The New York Review of Books (or
NYREV or
NYRB) is a semi-monthly magazine with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs. Published in New York City, it is inspired by the idea that the discussion of important books is an indispensable literary activity.
Esquire called it "the premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language." In 1970 writer
Tom Wolfe described it as "the chief theoretical organ of
Radical Chic".