The Common Review was the literary magazine of the Great Books Foundation.

[2] He served in the post until the Fall 2010 issue when Danny Postel was named new editor.

[5] Some of the notable writers and poets featured in the magazine have included Gerald Graff, Nat Hentoff, Phillip Lopate, Joseph Epstein, Carl Rakosi, David Sloan Wilson, Julia Kasdorf, and Michael Bérubé.

The magazine was twice nominated for the Utne Independent Press Awards, in 2003 (Arts/Literary coverage), and in 2006 ("Best Writing").

[citation needed] The magazine ended the print quarterly edition with the Fall/Winter 2011 issue and went on online.