Greater Boston author readings May 17-23

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (“MOVE: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead”) in conversation with former Governors Michael Dukakis and Ed Rendell, at 6 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Columbia Point, Boston … David McCullough (“The Wright Brothers”) reads at 7 p.m. at First Parish Church, 1446 Mass. Ave., Cambridge ($5 tickets at www.harvard. com/event/david_ mccullough1/) … Derrick Z. Jackson (“Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Lavinia Borcau (“Timeless Woman”) reads at 6 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Anna Shapiro (“Yoga for People Experiencing Physical Limitations and Emotional Problems”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Peabody Institute Library, 82 Main St., Peabody

Lou Ureneck (“The Great Fire: One American’s Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century’s First Genocide”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Janice Nimura (“Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Ace Atkins (Robert B. Parker’s “Kickback”) in conversation with Hank Phillippi Ryan at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith

Sara Novic (“Girl at War”) and Jonathan Papernick (“The Book of Stone”) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Richard H. Thaler (“Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics”) in conversation with Daniel Gilbert and Robin Young at 7 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge ($5 tickets at http://www.harvard.com/event/richard_thaler/) … Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer (“Off The Page”) read at 7 p.m. at Dana Hall, 45 Dana Rd., Wellesley ($25 ticket includes signed book, at http://store.wellesleybooks.com/event/jodi-picoult-and-samantha-van-leer) … Ralph Pennell (“A World Less Perfect for Dying In”), Kevin McLellan (“Tributary”), and Jennifer Jean (“The Fool”) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books

Dee Morris (“Boston in the Golden Age of Spiritualism: Seances, Mediums, and Immortality”) reads at 2 p.m. in the Commonwealth Salon, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St. … Barney Frank (“Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage”) reads at 6 p.m. at the Coolidge Corner Theatre (tickets $5, or free with purchase of “Frank” from Brookline Booksmith) … Tara Dairman (“The Stars of Summer”), Lynda Hunt (“Fish in a Tree”), A.J. Paquette (“Princess Juniper of the Hourglass”), Dana Levy (“The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher”), Lauren Magaziner (“The Only Thing Worse Than Witches”), and Jen Malone (“You’re Invited”) read at 7 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley … Stephanie Kegan (“Golden State”), Robin McClean (“Reptile House”), and Sylvia True (“The Wednesday Group”) read at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Coleman Barks (“Soul Fury: The Poetry of Rumi”) reads at 7:30 p.m. at the Follen Church Society, 755 Mass. Ave., Lexington ($10 tickets) … Jon Fine and Clint Conley (“Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear)”) read at 8 p.m. at LilyPad, 1353 Cambridge St., Cambridge (rsvp at http://www.harvard.com/event/jon_fine_and_clint_conley/)

Claire Bidwell Smith (“After This: When Life Is Over, Where Do We Go?”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith

Mako Yoshikawa (“Every Father’s Daughter: Twenty-Four Women Writers Remember Their Father”) reads at 5 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith

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