New York Review Books - Classics

The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and experimental novels, reportage and belles lettres, tell-all memoirs and learned studies, established classics and cult favorites, literature high, low, unsuspected, and unheard of. NYRB Classics are, to a large degree, discoveries, the kind of books that people typically run into outside of the classroom and then remember for life.

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1	Stoner by John Williams 4.33 avg rating — 167,186 ratings score: 26,968, and 272 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Chess Story by Stefan Zweig 4.27 avg rating — 129,111 ratings score: 9,598, and 100 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Summer Book by Tove Jansson 4.03 avg rating — 39,338 ratings score: 7,923, and 82 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares 4.02 avg rating — 25,552 ratings score: 7,331, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes 3.77 avg rating — 9,903 ratings score: 6,240, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr 4.12 avg rating — 16,130 ratings score: 6,201, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 3.98 avg rating — 85,226 ratings score: 5,682, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Butcher's Crossing by John Williams 4.17 avg rating — 23,734 ratings score: 5,627, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Life and Fate (Stalingrad, #2) by Vasily Grossman 4.45 avg rating — 13,084 ratings score: 4,685, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Inferno (The Divine Comedy, #1) by Dante Alighieri 4.02 avg rating — 182,547 ratings score: 4,584, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter 4.15 avg rating — 5,481 ratings score: 4,423, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley 3.99 avg rating — 12,042 ratings score: 4,367, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson 4.27 avg rating — 11,034 ratings score: 4,153, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Chrysalids by John Wyndham 3.93 avg rating — 56,142 ratings score: 3,715, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig 4.09 avg rating — 7,164 ratings score: 3,594, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy 3.64 avg rating — 9,170 ratings score: 3,374, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 3.83 avg rating — 314,873 ratings score: 3,296, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner 3.71 avg rating — 9,610 ratings score: 3,217, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis 3.75 avg rating — 29,889 ratings score: 3,148, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Skylark by Dezső Kosztolányi 3.87 avg rating — 2,864 ratings score: 3,040, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim 3.92 avg rating — 30,744 ratings score: 2,917, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2) by J.G. Farrell 3.92 avg rating — 7,772 ratings score: 2,886, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Jakob von Gunten by Robert Walser 3.90 avg rating — 5,284 ratings score: 2,875, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier 4.04 avg rating — 2,918 ratings score: 2,808, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. Edwards 4.26 avg rating — 2,001 ratings score: 2,803, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya 3.81 avg rating — 5,014 ratings score: 2,600, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	A Time of Gifts (Trilogy, #1) by Patrick Leigh Fermor 4.06 avg rating — 8,368 ratings score: 2,572, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Augustus by John Williams 4.24 avg rating — 15,561 ratings score: 2,513, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Warlock (Legends West, #1) by Oakley Hall 4.28 avg rating — 3,770 ratings score: 2,483, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon 3.90 avg rating — 3,710 ratings score: 2,478, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Speedboat by Renata Adler 3.78 avg rating — 6,511 ratings score: 2,458, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig 4.24 avg rating — 15,464 ratings score: 2,453, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Inverted World by Christopher Priest 3.93 avg rating — 9,235 ratings score: 2,309, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih 3.72 avg rating — 29,102 ratings score: 2,303, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson 3.82 avg rating — 6,129 ratings score: 2,290, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker 3.94 avg rating — 5,393 ratings score: 2,229, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia 3.73 avg rating — 14,658 ratings score: 2,069, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham 3.83 avg rating — 6,464 ratings score: 2,053, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 3.84 avg rating — 80,925 ratings score: 1,947, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Rogue Male (Rogue Male, #1) by Geoffrey Household 3.93 avg rating — 4,699 ratings score: 1,936, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Álvaro Mutis 4.34 avg rating — 1,379 ratings score: 1,928, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton 4.08 avg rating — 2,644 ratings score: 1,830, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Memories of the Future by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky 3.91 avg rating — 1,183 ratings score: 1,772, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang 3.90 avg rating — 3,011 ratings score: 1,764, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Door by Magda Szabó 4.10 avg rating — 27,239 ratings score: 1,710, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Contempt by Alberto Moravia 3.94 avg rating — 5,202 ratings score: 1,696, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze 4.14 avg rating — 3,058 ratings score: 1,681, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifter 3.70 avg rating — 1,718 ratings score: 1,679, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West 3.70 avg rating — 3,098 ratings score: 1,670, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Gate by Natsume Sōseki 3.95 avg rating — 2,234 ratings score: 1,621, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Novels in Three Lines by Félix Fénéon 3.89 avg rating — 1,271 ratings score: 1,552, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Ten Thousand Things by Maria Dermoût 3.82 avg rating — 1,524 ratings score: 1,526, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing 3.84 avg rating — 2,477 ratings score: 1,521, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford 4.12 avg rating — 4,879 ratings score: 1,497, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Between the Woods and the Water (Trilogy, #2) by Patrick Leigh Fermor 4.29 avg rating — 3,374 ratings score: 1,418, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Peasants and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov 4.21 avg rating — 364 ratings score: 1,414, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick 3.65 avg rating — 3,594 ratings score: 1,405, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Berlin Stories by Robert Walser 3.82 avg rating — 985 ratings score: 1,391, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Troubles (Empire Trilogy, #1) by J.G. Farrell 3.83 avg rating — 5,317 ratings score: 1,386, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton 4.11 avg rating — 1,703 ratings score: 1,366, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Selected Stories by Robert Walser 4.10 avg rating — 2,289 ratings score: 1,365, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello 4.01 avg rating — 29,604 ratings score: 1,354, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Georges Simenon 3.82 avg rating — 5,194 ratings score: 1,346, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb 4.22 avg rating — 8,930 ratings score: 1,343, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban 3.98 avg rating — 1,977 ratings score: 1,326, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne 4.23 avg rating — 2,677 ratings score: 1,312, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry by William H. Gass 3.86 avg rating — 1,788 ratings score: 1,312, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Pitch Dark by Renata Adler 3.80 avg rating — 1,490 ratings score: 1,294, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette 3.61 avg rating — 2,347 ratings score: 1,282, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg 3.67 avg rating — 8,826 ratings score: 1,239, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Fear by Gabriel Chevallier 4.18 avg rating — 1,443 ratings score: 1,239, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	The Pilgrim Hawk by Glenway Wescott 3.61 avg rating — 1,437 ratings score: 1,236, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns 3.90 avg rating — 2,537 ratings score: 1,219, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Unknown Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac 3.81 avg rating — 5,614 ratings score: 1,203, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Eve's Hollywood by Eve Babitz 3.92 avg rating — 5,937 ratings score: 1,202, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes 4.08 avg rating — 2,707 ratings score: 1,174, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Thirty Years War by C.V. Wedgwood 4.18 avg rating — 2,619 ratings score: 1,153, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Monsieur Monde Vanishes by Georges Simenon 3.80 avg rating — 993 ratings score: 1,143, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton 4.20 avg rating — 911 ratings score: 1,111, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Case of Comrade Tulayev by Victor Serge 4.11 avg rating — 1,418 ratings score: 1,094, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	To Each His Own by Leonardo Sciascia 3.82 avg rating — 6,112 ratings score: 1,054, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Selected Poems by Osip Mandelstam 4.25 avg rating — 2,236 ratings score: 1,040, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Angel by Elizabeth Taylor 3.86 avg rating — 2,638 ratings score: 988, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Other by Thomas Tryon 3.98 avg rating — 22,047 ratings score: 988, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Boredom by Alberto Moravia 3.87 avg rating — 4,496 ratings score: 967, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	A Time to Keep Silence by Patrick Leigh Fermor 3.88 avg rating — 1,678 ratings score: 962, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig 3.82 avg rating — 6,875 ratings score: 961, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Paris Stories by Mavis Gallant 3.95 avg rating — 1,573 ratings score: 958, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Singapore Grip (Empire Trilogy, #3) by J.G. Farrell 3.94 avg rating — 2,149 ratings score: 935, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	An Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman 4.06 avg rating — 1,060 ratings score: 929, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay 3.67 avg rating — 1,689 ratings score: 927, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood 3.75 avg rating — 1,705 ratings score: 923, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor 3.80 avg rating — 1,200 ratings score: 922, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore 3.98 avg rating — 3,230 ratings score: 914, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Shadows of Carcosa: Tales of Cosmic Horror by Lovecraft, Chambers, Machen, Poe, and Other Masters of the Weird by D. Thin (Editor) 3.72 avg rating — 379 ratings score: 902, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Widow by Georges Simenon 3.79 avg rating — 1,111 ratings score: 901, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman 4.20 avg rating — 3,832 ratings score: 894, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Strangers in the House by Georges Simenon 3.71 avg rating — 1,443 ratings score: 893, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes 4.12 avg rating — 6,975 ratings score: 888, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Balkan Trilogy (Fortunes of War, #1-3) by Olivia Manning 4.16 avg rating — 2,627 ratings score: 881, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Lobstergirl (last edited Jul 02, 2011 05:50PM) (new)

Jun 30, 2011 11:59PM

Voters need to vote on the NYRB edition of the book, not some other edition, as with The Enchanted April (#1). ISBN 1590172256.

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message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jul 01, 2011 07:58AM) (new)

Jul 01, 2011 07:58AM

If the one that's already on the list is more popular, will that fix it if they get combined?

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message 3: by [deleted user] (last edited Jul 01, 2011 08:08AM) (new)

Jul 01, 2011 08:06AM

When you seach for Enchanted April that edition doesn't come up.

ETA: finally found it

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message 4: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 02, 2011 05:44PM

Susanna wrote: "If the one that's already on the list is more popular, will that fix it if they get combined?"

No, the more popular one will stay on the list. That's why people have to make sure they're voting for the NYRB edition, whether they are the first, second, or third person to vote for the book.

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message 5: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 02, 2011 05:45PM

The NYRB Dead Souls by Gogol is ISBN 1590173767.

Dead Souls

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message 6: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 02, 2011 05:48PM

The NYRB Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by Hogg is ISBN 1590170253.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (NYRB Classics)

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message 7: by Jacob (new)

Jul 14, 2011 11:38PM

At last, an NYRB list! I was going to create it myself, but wanted to wait until I read a few more. Only read 16 titles so far, with a few dozen more on my shelves. Glad someone else decided not to procrastinate.

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message 8: by Jimmy (new)

Jul 15, 2011 08:14PM

Jacob! 16 is also my magic number of NYRB books read!

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message 9: by Jacob (new)

Jul 15, 2011 08:28PM

Hmm. That sounds like a challenge. Race you to the end!

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message 10: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 15, 2011 08:30PM

I've also read 16.

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message 11: by Jacob (new)

Jul 15, 2011 08:38PM

You've read Brigadier Gerard! I loved that one.

I've been trying to read them at a regular pace this year--wanted to get through two a month--but floundered. Still, read ten so far this year, and will keep going soon as I can decide what to read next. I highly recommend The Long Ships and Hadrian the Seventh, for those who haven't read them yet.

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message 12: by Jimmy (new)

Jul 15, 2011 08:40PM

wow, 3-way race?

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message 13: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 15, 2011 08:42PM

With potato sacks.

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message 14: by Jacob (new)

Jul 18, 2011 04:38PM

Is anyone else a member of the NYRB Book Club? Their August selection, Hav by Jan Morris, sounds amazing.

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message 15: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 18, 2011 05:19PM

No but I get their emails so I know when certain books go on sale.

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message 16: by Jimmy (new)

Jul 18, 2011 08:41PM

No but I follow their twitter.

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message 17: by Jimmy (new)

Aug 02, 2011 10:41AM

Weird that Berlin Stories is at #4, since it's not even released yet. Conspiracy?

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message 18: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Aug 02, 2011 11:40AM) (new)

Aug 02, 2011 11:38AM

Says on the book info "first published March 1, 1999."

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message 19: by Jimmy (new)

Aug 02, 2011 11:46AM

Where does it say that? When I look at it it says "A New York Review Books Original". So I interpret that to mean this is the first English translation of this book.

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message 20: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 02, 2011 12:07PM

Berlin Stories It says "Paperback, 144 pages
Expected publication: October 25th 2011 by New York Review of Books (first published March 1st 1999)" under the book's info.

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message 21: by Jimmy (new)

Aug 02, 2011 12:29PM

I think that might mean when the book was originally published in German, but not this edition of it. I'm pretty sure it hadn't been translated into English before now.

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message 22: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 02, 2011 02:20PM

Well, it has been in print for 12 years, and probably the ones who voted for it read it in German.

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message 23: by Jacob (new)

Dec 17, 2011 10:20PM

Any way we can remove the two T. Rafael Cimino books (#3 and #11) which are definitely not NYRB titles? Obvious and shameless self-promotion is one thing, but this is ridiculous.

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message 24: by Lobstergirl (new)

Dec 17, 2011 10:31PM

Gone.

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message 25: by Jacob (new)

Dec 17, 2011 10:34PM

Thanks.

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message 26: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 12, 2012 01:05PM

Re: Berlin Stories: I don't know when it was first published, but I read it -- in the original German -- some 20+ years ago. (Walser died in 1956, btw.) So the only thing that can possibly be a NYRB original there is the translation ...

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message 27: by Moira (new)

Jun 15, 2012 06:18AM

Ran out of votes. sigh. Why are these limited to 100 books?

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message 28: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jun 15, 2012 01:14PM

Dunno. Happens to me too, alas, on some lists.

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message 29: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 15, 2012 05:59PM

Moira wrote: "Ran out of votes. sigh. Why are these limited to 100 books?"

It's frustrating. Start a thread in Feedback, and I'll join in.

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message 30: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 17, 2012 06:57PM

#66 The Venice Train by Simenon is not a NYRB edition, nor is there a NYRB listed for it that I can see. Delete?

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message 31: by Jacob (new)

Jun 17, 2012 07:15PM

Or wait. With NYRB and Simenon, it's probably just a matter of time.

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message 32: by Sara Grace (new)

Dec 02, 2012 01:14PM

Hi Everyone!

I went through and completed the list. Barring human error, the list is now complete. We will just need to keep up with it as new titles are released.

I used 91 of my 100 votes. I planned on taking over my husbands account to finish the list if I ran out. :-)

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message 33: by Lobstergirl (new)

Oct 30, 2013 05:59PM

The NYRB edition of The Long Ships is ISBN 1590173465 The Long Ships.

Somehow the Fontana edition had replaced the NYRB edition. I deleted the Fontana edition (sorry). Please vote for the edition above.

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message 34: by Lobstergirl (new)

Oct 30, 2013 06:01PM

I also deleted the Puffin edition of Pinnochio. Please add/vote for the NYRB edition, ISBN 1590172892:

Pinocchio

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message 35: by David (new)

Feb 18, 2014 12:22PM

Thanks for this list. Is there a list for contemporary books recommended by the NYROB?

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message 36: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 06, 2014 10:43PM

Can we talk about the list being changed from "New York Review Books" to "New York Review Books - Classics"?

As a result, several books I voted for have vanished. Several children's books, as well as Opera and the Morbidity of Music.

Is this what the list creator intended? Seems like an executive decision was made without getting input from the voters. I would have liked for the list to remain as it was.

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message 37: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 07, 2014 09:41AM

Did the list creator request it, or something? It has clearly changed - I have looked at the librarian's log.

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message 38: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jul 07, 2014 05:18PM

I don't know if he knows about it, or requested it. Hopefully he can chime in.

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message 39: by Adrian K. (new)

Oct 04, 2014 03:15AM

quality list right here

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message 40: by Sue (new)

Nov 12, 2014 11:34PM

Great list. Hopefully by the end of next year I'll have read some more of those on my tbr.

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message 41: by Cathy (new)

Feb 03, 2015 02:27PM

Finally I get here. Been reading NYRB Novels for a while. Just finished with Olivia Manning's "The Balkan War Trilogy" and "The Levant Trilogy". I start telling people about pre-war Romania and they think I'm nuts, but I'm not!! Taking a break (sort of) with "Redeployment". The title of Chapter 3 is "In Viet Nam There Were Girls to Fuck". In just a few words, such a mind blowing-ly different war. Glad to join you, Cathy

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message 42: by Cathy (new)

Feb 04, 2015 01:44PM

Jacob wrote: "At last, an NYRB list! I was going to create it myself, but wanted to wait until I read a few more. Only read 16 titles so far, with a few dozen more on my shelves. Glad someone else decided not..."

Which 16 if its not too much typing? I need to count mine, their all on Kindle.

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message 43: by Joseph (new)

Mar 16, 2015 07:49AM

Plus these books are so handsome to look at.

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message 44: by Andreas (new)

Apr 01, 2015 01:18AM

Lobstergirl wrote: "Voters need to vote on the NYRB edition of the book, not some other edition, as with The Enchanted April (#1). ISBN 1590172256.

"

Same goes for Augustus by John Williams.

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message 45: by Sara Grace (new)

May 04, 2015 11:23PM

The other day I realized I could get pretty much all of these books for much less than the typical engagement ring. Everyone should do that instead!

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message 46: by Kendra (new)

Oct 12, 2015 02:54PM

No, I did not ever request for a title change and I'd have preferred it to include their children's and newer books too.

I've been entirely absent though. Is there a way to transfer ownership to someone more attentive to these lists?

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message 47: by Lobstergirl (new)

Oct 12, 2015 04:21PM

Well, GR considers Listopias to be owned by the community rather than the list creator. I someone disagree as I maintain a proprietary feeling toward many of the lists I create. So in your case if you don't want anything more to do with the list and decisions concerning it, just say so (I guess you just did) and other people can step in. But there's no way to remove yourself as list creator unless you leave GR or delete your account or something along those lines.

Really this list needs pretty much zero maintenance, as people are good about only adding the proper books, unlike a lot of other lists.

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message 48: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 15, 2017 12:52PM) (new)

Jul 15, 2017 12:48PM

Lobstergirl wrote: "No, the more popular one will stay on the list. That's why people have to make sure they're voting for the NYRB edition, whether they are the first, second, or third person to vote for the book. ..."

Unfortunately, GR has the nasty habit to change a book to the most popular edition when it is voted for more than just the once. I noticed because I have lists with Dutch translations (used by the Netherlands & Flanders group challenges) where, to my surprise and annoyance, Dutch titles I added were replaced by English titles sometimes when the number of votes for a certain title grew :-(
Hopefully your solution works...

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message 49: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 15, 2017 01:08PM

The cover will always change to the more popular edition (if votes are merged, for example). And sometimes it changes to the most popular edition for no known reason.

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message 50: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jul 15, 2017 01:13PM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "And sometimes it changes to the most popular edition for no known reason."

Unfortunately... :-(

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