This Week in Calendar

James Marcus reviews “Can’t Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain and America” by Jonathan Gould and “The Beatles’ Second Album” by Dave Marsh.

Tim Rutten reviews “Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure” by Michael Chabon.

Michael Harris reviews “Dark Delicacies II: Fear; More Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World’s Greatest Horror Writers,” edited by Del Howison and Jeff Gelb.

The following reviews are scheduled:

David Thomson reviews “Movies and the Moral Adventure of Life” by Alan A. Stone.

Marc Weingarten reviews “Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson” by Jann S. Wenner and Corey Seymour.

Dinah Lenney reviews “Dough,” a memoir by Mort Zachter.

On the Web

This week at latimes.com/books:

Sarah Weinman’s Dark Passages focuses on the alternate-history thrillers of Jo Walton, who -- like Philip K. Dick, Len Deighton and Robert Harris -- imagines a world in which Nazi Germany has won World War II.

Photo gallery and excerpts: For a selection of photographs from “Albert Einstein: The Persistent Illusion of Transience,” go to latimes.com/einstein. You can also find excerpts from “All About H. Hatterr,” “Due Considerations” and “Proust Was a Neuroscientist” at latimes.com/books.

Lists and blog: Look for expanded bestseller lists and our guide to local literary events, as well as Jacket Copy, latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy, our books and publishing information blog.