Longreads Best of 2014

All through December, we’ll be featuring Longreads’ Best of 2014. To get you ready, here’s a list of every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email. If you like these, you can sign up to receive our free weekly email every Friday.

This year, Longreads worked with a group of outstanding writers and publishers to produce original stories and exclusives that hadn’t been previously published online. It was all funded with support from our Longreads Members. You can read them all here. Here’s a list of the 10 most popular stories we published this year. Join us to […]

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in sports writing.

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in crime reporting.

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in science writing.

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in essay writing.

We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in business writing.