NYRB Classics discussion

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Have you read any of these? I have The Radiance of the King but haven’t read it yet.

https://bookriot.com/2019/04/06/new-y...

I’ve read Talk and Young Man with a Horn. Talk was interesting, but Young Man with a Horn was brilliant. Great writing that captures the feeling of music better than anything else I’ve read.

Don't you just love "overlooked" "best-of" "underrated" lists??? I do. I agree with Jason, Young Man with a Horn is brilliant. The others were good, and I haven't read Negrophobia: An Urban Parable but it is on my TBR.

What this does prompt me to ask...top 5 NYRB Classics. Or maybe we've done that. I don't know. I just get a kick out of them.

I can't hear the title Young Man with a Horn without thinking of an old movie I saw once, Swing High, Swing Low, staring Fred MacMurray and Carole Lombard:

Christopher wrote: "I can't hear the title Young Man with a Horn without thinking of an old movie I saw once, Swing High, Swing Low, staring Fred MacMurray and Carole Lombard:

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That's funny, since there IS actually a 1950 movie version of Baker's book starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and Doris Day!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043153/...

Randolph wrote: "Like always, they all look entrancing and I’ll never live long enough to read them all."

Maybe we should use these 5 books in the poll for our July read and forego nominations for that month.

Kevin wrote: "What this does prompt me to ask...top 5 NYRB Classics. Or maybe we've done that. I don't know. I just get a kick out of them..."

I would be very curious to find out what those are but how would they be chosen? I could create a poll where we write in our own answers so everyone could write in what they consider is the best NYRB classic.

I`m googling top NYRB lists and found this one, Damion Searls' Top Ten NYRB Classics, but it is from 2010. Still, I am sure these titles are worth reading.

http://conversationalreading.com/dami...

Here is another NYRB Top Ten, this one from 2014

http://portersquarebooksblog.blogspot...

Louise wrote: "I`m googling top NYRB lists and found this one, Damion Searls' Top Ten NYRB Classics, but it is from 2010. Still, I am sure these titles are worth reading.

http://conversationalreading.com/damion-..."

I absolutely LOVE An African in Greenland. One of (if not my all-time) favorite NYRB Classics.

Kevin wrote: "I absolutely LOVE An African in Greenland. One of (if not my all-time) favorite NYRB Classics. ."

I need to bump it up then!

Hmm, even Amazon has a list for "Best Sellers in NYRB Classics". The top 3 are Stoner, Season of Migration to the North, and Butcher's Crossing

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-B...

Louise wrote: "Maybe we should use these 5 books in the poll for our July read and forego nominations for that month."

I love this idea!

I think I am going to go with it, unless there are any objections?

Good idea.

Louise wrote: "Randolph wrote: "Like always, they all look entrancing and I’ll never live long enough to read them all."

Maybe we should use these 5 books in the poll for our July read and forego nominations for..."

I love the idea. Let's do it!

What are the 5 books?

Linda wrote: "What are the 5 books?"

Talk
Young Man with a Horn
The Radiance of the King
Great Granny Webster
Negrophobia: An Urban Parable

I just bought a Great Granny Webster after hearing about it on a podcast.

The other books I hear mentioned often are Season of Migration to the North and A High Wind in Jamaica.

WndyJW wrote: "The other books I hear mentioned often are Season of Migration to the North and A High Wind in Jamaica..."

In other words, nyrb books that are NOT overlooked ;)

Liz M wrote: "WndyJW wrote: "The other books I hear mentioned often are Season of Migration to the North and A High Wind in Jamaica..."

In other words, nyrb books that are NOT overlo..."

Somehow this post morphed from 5 Overlooked NYRB Classics to various blogs lists of Top Ten nyrb Classics to Amazon’s Best Selling nyrb Classics!