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Best of 2023: All of Our Number One Story Picks

by Longreads December 26, 2023December 21, 2023

Every piece we selected as our top story of the week in 2023, all in one place.

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Best of 2024: All Our Number Five Story Picks

by Longreads December 19, 2024December 20, 2024

Every story that appeared in the number five slot in our Weekly Top 5, all in one place.

The shadow of a young girl entering a deep blue-green swimming pool.

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The Bad Thing

by N.C. Happe May 15, 2025May 14, 2025

Sometimes the most haunting part of trauma isn’t what happened—it’s wondering what could have happened if you hadn’t trusted your gut.

Water pouring into a prison cell from a barred window.

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Well Without Water

by Michael Fischer April 15, 2025April 17, 2025

Haunted by a running tap in prison, a man grows obsessed with water waste and climate change, pushing him to the edge.

A yorkshire terrier sits on the grass with a green tennis ball between its front paws.

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 18, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Alexander Sammon, Amanda Chicago Lewis, Hannah Smothers, Adam Fales, and Matt Dinan.

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Life in the Slow Lane

by Olivia Potts November 17, 2022February 28, 2024

Olivia Potts | Longreads | November 2022 | 16 minutes (4,649 words) It’s six in the morning, and Robert Booth has already been on the road for three hours. Sitting alongside him in the cab of his lorry (the British term for a truck) is Louis, Robert’s small dog, a Jack Russell-chihuahua mix, and a washing-up bowl […]

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Alternative Reality: ‘Inferno in Paradise’

by Matthew Kassel January 18, 2019October 19, 2022

President Donald Trump has obliterated any notion of off-time for round-the-clock journalists, but it was still a relief to see that the alt-weeklies I read for this installment in my regular reading list were starting off the new year strong. The Chico News & Review, whose work I have previously highlighted here, can be forgiven, […]