The best local book events, Aug. 2-Aug. 8

SUNDAY, AUG. 2

• Richard Mercado (“Coming Out Perfect”) discusses his debut YA graphic novel at 5 p.m. at All She Wrote Books. (Tickets are on an income-based sliding scale, $18.05 + $0.45 service fee for admission and a copy of the book.)

MONDAY, AUG. 3

• Peter Aaron (“Moving in Stereo: Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of The Cars“) discusses his biography with keyboardist Greg Hawkes at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.

TUESDAY, AUG. 4

• Peter Santenello (“Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home“) signs his new book at 6 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. (General admission and a signed copy of the book is $34.47.)
• Elizabeth Svoboda (“The Art of Pacing: A Guide to Balancing Short-Term Demands with Long-Term Thriving”) is in conversation with Sarah Milby to celebrate the release of her latest book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Micki McElya (“Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women’s Movement and the Future of American Politics“) is in conversation with Katherine Rye Jewell to celebrate the release of her new book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Registration is required.)
• Aaron Mahnke (“Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire“) is in conversation with Alaina Urquhart to celebrate the release of his forthcoming book at 7:30 p.m. at The Wilbur Theatre via Brookline Booksmith. (Tickets are $61.)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5

• Lisa Gardner (“You’ll Be Sorry”) discusses her new novel with Hank Phillippi Ryan at 6:30 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (General admission and a copy of the book is $34.47.)
• Alissa DeRogatis (“How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle“) is in conversation with Courtney Marzilli to celebrate the release of her new novel at 7 p.m. at Lovestruck Books & Cafe. (Event entry and a copy of the book is $25.14.)
• Claire Karwowski (“Penny Luck: The Shadows of Rosehall”) reads her STEM chapter book at 7 p.m. at Beacon Hill Books & Cafe. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Heather Hansman (“Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America’s Love for the Wild“) is in conversation with Julia Sklar about her new book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Naoko Fujimoto (“Glyph: Graphic Poetry = Trans. Sensory”) and Monica Ong (“Silent Anatomies”) read poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop. (General admission is $10, general admission for low income is $5.)
• Sarah J. Jackson (“A Second Sight: How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom“) is in conversation with Caleb Gayle about her latest book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.

THURSDAY, AUG. 6

• Eric Jay Dolan (“The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail“) discusses his latest book at 6 p.m. at the Roslindale branch of the Boston Public Library via Rozzie Bound Co-op. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Cynthia Elder (“Tales of the Sea”), Margaret Maxwell McLaughlin (“Beloved Reconciliation”), and Janis Robinson Daly (“Under Two Flags: A Novel of World War I”) have a historical fiction panel discussion at 6:30 p.m. at Sandwich Public Library via Titcomb’s Bookshop. (RSVP is requested.)
• Dr. Anne Welsh (“Ambitious Mother: From Surviving to Thriving in Your Career and at Home”) discusses her new book with Paige Connell at 7 p.m. at Hummingbird Books. (General admission is $19.98, general admission and a copy of the book is $33.85.)
• Dave Wedge (“Blizzard of Lies: Karen Read, John O’Keefe, and the Shocking Unsolved Murder in Cop Town, USA“) is in conversation with Tori Bedford about his new book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Rhonda M. Roorda (“Torn from the Root: A Memoir of a Black Transracial Adoptee“) discusses her new memoir with Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
• Robyn Gigl (“All We Hide”) is in conversation with Hank Phillippi Ryan about her new novel at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Taylor J. LaRue (“Steelborn”) is in conversation with Melissa Caruso to celebrate the release of her new novel at 7 p.m. at Lovestruck Books & Cafe. (Event entry and a copy of the book is $39.84.)

FRIDAY, AUG. 7

• Susan L. Fernald (“Nearly Native: A Nantucket Story of Adoption, Love and Luck”) signs her memoir at 1 p.m. at Titcomb’s Bookshop.
• Wendy Liu (“Casting April”) is in conversation with Fin Leary about her new middle-grade novel at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (RSVP is encouraged.)

SATURDAY, AUG. 8

• Eric Rosswood (“A Place to Dance: How Richard Lamberty Brought Change to the Ballroom“) hosts children’s story hour with drag performer Lee Le Putian at 10 a.m. at All She Wrote Books. (Tickets are on an income-based sliding scale, $19.11 + $0.48 service fee for admission and a copy of the book.)
• Casey W. Robinson (“Small Things Mended”) reads her latest picture book at 11 a.m. at Ten Trees Books. (RSVP is encouraged.)
• Jenn Bouchard (“Palms on the Cape”) signs her new book at noon at Rozzie Bound Co-op. (RSVP is encouraged.)