Editors

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in political analysis.

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in arts and culture writing.

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in food writing.

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in sports writing.

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in crime reporting.

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in essays and criticism.

We asked our contributors to tell us about a few books they felt deserved more recognition in 2016. Here they are.

Here are the 25 most popular exclusives we published this year.

All through December, we’ll be featuring Longreads’ Best of 2016. To get you ready, here’s a list of every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.

Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.