From WEEKEND for the weekend

Books are cool, as these 10 prove. If you’re looking for any to check out, WEEKEND staffers suggest:

“Johannes Cabal the Necromancer” by Jonathan L. Howard: Inspired in part by Ray Bradbury’s masterpiece “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” Howard puts a darkly comedic spin on the classic tale of Faustian devil-dealings.

“SuperFreakonomics” by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner: If you liked “Freakonomics,” you will love “SuperFreakonomics.”

“Eating the Dinosaur” by Chuck Klosterman: Every pop culture fanatic’s favorite writer tackles ABBA, football and a number of entertaining topics in between.

“The Book of Basketball” by Bill Simmons: 700 pages with enough footnotes to pacify even the biggest David Foster Wallace fan, ESPN’s Sports Guy tries to determine the 96 best NBA players of all-time – while referencing “Beverly Hills, 90210,” of course.

“Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists” by the Onion’s A.V. Club: The title says it all.

“Under The Dome” by Stephen King: In what is probably the pop legend’s most anticipated novel since the end of the “Dark Tower” series, we hope this one returns to King’s supernatural roots.

“What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures” by Malcolm Gladwell: This one from nonfiction’s current superstar is just a compilation of his favorite New Yorker stories, but these investigations into the “hidden extraordinary” are probably worth the re-read.

“Get High Now” by James Nestor: Provocative title aside, this book offers 175 ways – with illustrations – to alter human consciousness and perception without drugs or alcohol.

“Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System – and Themselves” by Andrew Ross Sorkin: Penned by New York Times reporter Sorkin, this book is both causing controversy among his co-workers and being lauded as the definitive account of the bank bailouts.

“Last Night in Twisted River” by John Irving: Irving has drawn in readers with tales of backwoods woe ever since his bestseller “Cider House Rules” became a major motion picture. Now he’s back with the story of a family ruined because of an accidental murder.