It's hot outside. Cool off your body and rev up your mind with a book reading this week. Superstar Andrew Dubus (III) will be here, and up-and-coming novelist Jonathan Miles will dis everyone's favorite hatred target: airlines. You can also learn about expensive wine and ponder why we all own so much stuff.

Monday, June 9th, 6:00pm, Brattle Theatre, $5
Andre Dubus III, Garden of Last Days: A Novel

Monday, June 9th, 7pm, Brookline Booksmith
Benjamin Wallace, The Billionaire's Vinegar

Tuesday, June 10, 7:00pm, Porter Square Books
W. Hodding Carter, Off the Deep End

Tuesday, June 10th, 7:00pm, Harvard Book Store
Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid, Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travel in the Other China

Wednesday, June 11, 7:00pm, Porter Square Books
*Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says about You

Wednesday, June 11th, 7:00pm, Harvard Book Store
Robert H. Patton, Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution

Thursday, June 12th, 7:00pm, Brookline Booksmith
*Jonathan Miles, Dear American Airlines

Thursday, June 12th, 7:00pm, Harvard Book Store
Kelly McMasters, Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town

Thursday, June 12, 7:00pm, Porter Square Books
Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain