This Week in Calendar

Monday

Nicholas Thompson reviews “George Kennan: A Study of Character” by John Lukacs.

Tuesday

Erik Himmelsbach reviews “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon” by Crystal Zevon.

Wednesday

Tim Rutten reviews “At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA” by George Tenet.

Friday

Susan Salter Reynolds reviews “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Year of Food Life” by Barbara Kingsolver.

Saturday

Richard Rayner reviews “Los Angeles Noir,” edited by Denise Hamilton.

On the Web

At latimes.com/books, we bring you Richard Rayner’s column, Paperback Writers. In this first installment, Rayner looks at Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions, a series featuring books like Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” The idea is one to which book culture needs to pay attention: how to attract new readers. Rayner suggests the solution has a lot to do with both content and presentation.

Also on the Web, please look for Jacket Copy, as well as our expanded bestsellers lists and Book Calendar.

And don’t miss an extended version of John Freeman’s profile of novelist Jim Crace.