The New York Review of Books

Name: The New York Review of Books
Rating: 4.84 (327 reviews)
Author: nybooks

By: nybooks

The magazine for politics, culture, book reviews, and ideas.

Features & Capabilities

Since 1963, The New York Review of Books has been a forum for leading authors, thinkers, and political figures to debate literature, politics, art, and ideas for a discerning audience. Each issue features in-depth essays, rigorous book reviews, and cultural criticism that illuminate the most important conversations of the day.

The app includes the 20 annual print issues, all online-only content, article bookmarking, and a link to The Reader’s Catalog. Current print and online subscribers get full app access using their website login; new users may subscribe through the app. Subscription management and automatic-renewal details are available in account settings; privacy and terms are published on the Review’s website.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

nybooks

Downloads:

17,841 41

Rating:

4.84

(327)

Version:

25.2 Last updated: 2026-03-13

Version code:

1773425767

Creation date:

2019-08-29

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.BLUETOOTH Moderate risk
android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE Moderate risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk
com.android.vending.BILLING Low risk

Size:

16.71MB

Email:

te*****@mazsystems.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-12

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Email:

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Website:

https://www.nybooks.com

User Reviews

Users appreciate the high-quality, wide-ranging content of The New York Review of Books, valuing its stimulating and meaningful articles. However, the app has significant usability problems, including a non-intuitive interface, limited navigation, inability to remember reading positions, lack of font size adjustment, and frequent freezing. Offline download capabilities are limited, and subscription management is confusing, with no desktop access for some users. Additionally, the app lacks accessibility features and easy content sharing, which impacts overall user satisfaction despite the excellent journal content.

Pros

Content is consistently excellent, stimulating, wide-ranging, and meaningful.
Enjoyable long-form articles that cover a broad range of topics.
App allows access to some of the finest articles and essays in English periodicals.
The publication introduces readers to interesting books and stimulates concentration.

Cons

App interface is non-intuitive, primitive, and buggy with frequent freezing issues.
Lacks key usability features such as remembering last read article or issue and no easy navigation to articles due to unclear titles.
No option to change font size, making reading difficult especially on smaller devices.
Limited offline download availability; only about a third of issues can be downloaded.
Subscriptions purchased via Google Play do not grant desktop access; account recognition issues cause frustration.
Poor content sharing options and lack of accessibility features like Google Assistant support for reading articles aloud.

Recent reviews

I have been reading the New York review since I was 18 (I'm 75) and it is by far the most stimulating, wide ranging, knowledgeable, meaningful journal that I have ever encountered. I can't live without it!

Jo*****, 2024-04-24

Has some interesting articles but the titles are so arbitrary that it is really hard to tell from the title whether an article is likely to be of interest. I'm usually short of time, so if I have 10 minutes I want to pick one article, quickly, read and have something to mull over in the back of my mind for the rest of the day. If the titles don't let me filter, I spend my time poking into articles that turn out to be of no real interest and I have just wasted my time in a most unsatisfying way.