We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in under-recognized stories.
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Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Our Sex Education: A Reading List
Here are nine stories about modern-day sex education and our history with bad sex ed classes.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
America’s First Addiction Epidemic
The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, astonishingly high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
We Need to Talk About Money: Seven Stories About Personal Finance
For so long, conversations about money were considered gauche. With every essay and podcast episode, that taboo is broken down.
Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Don’t Call My Daughter Princess. Call Her Madam President.
Having taken feminist progress for granted, Sarah Stankorb must now reconcile her slow support of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential race with assuring her 4-year-old daughter she can be president someday.
Posted inFiction, Nonfiction, Reading List
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes winners have been announced.
Posted inFiction, Nonfiction, Reading List
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes winners have been announced.
Posted inFeature, Nonfiction, Sports, Story
The (Re)selling of Maria Sharapova
On the longevity of Maria Sharapova, who has built a brand beyond the bounds of her tennis stardom that has made her incredibly wealthy, but still striving for more.
Posted inReading List
Three Stories on Myth and Superstition
Friday, May 13th is the only “Friday the 13th” in 2016. Enjoy these three stories on myth and superstition.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
