The American Society of Magazine Editors handed out its 2014 National Magazine Awards Thursday night, with Fast Company, New York magazine, Inc., Poetry magazine and Modern Farmer all taking home trophies. Boston Magazine’s stirring cover image (above) following the Boston Marathon bombings was named ASME’s Cover of the Year.

Below is a reading list featuring some of the stories honored Thursday night.

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Multimedia: ‘The Last Chase’ (Robert Draper, National Geographic)

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Public Interest: ‘Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us’ (Steven Brill, Time) (sub. required)

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Reporting: ‘The Dream Boat’ (Luke Mogelson, The New York Times Magazine)

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Feature Writing: ‘A Loaded Gun’ (Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker)

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Essays and Criticism: ‘Thanksgiving in Mongolia’ (Ariel Levy, The New Yorker)

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Fiction: ‘The Embassy of Cambodia’ (Zadie Smith, The New Yorker)

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Columns and Commentary: Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker: ‘Shark Week,’ ‘Difficult Women,’ ‘Private Practice’