The New York Review of Books; October 23; 2025

The New York Review of Books 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.

In this issue: 

• Jacob Weisberg: The Algorithms Controlling Our Attention
• Elaine Blair: When Women Were Equal in the USSR
• Andrew Katzenstein: Thomas Pynchon's Strikebreaking Detectives
• David Cole: The Green Light to Kill
• Nicole Rudick: Ben Shahn's American WOrker
• Eric Fober: The Slaves Who Fled by Sea
• Suzanne Schneider: Race Science Strikes Again
• Ariel Dorfman: The Pinochet Precedent
• Christopher Tayler: Olga Tokarczuk Goes Mushrooming