How did you discover NYRB Classics?

[Louise]

In my attempt to revive this group a bit, I am curious how everyone came to discover NYRB Classics?

[Ivan]

From #bookstagram community in Instagram. Wonderful selection. I’m reading Renata Adler’s Speedboat right now.

[Lee]

Trevor Berrett - thank you!

[Kevin]

Through The Community Bookstore In Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. First one I purchased was The Unpossessed by Tess Slesinger. Loved the cover and was curious what the deal was with all these beautiful looking books with similar spines. This was probably late 2002/early 2003. I’ve been hooked/addicted/in love since...

[WndyJW]

I don’t remember, it might have been the catalog.

[Louise]

It appears I have not posted my two new topics in the right place. I meant to put them under "general" but they appear under Book Discussions (general). I tried to move them but it it not giving me the option of moving them to "general". Trevor, can you help?

[Seana]

I actually don't remember how, but I know it was through the Goodreads website and not through somewhere else. When I started, there was someone from NYRB who had started and was leading the club, so they may have put some kind of invitation out on GoodReads.

[Jason]

After reading Stoner. It was strongly recommended by my local book shop and I loved it. It was my second NYRB, the first being The Long Ships. Noticing two starkly different books coming from the same publisher made me look into what they put out. Once I knew their mission and went through a few more titles, I was hooked.

[Bul]

Bookstagram

[Trevor]

I first discovered NYRB Classics in 2008 when the Booker Prize did their Best of the Booker, or some iteration of that. One of the books was J.G. Farrell's Seige of Krishnapur. I bought it and then started recognizing other interesting books from the same publisher floating around. I bought a few and have been hooked ever since!

Lee, I didn't know I introduced you! That makes me happy!

[Pillsonista]

The old Borders bookstore chain. That's where I encountered my first NYRB Classic, Patrick White's Riders in the Chariot, and it was the first NYRB Classic that I ever purchased.

[WndyJW]

I love Patrick White! He is one of my very favorite writers. Here’s my dilemma. Do I shelve Riders in the Chariot with nyrb collection or with Patrick White collection? Right now I have it with Patrick White in my Nobel bookcase.

[Lee]

Trevor wrote: "I first discovered NYRB Classics in 2008 when the Booker Prize did their Best of the Booker, or some iteration of that. One of the books was J.G. Farrell's Seige of Krishnapur. I bought it and then..."

I am eternally grateful! And have just bought two more!

[Pillsonista]

WndyJW wrote: "I love Patrick White! He is one of my very favorite writers. Here’s my dilemma. Do I shelve Riders in the Chariot with nyrb collection or with..."

And I completely concur, he was a wonderful writer. Riders in the Chariot is an extraordinary novel (for me, it is his masterpiece).

I keep my copy of it with the rest of my NYRBs, but that's how I generally organize my library, anyway: according to publisher, for the most part, rather than by individual author.

[WndyJW]

I haven’t read Riders in the Chariot yet, I’ve only read Voss, A Fringe of Leaves, Happy Valley, and the best book I have ever read, The Tree Of Man. It would be nirvana if nyrb issued Patrick White’s complete library! I have 10 of White’s books, most of the yellowed and old because they are no longer in print.

Somewhere in this group we talked about how we shelve books.