Crystal Seitz at 6:30 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (General admission and a copy of the book is $15.48.)
• John A. Jenkins (“Summer of ’71: Five Months That Changed America”) is in conversation with Hilary Braseth about his new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
• Kent Anderson and Joy Moore (“How the Internet Disrupted Science”) discuss their forthcoming book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Sigrid Nunez (“It Will Come Back to You”) is in conversation with Tara Menon to celebrate the release of her short story collection at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Registration is required.)
• Christin Geall (“Flora Culture: How Flowers Shape Our World”) discusses her book at 6 p.m. at Boston Athenaeum. (Visitor tickets are $20 and include first floor admission.)
• Julie Gerstenblatt (“The Stargazer of Nantucket”) discusses her new novel at 6:30 p.m. at Sandwich Public Library via Titcomb’s Bookshop. (RSVP is requested.)
• Lisa Scottoline (“This Changes Everything”) discusses her new novel at 6:30 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (General admission is $5, general admission and a signed copy of the book is $31.88.)
• Karen Korellis Reuther (“Man-Made: How We Designed a World That Leaves Women Out, and How We Can Make It Right”) is in conversation with Judith Brown Clarke about her new book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Rachel Lynn Solomon (“Extracurricular”) and Chelsea Curto (“In Stormy Weather”) celebrate the release of their new novels at 7 p.m. at Arts at the Armory via Lovestruck Books & Cafe. (Event entry plus a copy of either book is $32.49, event entry plus both books is $53.49.)
• S.E. Grove (“Armor for Liars”) discusses her forthcoming young adult novel at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Registration is required.)

THURSDAY, JULY 23

• Scott J. Kerman (“The Duke: Weekly Conversations with the Last Honest Politician”) discusses his book at 6 p.m. at the Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library. (Registration is required.)
• Julie Carrick Dalton (“The Forest Becomes Her”) is in conversation with Milo Todd about her new novel at 6:30 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (General admission and a signed copy of the book is $33.34.)
• Kat Stoddard (“Wasp’s Nest”) discusses her debut novel with Adrienne Brodeur at 6:30 p.m. at Titcomb’s Bookshop. (RSVP is requested.)
• Michelle Tea (“CLOWNS”) discusses her latest anthology with contributors Deez Davidson, L Scully, Samara Halperin, and Ely Kreimendahl at 6:30 p.m. at Papercuts Bookshop. (Tickets are $5.)
• Elizabeth Preston (“The Creatures’ Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care”) and Perrin Roosevelt Ireland (“Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex”) discuss their latest books at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Jason Dove Mark (“The Earth Said Remember Me: How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet”) is in conversation with Julia Sklar about his new guide at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Registration is required.)
• James Loop (“Metronome”), Serena Solin (“A Barer Sky”),and Jacqueline Waters (“The Fry”) read poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Bookshop. (General admission is $10, general admission for low income is $5.)
• Shoshana von Blanckensee (“Girls Girls Girls”) is in conversation with Kit Haggard to celebrate the release of her debut novel at 7 p.m. at All She Wrote Books. (Tickets are on an income-based sliding scale, $21.25 + $0.53 service fee for admission and a copy of the book.)
• Yotam Marom (“For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness”) discusses his debut book with Marshall Ganz at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.

FRIDAY, JULY 24

• Judy Lannon (“Back to the Cape”) signs copies of her new novel at 11 a.m. at Titcomb’s Bookshop.
• Colin Asher (“The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music”) discusses his new book with Makis Antzoulatos at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Michael Blanding (“The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby: Inside a Billionaire Family’s Quest to Craft a Christian Nation”) is in conversation with Linda K. Wertheimer to celebrate the release of his new book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Registration is required.)