Find out how to get past The New York Review of Books paywall, so you can read all its online content for free without an account.
You don't even have to register for a free account with nybooks.com just to read one free article.
Welcome to another helpful content from the series, DiGiztal Bypass Paywalls Tips.
This is an updated post, because my earlier tip using the Google cached pages to unblock its paywall does not work anymore.
By the way, the 12ft ladder site is not high enough to get through the New York Review of Books paywall.
Presently there is no complimentary article from The New York Review Of Books website.
When you click on any of its articles, it only shows a paragraph of two, then the text starts fading off...
Then it followed with its subscription details, and also requesting you to register for a free account to read just that particular article.
For those who loves to read this premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language, then please do subscribe.
The New York Review Of Books Archive free access
You get to read every article of every issue; from the February 1, 1963 issue right up to the latest copy free of charge.
Imagine, sixty years of free The New York Review of Books back issues to today.
With these tried-and-tested tips, you can enjoy The New York Review of Books free access right away.
Read the New York Reviews of Books for free
- Bypass Paywalls Clean extension
- Archive.Today
- Textise
Currently I managed to use these methods to get past its paywall.
They all work for both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers.
1. Bypass Paywalls Clean extension
Install the free browser extension and you can read all The New York Review Of Books articles for free.
For Google Chrome browser, refer to this: Install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Chrome tutorial.
For Mozilla Firefox browser, refer to this: How to install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Firefox tutorial.
2. Archive.Today
Use the web archiving site Archive.Today which stores snapshots of web pages, to access blocked The New York Review of Books article.
There are two ways of using this archive site to get all its online articles free.
Archive.Today site
This is what you do:
Go to Archive.Today.
Paste the article URL in the space provided under "My url is alive and I want to archive its content".
Next click the "save" button.
If the article has been archived, it will state there on the site together with the snapshot of the article.
If not, it will start archiving, or you have to archive it.
Once it has finishing archiving, you can view the complete article.
Here is an example of the archived article, "Scribbling: A Story" by Helen DeWitt from the July 18, 2024 issue.
In fact, you can check whether a particular article has been archived by pasting the article URL at this bottom space provided.
Then click the "search" button.
If it has an archive snapshot of the article it will appear below it.
Archive.Today extension
For convenience, you can install its extension to your Chrome browser.
Get the Chrome Archive.Today extension here.
After you have installed the extension, pin it to its toolbar.
The Archive.Today icon is a globe with the share symbol.
There are three (3) ways to access The New York Review of Books articles with the Archive Today extension.
Click on Archive.Today icon
Go to The New York Review of Books homepage to click on the article which you want to read
As it is, the article is blocked by its paywall.
Ignore it, instead click on the Archive.Today icon at the toolbar.
It takes you to the Archive Today site.
If the article has already been archived, you can read it right away.
If not, then you have to archive it.
Click on article text
At the blocked page, right click anywhere on the text area, a context menu box pops up.
Then click on "Search archive.today for page".
Similarly it takes you to the Archive Today site.
Again if the page have already been archived, you can see it right there.
If not, then you have to archive it, before you can view it.
Click on article title
The third way is when you are at The New York Review of Books homepage or from the search engine results pages.
Right click on the article title.
The context menu box pops up, move your mouse cursor from "Archive" to "Archive link" and "Search link".
Click on any of these two options,
When you click on the "Archive link", and if the article is already archived, you can read it right away.
If not, then automatically it will start loading to archive it for you.
When you click on the "Search link", and if the article is already archived, you can see it right there.
But if the article is still not archived, it says "No results".
You have to click on the hyperlink "archive this url", then click the "save" button.
Then wait for it to archive it.
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
Unfortunately Firefox has removed Archive.Today extension from its Mozilla store.
But you can use this One-Click Archive.Today extension.
Click One-Click Archive.Today extension.
Similarly, download and install the extension to your Firefox.
The One-Click Archive.Today icon is a sheet of paper, as shown below.
Then pin it to your Firefox toolbar.
To remove The New York Review Of Books paywall, click on its icon on the toolbar.
It opens in a new page with the full article, just like the Archive Today.
3. Textise
Use the text-only tool Textise to read The New York Review of Books without an account.
And you can view the full text article, but no picture or image.
This is what you do:
Go to Textise site.
Copy the blocked article URL and paste it in the box provided.
Click on the "Textise" button.
Immediately the full The New York Review of Books article appears, but without any picture.
To view the article, you need to scroll it down.
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