Greater Boston author readings Feb. 17-23

SUNDAY: Leana Wen (“When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests”) reads at 1 p.m. at The Book Shop, 694 Broadway, Somerville

TUESDAY: Tracy K. Smith (“Life on Mars”) reads at 4 p.m. in the Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall, Tufts University, Medford … John D. Spooner (“No One Ever Told Us That”) reads at 6:30 p.m. at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge … William Martin (“The Lincoln Letter”) reads at 7 p.m. at Tewksbury Public Library, 300 Chandler St., Tewksbury … Wendy Francis (“Three Good Things”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Leana Wen and Josh Kosowsky (“When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests”) read at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store …

WEDNESDAY: Manil Suri (“The City of Devi”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Meena Alexander and Romy Ruukel (“Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here”) read at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Scott Haas (“Back Of The House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant ”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop

THURSDAY: Charles Dubow (“Indiscretion”) and William Kuhn (“Mrs. Queen Takes the Train”) read at 6 p.m. in the Commonwealth Salon, Boston Public Library, Copley
… Suketu Mehta (“Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found”), Rajesh Parameswaran (“I Am an Executioner: Love Stories”), and Rishi Reddi (“Karma and Other Stories”) read at 6:30 p.m. at the Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St., Salem ($10 ticket; free to museum members and Salem residents) … Lawrence Millman (“Hiking to Siberia: Curious Tales of Travel and Travelers”) reads at 6:30 p.m. at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge … Lawrence Friedman (“The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love’s Prophet”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Tom Daley (“Shim”) and Elizabeth Quinlan (“Promise Supermarket”) read at 7 p.m. at Select Café, 2 Belgrade Ave., Roslindale … Debbie Sullivan and Erica Dumont (“Legendary Locals of Weymouth”) read at 7 p.m. in the Jones Room, Tufts Library, 46 Broad St., Weymouth … Dina Nayeri (“A Teaspoon Of Earth And Sea”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop … Teju Cole (“Open City”) reads at 7 p.m. at Devlin Hall, Room 101, Boston College … Karen Russell (“Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Dick Lehr (“Whitey: The Life of America’s Most Notorious Mob Boss”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books

FRIDAY: John Burt (“Lincoln’s Tragic Pragmatism: Lincoln, Douglas, and Moral Conflict”) reads at 3 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Ayana Mathis (“The Twelve Tribes of Hattie”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Teddy Wayne (“The Love Song of Jonny Valentine”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Katrina Kenison (“Magical Journey”) reads at 7 p.m. at Book Ends, 559 Main St. Winchester

SATURDAY: Joshua Pahigian (“Strangers on the Beach”) reads at 1 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High St., Medford … Susan Fleet (“Diva”) reads at 2:30 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High St., Medford … Tim Dorsey (“The Riptide Ultra-Glide”) reads at 3 p.m. in the Commonwealth Salon, Boston Public Library, Copley

Announcements must arrive at boston.globe.bookings@gmail.com at least two weeks before event date. Events are subject to change.

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