Editors’ Picks: The Best Narratively Stories of 2024

From a piece about one of the greatest UFO hoaxes the world has ever seen to one about an Italian mobster turned special detective, and more, here are our team's favorites from the year.

End-of-year lists can sometimes feel overwhelming. You mean I’m supposed to look back at the best things I’ve written, the books I’ve loved the most, my top accomplishments, and then prescribe some kind of meaning to it all? This past January seems so far away! And if I’m lucky, there’s a lot to reflect on…

All this to say, this year I’m feeling a bit differently — at least when it comes to the stories our team at Narratively has worked on. When I put together the collection of longform features we’ve worked on this year to remind my colleagues which stories there were to choose from, I had to step back for a moment. We had created so many wonderful stories together! So many that didn’t even make the list that I adore, like the one about a writer obsessed with a writer obsessed with a writer by veteran reporter Jason Nark, or the piece on families living off the grid on a remote island in France by the brilliant Michelle Young — there are just so many gems. I love following writers do…