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The New York Review of Books

May 14 2026
Magazine

For over 50 years, The New York Review of Books has been the place where the world's leading authors, scientists, educators, artists, and political leaders turn when they wish to engage in a spirited debate on literature, politics, art, and ideas with a small but influential audience that welcomes the challenge. Each issue addresses some of the most passionate political and cultural controversies of the day, and reviews the most engrossing new books and the ideas that illuminate them. Get The New York Review of Books digital magazine subscription today.

Contributors

The New York Review of Books

Art for Our Age of Chaos

‘The Right Amount of Crazy’

Seeing by Hand

Charlatans & Bores

Drawn to the Void

How Should a Pixel Be?

The Masked Avengers

Pentimenti

London’s Brutal Underground

The Rise and Fall of David Adjaye

Ladder to the Moon

‘The Music of What Happens’

A Vital Unconscious

This Bitter Earth

Manet and Morisot: Game On

At the Galleries

Formats

  • OverDrive Magazine

Languages

  • English