Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, our picks here at DCist look a little slim this week. Fear not, the authors will return to our city next week with more books they think you should buy as holiday gifts. In the meantime, enjoy and be thankful for your pie.

MONDAY:
Mr. The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw, is back to give us another "epic portrait" of a defining era in U.S. history, this time the 1960s in Boom!: Voices of the Sixties. We were actually hoping Greatest was the beginning of an epic trilogy, continuing with The Merely Adequate Generation and ending with Return of the Greatest Generation — originally titled Revenge of the Greatest Generation but then changed after someone pointed out the greatest generation does not seek revenge. Historic 6th and I Synagogue. 7 p.m. $6

Anouar Majid, author of A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America, will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to sign copies of the book. 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY:
Alex Ross, by default our favorite New Yorker music critic because he isn't Sasha Frere-Jones, will be at Politics and Prose to read from The Rest is Noise, a history of the 20th century through its music. 7 p.m.

SATURDAY:
In her second novel, Chatter, author Perrin Ireland "eavesdrops" on a fictional Boston couple who are going through some tough times. Ireland will be at Politics and Prose to read from and talk about the book, which looks at how relationships are affected by increased media saturation. 6 p.m.