For the tenth year in a row, we’re kicking off the reading year with a set of short stories hand-picked by longtime contributor Pravesh Bhardwaj.
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Ten Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2025
Kickstart your reading year with 10 short stories selected by longtime contributor Pravesh Bhardwaj.
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Out of the Fog
“Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath.”
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The Subversive Love Songs of Lucy Dacus
“The singer-songwriter talks about boygenius, the perils of love, and ‘Forever Is a Feeling,’ her new album.”
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Second and Long
“Why did James Whitehead—poet, fiction writer, and onetime college football player—fail to complete a successor to his celebrated first novel?”
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Disposable Heroes
“Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir captures the hazards of ‘coming forward.’”
Posted inCuration
A Longreads Collection of Catapult Stories
A reading list of essays we loved from Catapult magazine.
Posted inQuestionnaire
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Julian Brave NoiseCat
The author of We Survived the Night and co-director of Sugarcane responds to our 25 questions on writing, reading, and creativity.
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Tales From an Attic
“Suitcases once belonging to residents of a New York State mental hospital tell the stories of long-forgotten lives.”
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The Journalist and the Billionaire
“If they hate Musk, they’ll come away with more evidence to reinforce their dislike of him.”
