A brother lost, a son born, and the strange arithmetic of love.
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Best of 2025: Our Most Popular Originals of the Year
Our 10 most-read Longreads essays of 2025.
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The Noblest of Things
“The next day, I opened the hive and there were no bees.’
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Was It Worth It?
“I didn’t think about those nachos even once. I had never experienced anything like it. Is this, I asked my friends, how it feels to be normal?”
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Thank You for Finding Me
As a teenager, I met a stranger who changed the course of my life. Twenty years later, I went looking for him.
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The Hypercurious Mind
“ADHD isn’t merely a dysfunction. It’s best understood as an impulsive motivational drive for novel information.”
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‘Actually Really Sacred’: A George Saunders Reading List
Nine essays and interviews from literature’s favorite laureate of compassion.
