This Week in Calendar

David Davis reviews “The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown” by Rody Johnson.

Paula L. Woods reviews “A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win” by Shelby Steele and “Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary,” edited by Susan Morrison.

Tim Rutten reviews “The Silver Swan,” a novel by Benjamin Black.

The following reviews are scheduled:

Kevin Thomas reviews “Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford” by Charlotte Chandler.

David L. Ulin reviews “ArtScience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation” by David Edwards.

Erika Schickel reviews “Who’s Been Sleeping in Your Head?” by Brett Kahr.

On the Web

This week at latimes.com/books:

Who’s ready to admit that they’ve never finished reading -- or even opened -- James Joyce’s “Ulysses”? Richard Rayner is. At Paperback Writers, Rayner explains in discussing a reissue of an annotated guide to Joyce’s epic why that book “remains the Matterhorn of the modern novel, a peak that many contemplate and few actually surmount.” Among the reasons? Joyce’s sacrificing of “poetic exactness for experiment,” which can tax even the most devoted reader.

Lists and blog: Book Review is happy to announce the arrival of Carolyn Kellogg as a regular contributor to Jacket Copy at latimesblogs.latimes.com /jacketcopy. Kellogg is the host of www.pinkys paperhaus.com.

Look also for our expanded bestseller lists, photo galleries and calendar of local literary events.