Ask HN: What periodicals have great long-form articles?

[baconomatic]

I really enjoy reading articles like these:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/a-bigger-problem-than-isis

https://www.wired.com/2008/02/ff-seacowboys/

[matthewmcg]

I'd recommend subscribing to the New Yorker. You're supporting great writing and there's enough incredible pieces in the archives for a lifetime of reading.

For example, John Hersey's piece "Hiroshima"[1] is perhaps one of the most consequential pieces of 20th century long-form journalism and also an engrossing read. It was later published as a short book.

[1]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima?intc...

[olympus]

I'll offer a counter opinion. I subscribed to the New Yorker for almost a year. The New Yorker leans hard left politically and it was really tiring. I consider myself a moderate progressive and got tired of the condescending tone that most writers used against any person or group that wasn't like them. I feel like it's okay to have an opinion that's different than mine but you don't need to ridicule other people and shove it down their throats constantly. The majority of the articles they published were political.

There were the occasional gems but not enough to justify me continuing my subscription and wading through each issue. The good stories show up on longform.org anyway.

[rsync]

Although the London Review of Books is my favorite answer to this question, the New Yorker is a close second ...

I find it very readable on a kindle.

They are doing great journalism and I've been very impressed with their long form writing on topics such as the aftermath of the BP oil spill, the Ferguson shooting, etc.

I subscribe to the kindle version of the New Yorker (which includes the comics) and the print version of the LRB (which is a large format magazine).

[viksit]

Longreads.org is a great aggregator for these.

The Atlantic

Vice

The Economist

Vox has a few really good ones

Nautilus (for science)

Vanity fair

Caravan magazine is another (with a focus on Indian culture and arts)

Edit: formatting and more titles as I remember them.

[gxs]

https://longform.org/ is a similar aggregator, just to sharing.

[sleavey]

I recommend The Guardian Long Reads:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read

[makmanalp]

I discovered that they also have a podcast which is very nice.

[makmanalp]

I also enjoy http://nautil.us/ and https://www.quantamagazine.org/ for science / math stuff.

[at_smith]

While stretching most definitions of "periodical", Wait But Why https://waitbutwhy.com/ is one of my favorites!

[abhirag]

I'd recommend London Review of Books (https://www.lrb.co.uk/)

[rsync]

It is my favorite periodical of any kind. Great medium and long form articles on current events and social commentary, etc.

Also, long-running inside jokes and banter in the letters section which I enjoy.

[maxxxxx]

There is https://longform.org/.

Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair often have good stuff.

[theshadowmonkey]

I started running a newsletter with 5 articles aggregated from sources like these which I think have high signal:noise ratio. If you are interested, please subscribe to the newsletter. I send out one with around 5 links.

This is the link to the archive: https://us11.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=e15cace0ed343f2c14...

This is the link to subscribe: http://eepurl.com/dcfvJb

I don't have any monetization strategy or don't plan on anything in near future.

[hprotagonist]

- Harpers (which might be effectively print-only?)

- The New Yorker

- Any of the <City> review of books: NY, London, Paris, and LA are good places to start.

[philip1209]

I recommend The Information - they publish the only tech articles that I consistently read: https://www.theinformation.com

(note: it's a paid site)

[kiliantics]

Further left than the other recommendations but The Baffler has very high quality articles, though sometimes highly polemic. Also some of the content in Jacobin magazine, they have some great writers.

[matt_the_bass]

For technical discussion of financial issues, I really like the long articles by Bloomberg’s Matt Levine[0]. Note he regularly writes short pieces almost every day. But his longer articles come out 1-3 times a month.

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/view/contributors/ARbTQlRLRjE/matt...

[sdpurtill]

I’d highly recommend n+1: https://nplusonemag.com/

Some of the most thought provoking long-form articles out there.

[Zezima]

The Economist’s Special Reports are amazing and worth the read!

[whitepoplar]

Lapham's Quarterly

[banku_brougham]

Right on. Fascinating explorations of diverse subjects.

[erikig]

Sometimes the medium is just as important as the content and for this I've come to love the Texture app.

It isn't absolutely perfect but when it comes to consuming magazines like The Atlantic, Harper's Bazaar, Dwell, Mother Jones etc it is pretty great.

[chad_strategic]

I used to read Vanity Fair. I thought they had great long form articles. But about 14 years ago they put Paris Hilton on the cover and since then I haven't returned to the magazine. It sounds like the New Yorker is a hit here...

[mikeelgan]

The top three (in my book) are The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Vanity Fair.

[qntty]

Check out https://www.aldaily.com/ for a hand-picked aggregation of articles related to arts and politics

[killjoywashere]

You want, exactly, all the magazines and newspapers and blogs in the sidebar of https://aldaily.com/