“Until I was diagnosed last year, I had never met anyone with colon cancer—or at least anyone who had been open about it.”
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Best of 2024: The Most Popular Editors’ Picks of the Year
Our readership has spoken! This list compiles the most-viewed stories we recommended in 2024.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories from Elizabeth Kolbert, Joshua Hammer, Tan Tuck Ming, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian.
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My Accidental Day Care
“When our sons’ nursery lost its license, we decided to play host until the problem was resolved. How long could it take?”
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The Divorce Tapes
“My family knew that my father had been tapping the phone lines. Only later would I discover the secrets the recordings contained.”
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What My Adult Autism Diagnosis Finally Explained
“I’d long suspected something was ‘off.’ Then, at 43, an unexpected answer arrived.”
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Knife Insurance: An Extreme Surgery Reading List
Never before have so many people sought medical intervention to address their insecurities—and never before has that intervention gone to such lengths.
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Alone, But Not Lonely: A Reading List on Being SingleÂ
Six stories about making a life of one’s own.
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An American Girlhood in the Ozempic Era
“Adults are divided about giving children new drugs for weight loss. At 13, Maggie Ervie decided to take them.”
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A Maui Love Story
“When 18-year-olds Lanz Aguinaldo and Isabella Lynch’s hometown went up in flames, they turned toward each other to survive.”