Longreads Best of 2015: Under-Recognized Books
We asked our book editors to tell us about a few books they felt deserved more recognition in 2015. Here they are.
Longreads Best of 2015: Essays & Criticism
Story picks by Leslie Jamison, Jia Tolentino, Roxane Gay, Tom Scocca, Ann Friedman, Rachel Syme, Francesca Mari, Sari Botton, and Emily Perper.
You Can Have Millions Of Subscribers On YouTube—And Still Be Flat Broke
Gaby Dunn, who struggles to make ends meet despite being a YouTube personality with more than half a million subscribers, investigates the bleak economics of internet fame.
A Tale of Two Sisters
As a gymnast born without legs, Jen Bricker grew up idolizing Olympic gold-medalist Dominique Moceanu from afar. Only later would she discover that Moceanu was actually her sister. Segal weaves both sisters’ stories with a look at the complicated interplay of genes and environment in the creation of athletic prowess.
The Haunting Link Between Two Mass Shootings
Forty years and 500 miles apart, two friends are linked as mass shooting victims.
Longreads Best of 2015: Sports Writing
The best in sports writing.
Five People Who Shaped 2015: A Reading List
Here are five people who influenced the world in powerful ways in 2015.
The Body Snatchers
What happens when PR campaigns decide who gets an organ?
The Public Is Us
Groner’s essay charts public health from Typhoid Mary to the Ebola outbreak, considering the balance between civil liberties and disease control.
The Secret History of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’
“How is it that this novel could be sexy, entertaining, experimental, politically radical, and wildly popular all at once? Its success was no sure thing, and the story of how it came about is a crucial and little-known chapter in the literary history of the last half-century.” Paul Elie on the life and work of Gabriel García Márquez.
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