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The Most Haunted Road in America
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Looking for Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles
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By the Reflection of What Is
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Victor Sebestyen | 1946: The Making of the Modern World | Pantheon Books | November 2015 | 23 minutes (6,202 words) Below is an excerpt from 1946, by Victor Sebestyen, as recommended by Longreads...
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An Ode to du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca,’ by Rachel Pastan
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The Art of Escape
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The Story of Vicente, Who Murdered His Mother, His Father, and His Sister
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Kidnapping a Nazi General: Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Perfect Heist
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Narcissiana: On Collecting
Fredrik Sjöberg | The Fly Trap | Pantheon | translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal | June 2015 | 12 minutes (3,476 words) Below is an excerpt from The Fly Trap, by Fredrik Sjöberg, as recommended...
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The Fullness of a Moment
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Bad News: Censorship, Fear & Genocide Memorials
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Rebel Virgins and Desert Mothers
Alex Mar | Atlas Obscura | January 2016 | 16 minutes (3,902 words) Our latest Exclusive is a new story by Alex Mar, author of the book Witches of America, co-funded by Longreads Members and published...
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The Remnants of War: A Meditation on Peleliu
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