My Favorite Animal Longreads of 2016

“Not all my favorite animal reads this year are about dogs, or even directly about animals, they’re more about the complex ways humans interact with and react to animals. Some of these are a reach, but they’re all excellent reads with animals (in one case, a Triassic period aquatic crustacean, no really) as the instigator.”

Author: Pam Mandel
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 20, 2016
Length: 4 minutes (1,138 words)

How Sarma Melngailis, Queen of Vegan Cuisine, Became a Runaway Fugitive

Sara Melngailis had a thriving vegan restaurant visited by customers like Alec Baldwin, Chelsea Clinton, and Anne Hathaway — and then she met Anthony Strangis.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Nov 3, 2016
Length: 17 minutes (4,315 words)

Longreads Best of 2016: Investigative 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 investigative reporting.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 20, 2016

Off-Time: Becoming a Widow at Age 36.

Christina Frangou writes on becoming a widow at age 36, after her husband Spencer died of kidney cancer, 42 days after diagnosis.

Published: Dec 20, 2016
Length: 32 minutes (8,122 words)

Doing Her Quiet Thing

Concerned that she’s a “bad victim,” a writer is silent about being raped—until she isn’t.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 20, 2016
Length: 13 minutes (3,257 words)

Longreads Best of 2016: Science 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 science writing.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 20, 2016

My Thoughts Are Murder

Still looking for some post-election inspiration? Try watching Heathers, and/or standing in front of a classroom. Pete Coviello pens an essay on “loving your students, hating your enemies, and Winona.”

Published: Dec 9, 2016
Length: 12 minutes (3,232 words)

Unsociable and Unsustainable

Residents in luxury buildings are rarely swayed by the economic calculus of saving energy. What does this mean for architecture that tries to respond to local climates and global warming?

Source: n+1
Published: Dec 5, 2016
Length: 11 minutes (2,874 words)

Longreads Best of 2016: 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 political analysis.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 19, 2016

The Trials of a Boxing Romantic

Many people can’t believe that a talented, widely published sports writer makes his living by giving boxing lessons in Central Park. But Brin­-Jonathan Butler is for real. You can see for yourself, and like the boxers he writes about, he fights to get by.

Published: Dec 15, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2,206 words)