THIS WEEK IN CALENDAR

The following reviews are scheduled: Charles Solomon reviews “The Other,” a novel by David Guterson.

Dinah Lenney reviews “Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating With My Dad” by Bob Morris.

Susan Salter Reynolds reviews “Parenting, Inc.” by Pamela Paul, “Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From the Culture of Hyper-Parenting” by Carl Honore and “Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children” by Tom Farrey.

David French reviews “Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth” by David Browne.

David L. Ulin reviews “Dear American Airlines,” a novel by Jonathan Miles.

Jonathan Shapiro reviews “The Spies of Warsaw,” a novel by Alan Furst.

ON THE WEB

In Word Play, Sonja Bolle talks to Emily Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle, authors of the collaborative novel “How to Be Bad.” And in the Siren’s Call, Nick Owchar reconsiders the Minotaur myth in Kate Summerscale’s “The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher.”

Lists and readings: Look for expanded bestsellers, book excerpts and our calendar of literary events.

Also, please visit Jacket Copy, our book blog, at latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy.

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