r/nyrbclassics

just wanted to share my small but growing collection :) i admit i still haven’t read any of these yet as i’m still finishing other books from tbr, but i’m really hoping to start either stoner or fair play soon! i also wanna get stefan zweig’s and magda szabó’s nyrb titles but unfortunately they’re very hard to come by where i live (maybe one day though)!

which one/s do you guys think i should read first? your thoughts and any other recommendations besides these are very much welcome! 🤗

Anyone else here ever read this? What was your experience with it?

It’s short but I liked it a lot.

The Radiance of the King not pictured since I lent it to a friend.

… and found a small NYRB section on sale!! Grabbed two. They had interesting options but already had a full cart. Granted, I also don't eart in USD currency so even at a discount price NYRB's are expensive lol but I indulged myself. Last year I bought Season of Migration to the North, which I had waited to buy it as it was at a 9.99 price here, which is nice!!

I just started ‘The Corner that Held Them’, haven’t seen it mentioned often here. Definitely looking forward to diving into them all!

Just because the covers look so nice together. Anyways I’m about to leave on a hiking trip to Ecuador. Any recs of what I should read while I’m there? Planning on buying a paperback, might as well be an NYRB. Something that would be nice to read in the Andes.

I just love the colour scheme and cover for this one. NYRB has to be the best major publisher when it comes to cover design imo.

What are some of your favorite NYRB covers?

Mostly a TBR shelf at this point: A fair number of these I haven’t read yet, and a couple I inherited and might not have chosen myself.

Most of my very favorite NYRBs don’t appear here. I read them as library loans, and personal copies are still to come (Szabo, Giono, Seghers, Carr, Taylor, Gallant, Zweig, etc.). Hoping to address this at the next big sale.

It’s a work in progress.

Longtime collectors: If and when you get one you don’t love, do you tend to keep it for the sake of the collection, or do you swap it out to give the shelf space to a title you like better?

I did a quick search on this subreddit for dark books and found these at my local bookstore.

Found this at my local second hand bookstore, I’ve never heard of this author but that’s one thing I love of NYRB. Excited to start this and to have joined the club.