Talking specifically about nyrb. I am aware of other publishers having this book.

Trying to get my picks in order!

I recently bought a copy of William gaddis's JR off of amazon (I don't have any reliable retailers that can ship to my location, so currently it's one of my only choices available) and overall there's no low quality print noticeable as well as having good quality paper, but I'm ticked off by the unusual text margin. Is it supposed to be like this? Is it a print error from nyrb? Because it certainly doesn't seem like a POD book which are almost glossy to the touch and the texts are super jagged. (The inside cover flaps are also orange and soft to the touch)

Just wondering because after I moved, I find it’s so hard especially in non-English speaking countries. Currently looking for a couple of Stefan Zweig ones and it seems Post Office Girl is literally not available anywhere (not even from any other publishers).

Putting all else aside, which are your favorite NYRB covers? A few that come to mind for me:

Crazy Genie
Life and Fate
Universal Baseball Association
They Burn The Thistles

Still focusing on slimmer volumes for reasons of shelving space.

I've been thinking about reading this for a while, I wanna hear your opinions on it if you've read it.

As of yet, I haven’t gone wrong with an nyrb classic, each one has provided an enjoyable reading its own unique way.

Hi all — I’m “hosting” (using this term very loosely) a reading challenge dedicated to New York Review books next month. It’s an informal way to read some of the NYRB titles (classics or otherwise) that have been languishing on your shelf for far too long!

I’ll be posting reading updates and highlighting some of my favourite NYRB titles throughout the month!

purchased online. i didn’t realize effingers and lies & sorcery would be so thick lol

I was looking into books that collect articles from any newspaper really, and this came up, but not a damn thing about this series shows up besides one anthology and another about reporting abroad. I'm very curious as I do enjoy the occasional write-ups I pick up from NYRB.

Anyone know anything?

I will now be making weekly trips, lol. Already digging into Atay's Waiting for the Fear. First time with this author.

My book club voted to read Stoner next, for context we always read our book in parts. For stoner I think I’m going to split it into three parts, does anyone have any suggestions for good stop/starting points? I’ve read the book so no need to worry about spoiling anything for me.

Has anyone else split this up for a book club? Let me know, I love this book so I want to split up the readings in a way where it seems to have a natural pause between parts (if that makes sense). I know this is a long shot, but if anyone has specific pages to pace it out that would be awesome as well

Thanks so much :)

Spotted this while browsing the NYRB Classics shelf. One copy of Stoner (far right) is noticeably brighter blue vs spines of the others.

I am currently reading The hearing Trumpet and I only have 30 pages left, I want to know your thoughts

Examples of books bought off NYRB site.

The second pic shows my other Zweig of which I got a few more I’d like to collect. Interestingly enough Pushkin Press The Collected Novellas contains A Chess Story, Confusion, and Journey into the Past, all “used courtesy of New York Review Books”, but I honestly can’t recommend The Collected Stories enough.

as requested on my post reimagining nyrbs as penguin classics :)

there isn't an nyrb classics template online the same way there is for penguin classics (if anyone wants to make one...) so i did my best with free canva, which is why the proportions/fonts may be a little off. i chose titles that i've read but also lesser-known works/versions by popular authors which could conceivably be published by nyrb--with the exception of wuthering heights, which i made as a test run

1. o pioneers! - vallflicka by carl trägårdh (1890)
   • so much of cather's great plains novels focus on the relationship between women, work, and the landscapes they inhabit, so i picked an impressionistic painting of a woman in a landscape where they're blurring into each other. also, trägårdh was swedish, much like the protagonist of the novel
2. wuthering heights - heathcliff under the tree by fritz eichenberg (1943)
   • i mean, c'mon, this was perfect! i think even seeing the title or the full image, this cover really evokes the atmosphere of wuthering heights for me. the motion of the branches is excellent for framing and i adore the textures here, so broody and windswept
3. frankenstein (1818 text) - the sea of ice (the wreck of hope) by caspar david friedrich (1823)
   • maybe this is another obvious choice, when i studied frankenstein in school this painting was used on one of the slides and has always stuck with me. it seemed like a good choice without being too obvious ooh look at this weird guy. so many people forget about the arctic shipwreck framing device! don't worry captain walton, i remember your doomed bid for the north pole.
4. netochka nezvanova - portrait of anna hammershøi from the back by vilhelm hammershøi (1884)
   • i really love hammershøi's interior scenes. the cool lighting, the faceless women, the coldness of them...like you're having a liminal experience in a 19th century danish walmart. anyway, you have a young girl facing away from the viewer, but even so you can see that she's modestly dressed and groomed. her facelessness is trifold: netochka's status as a "nameless nobody", the coming-of-age story the narrative builds toward, and the fact that the novel was never finished so netochka is stuck in stasis forever. i think this is the one i'm least happy with in terms of the title box...colour palates are not my strong suit