A pleasure to read mostly. I find the layouy in Kindle a bit cumbersome. But worthwhile. Thanks very much.
The quality and professionalism of the reviewers makes of the LRB an unparalleled, gratifying reading. For those who love deep analyses of the most varied topics, this bi-weekly is definitely a "must". I have tried many other reviews of books but nothing compares to this one, first as a subscriber to the paper edition and currently a Kindle customer.
Just a great literary magazine. The writing is excellent, the books are great literature. They are excellent at finding exciting new literature. Some time they go on and on about British politics. The only problem is it is pricey
Consistently excellent articles and reviews that cover the range of periods and genres from classical up to the present. Poetry including new works and discussion of the poets and much more.
good overall coverage
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Readers of London Review of Books are not only interested in books, but the culture that creates them. Reviews often discuss the entire topic of the book, not only critique its quality. The book's influence and place in society is also discussed in a lively manner.
I love British literature and this review keeps me up to date on the new releases from British pulishers, that I may not find in American book reviews.
Good deal. Right on schedule. The academic rate is a little lower, but you don't have to contend with separate billing this way.
Best writing on the planet.
Those arriving at this Amazon page doubtless have some interest in books. In reading the reviews I note some disappointment with the contents of the London Review. Maybe if I provide a brief summary of one issue you can decide whether or not this is the book mazazine for you.
About fifty percent of the contributors to a current issue are PhD academics.
Here is a sampling of the articles in this issue:
1. Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870 to 1918.
2. A University of Chicago philosophy professor explores philosopher Alisdair McIntyre's conceps of truth and ethics as found in the recently released 2 volumes of McIntyres essays.
3. A review of Kostal's book "A Jurisprudence of Power:Victorian Empire and the Rule of Law".
You like fiction? In this issue you'll find reviews of the books of novelists Edward St. Aubyn, and M.J. Hyland. There is also an article about the German author Gunter Grass who reveals in a book that he was a member of the Waffen SS during WWII. Unfamiliar authors? For me too (except for Gunter Grass). Next month though they will be reviewing American author Richard Ford's new novel. Now him I know.
Rather than write a review of glowing praise or bleak condemnation I thought it best to simply tell you what's in it, and let you make up your own mind if this is the kind of book magazine you would like to read. Like the New York Review of Books you'll find a variety of articles that aren't about a book at all, and some books that are reviewed merely serve as a Hitchockian mcguffin for the reviewer to expand at length his opinions about the subject of the book.
I suppose a hierarchy of book magazines in terms of sophistication might be Bookmarks for the everyday fiction reader (It's a good magazine, in my opinion), and then, a step above, the New York Times Review, on up to the New York Review of Books, and then at the top the London Review of Books. Mind you I am not categorizing these mags in terms of the quality of writing. They all are good. It's just that if you want to be able to enjoy all of the London Review's article it might help if you were a polymath.
Having access to such a large and diverse selection.
