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Sometimes telling a story is the only way to escape it.

This month’s books newsletter is suspended in a state of anticipation.

This month’s books newsletter is a bodily affair.

I’m reading this book right now called “The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.” It’s a recursive story-within-a-story sort of thing, and it’s giving me nightmares.

This month’s books newsletter is overflowing with regional fiction, travel writing … and retro-botany.

This month’s books newsletter has a lot to say about pasts and futures, and how lineages stretch across time.

This month’s books newsletter is jam-packed with scammers, censors, and … other books.

This month’s books newsletter is all about things. As in stuff, objects. Because, as Heike Geissler says, “It’s because of all the things that are here… that you’re here in the first place.”

At first glance, there’s a pretty stark divide in this month’s books newsletter.

Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * *

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.

Top 5 Longreads of the Week: Stories from London Review of Books, The New Yorker, GQ, Vanity Fair, Orion Magazine, and a guest pick from arts journalist Suzi Steffen.