# London Review of Books

7 Hacker News commenters recommended London Review of Books and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for long, erudite articles by domain experts that are consistently high quality; some find it increasingly politicised.

## Why people recommend it

- Erudite longform by domain experts (2 comments): "I found the LA Review of Books and the London Review of Books to be helpful examples of longform, erudite writing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46877032)) "frequently has domain experts writing their reviews" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014664))
- Consistently high-quality articles (2 comments): "The articles are uniformly fantastic, though obviously not uniformly interesting to everyone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47417110)) "The article here is outstanding." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369480))

## What people warn about

- Seen as politicised (2 comments): "Half the LRB feels so politicised to me now, and the other half barely feels erudite." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47418123)) "it was infected with the politics virus years ago" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46393926))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Byte magazine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/byte-magazine.md): 49 recommend
- [Paged Out](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paged-out-issue-sharp-8.md): 46 recommend
- [The New Yorker](https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-yorker.md): 26 recommend
- [Dr. Dobb's Journal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dr-dobb-s-journal.md): 14 recommend
- [Delayed Gratification magazine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/delayed-gratification-magazine.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "London Review of Books", https://hackerapproved.com/p/london-review-of-books/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).