SILENT LAUGHTER Dave King discusses his novel “The Ha-Ha” (Little, Brown), newly in paperback. The story is told from the perspective of a Vietnam War veteran whose injuries have made him mute. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th Street, 212-473-1452, free.

HAMPTONS HUMOR Journalist Roger Rosenblatt reads from and signs his novel “Lapham Rising” (Ecco), a satire set in the Hamptons. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.

LOVE IN HIGH SCHOOL Justin Tussing reads from and signs his novel, “The Best People in the World” (Harper-Collins), about a Kentucky teenager who falls in love with his history teacher. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.

SCHOOL DAYS Molly Worthen reads from and signs her new book, “The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost” (Houghton Mifflin), a portrait of her Yale professor Charles Hill. Tonight, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson Booksellers, 50 Prince St. at Mulberry Street, 212-274-1160, free.

PEARL IN BROOKLYN Mark Kurlansky reads from and signs his book, “The Big Oyster: History on the Half-Shell” (Random House), which surveys New York City history through the evolution of its oyster beds. Mr. Kurlansky is also the author of the history-through-food books “Cod” and “Salt.” Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 Seventh Ave. at 6th Street, Brooklyn, 718-832-9066, free.

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