Longreads Best of 2016: Arts & 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 arts and culture writing.

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

Longreads Best of 2016: 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 food writing.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 16, 2016

Longreads Best of 2016: 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 sports writing.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 16, 2016

Longreads Best of 2016: 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 crime reporting.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 15, 2016

Longreads Best of 2016: Essays & Criticism

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.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 14, 2016

Behind the Scenes of Children’s Television: A Reading List

Children’s television programming is always colorful, sometimes educational, and often bizarre. A human-sized hamster wheel? A talking chair? Grown men going to bat for a herd of rainbow-colored ponies? These stories explore the art and economics of making television for kids.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 13, 2016

Longreads Best of 2016: Under-Recognized Books

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

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 13, 2016

Longreads Best of 2016: Our 25 Most Popular Exclusives of the Year

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

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 12, 2016

Longreads Best of 2016: Here Are All of Our No. 1 Story Picks from 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.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 12, 2016

“BRAAAM!”: The Sound that Invaded the Hollywood Soundtrack

How Inception changed the way we listen to movies.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 8, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3,902 words)