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An old-school lap desk, Backyard Birdsong Guides, and more items with vintage charm from The Reader’s Catalog

“In our mad rush for progress and modern improvements, let’s be sure we take along with us all the old-fashioned things worthwhile.” —Laura Ingalls Wilder Old-School Lap Desk If you would rather w

Announcing Private Life, Our New Podcast

Introducing Private Life, a new podcast from The New York Review [https://www.nybooks.com/introducing-private-life-our-new-podcast/] We are thrilled to present Private Life, a new podcast from The Ne

The enthralling third volume of Chateaubriand’s ‘Memoirs from Beyond the Grave’

“The echoes of Chateaubriand in so much existentialist literature of the 20th century suggest that for all his difficulty finding congenial company among his contemporaries, in a longer perspective he

Embrace love and show your affection with literary gifts—from the practical to the indulgent—from The Reader’s Catalog

“Hear my soul speak. The very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly to your service.” —William Shakespeare, The Tempest Handmade Porcelain Heart Dish You may have a heart “most constant” (Willia

Reading woman notecards, banned books socks, literary jewelry, and more gifts for booklovers from The Reader’s Catalog

“I like reading books in the bulk.” —Virginia Woolf Reading Woman Notecard Set Is there any greater pleasure than sitting comfortably with a good book? The reading woman has appeared as a subject o

Still holiday shopping? Get them an NYRB gift card!

Gift-worthy books for everyone on your list Give friends and family books from NYRB. They can make their own selections with an NYRB gift card valued at $25, $50, or $100. Give a gift card [https:/

The New York Review 2026 Calendar (with FREE Read Banned Books pin), totes, hats, and more gifts inspired by the Review

Greet the new year in style with the New York Review of Books David Levine 2026 Calendar—we will send you a FREE “Read Banned Books” pin (retail price: $12.95) with every calendar pu

Soraya Antonius’s evocative historical novel ‘The Lord’

“Bitterly powerful.” —New Statesman THE LORD [https://www.nyrb.com/products/the-lord]Soraya Antonius Introduction by Selma Dabbagh A reporter posted to Lebanon in the early 1980s, covering the Isr

League of the Lexicon, the smash-hit literary game recommended by the WSJ and lauded by Mensa, and more bestselling gifts from The Reader’s Catalog

“It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you in hot water.” —Franklin P. Jones League of the LexiconRecommended “for wordsmiths and language lovers,” League of

*NEW* Libraries Save Democracy tote bag, along with our most popular items from The Reader’s Catalog

“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a letter

Mystical and enchanting gifts including Robert Macfarlane’s LOST SPELLS puzzle, night sky postcards, and more from The Reader’s Catalog

Owl: “Will you listen with Owl ears for a while? Owl hushes.” Curlew: “Unearthly song of an eerie singer—a bubbling spring, a wild bell-ringer.” Egret: “Egret out-gleams ice blaze of light.” The Lo