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Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 5, 2019June 4, 2025

This week, we’re sharing stories from Ian Frisch, Niela Orr, Alison Fensterstock, Jill Lepore, and Austin Carr.

Books, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘We All Live in the Great Database in the Sky’: On Silicon Valley and UFO Culture

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 12, 2019October 19, 2022

“The idea seems to be that we all live in the great database in the sky, occasionally summoning aliens with our minds.” Emily Harnett explores Silicon Valley’s appropriation of UFO culture.

Close Encounters of the Digital Kind

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 11, 2019October 19, 2022

“The idea seems to be that we all live in the great database in the sky, occasionally summoning aliens with our minds.” Emily Harnett explores Silicon Valley’s appropriation of UFO culture.

Arts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes

This Is the Excellent Foppery of the World

by michelleweber January 23, 2019October 19, 2022

Mercury’s in retrograde, so it’s a great day to read this post.

Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 18, 2019July 16, 2025

This week, we’re sharing stories from Tiffany Stanley, Raj Telhan, Alex Pareene, Nico Muhly, and Chris Heath.

Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads December 14, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Elizabeth Weil, Leah McSweeney and Jacob Siegel, Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger, Sean Patrick Cooper, and Priya Krishna.