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Here are the 25 most popular exclusives we published this year.

Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.

None of the following stories were written in 2016, but the themes of our contemporary American Thanksgiving traditions—family, identity, history—remain relevant.

Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.

This week’s reading list is dedicated to marginalized voices. Some of these stories were written in the wake of this year’s election; others came before.

Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.

Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.

In the following essays, Antonia Malachik discusses the cultural implications of our aversion to walking; Garnette Cadogan relates how his walks are coded by his skin color, depending on where in the world he is; Adee Braun praises the New York eat-and-walk, and more.

Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.

In these six stories, a drunk driver confesses via viral video, an ex-Catholic returns to confession, a high-school cheater reveals her indiscretions, and more.

Six stories about notebooks and note-taking.

For so long, conversations about money were considered gauche. With every essay and podcast episode, that taboo is broken down.

Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.

Bullies, teachers, classmates—it’s time to head back to school with these six stories from the The Big Roundtable, Los Angeles Times, and more.

A reading list about fictional detectives and the authors who mastermind their literary crime-solving, as well as real-life detectives searching for the truth.

Below is a guest reading list from Daniel A. Gross, a journalist and public radio producer who lives in Boston. * * * As a teenager growing up in Southern California, I remember looking up one day and seeing a fine white powder falling from the sky. It was the middle of summer, and for […]

Six stories about all the nuances of Alaska.

Here are five modern classics whose intricate illustrations have shaped the form.

In between bites of hot dog and sunscreen applications, you can read about police brutality, what the rest of the world thinks about the United States, one woman’s American wardrobe and so much more.

Our favorite stories of the week as chosen by the Longreads editorial team.

There is much to do. But we are alive. We get to do the work.

Our favorite stories of the week as chosen by the Longreads editorial team.

During Pride Month, Emily Perper will be sharing stories from the LGBTQ community. This reading list is about the experiences of queer people of faith.

Our favorite stories of the week, as chosen by the editorial team at Longreads.

This Pride series continues with stories and interviews surrounding LGBTQ history in the United States.

Our top stories of the week as chosen by the editorial team at Longreads.

I. Coming off a seven-hour shift at the bookstore where I work, I texted my boyfriend something like “I cannot handle the idea of coming home and finishing my reading list, I am so tired, I cannot stay up late tonight, pity me,” except with more capital letters and swear words. He suggested, gently, that […]

Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, California Sunday, The Guardian, and The Atlantic.

Time for flip-flops, sunscreen, and, of course, summer reading.

Seattle was cool and sunny. The flowers were more vivid than anything I’d ever seen on the East Coast. I touched the Pacific Ocean for the first time. I slept on a goddamn sailboat. Washington, I love you.