This Week in Calendar

The following reviews are scheduled:

Michael Standaert reviews “Wolf Totem,” a novel by Jiang Rong.

Tim Rutten reviews “Hollywood Crows,” a novel by Joseph Wambaugh.

Nicholas A. Basbanes reviews “The Library at Night” by Alberto Manguel

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

Susan Salter Reynolds reviews “Water Cooler Diaries: Women Across America Share Their Day at Work” by Joni B. Cole and B.K. Rakhra.

Anne Levy reviews “Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana,” a novel by Anne Rice.

On the Web

This week at latimes.com/books:

In Astral Weeks, Ed Park considers Ekaterina Sedia’s novel “The Secret History of Moscow,” which “really feels like a secret: an alternate world a half-dimension removed from ours, a place woven out of whisper and shadow, populated with forgotten creatures and even less-remembered thoughts.”

Lists and blog: Look for expanded bestsellers lists and our calendar of local literary events.

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