The entire issue devoted to six survivors of the atomic bomb. Changed journalism forever and remains the magazine's most famous publication.
The Best of The New Yorker
Profiles
Ted Williams's final game at Fenway Park. Widely considered the greatest sports essay ever written.
The serialized work that launched the modern environmental movement and led to the banning of DDT.
Arendt's controversial coverage of the Adolf Eichmann trial, introducing 'the banality of evil' to our vocabulary.
The serialized true-crime masterpiece that invented the nonfiction novel genre.
Joseph Mitchell’s classic 1940 story about McSorley’s Old Ale House, which opened in 1854 and remains one of the oldest bars in the city.
Bernard Taper’s account of his 1950 visit with the imprisoned photographer Heinrich Hoffman, who took thousands of pictures of his friend Adolf...
REPORTER AT LARGE about Flight 320, an American Airlines plane that overshot the runway at LaGuardia Field & plunged into the East River, tells about...
Part 2 of Janet Malcolm’s Profile of a Manhattan therapist as he reflects on what Freudian therapy can—and cannot—achieve.
Investigations
Did Texas execute an innocent man? Grann's investigation into Cameron Todd Willingham changed how we think about arson science.
A groundbreaking examination of solitary confinement that helped reshape the national debate on prison reform.
Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology. The investigation that became the book 'Going Clear.'
How civil forfeiture allows police to seize property from people never charged with crimes.
Keefe uncovers a stunning revelation: a mass shooter had killed her brother years earlier, and her family covered it up.
Peter Lanza, the father of the Sandy Hook shooter, breaks his silence in this devastating portrait of a family trying to understand the unthinkable.
Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it.
A woman with schizophrenia refused treatment and the system let her go. Aviv's heartbreaking account of what happened next.
Reporter at Large
The extraordinary true story of William Morgan, an American who became a revolutionary hero in Cuba.
A nine-year-old prodigy who reads Plutarch and composes symphonies. Mitchell's portrait of Philippa Duke Schuyler captures genius in childhood.
A prison interview with Heinrich Hoffman, who took thousands of photographs of Hitler. A chilling glimpse into the inner circle.
An American Airlines plane overshoots the runway at LaGuardia and plunges into the East River. Hunt reconstructs the disaster minute by minute.
How anti-smoking activists killed the cigarette advertisement. A pivotal moment in public health history.
The rise of the Christian right as a political force. FitzGerald chronicles a movement that would reshape American politics.
An intimate visit with Naguib Mahfouz in Cairo. The Nobel laureate reflects on Egypt, Islam, and the novelist's craft.
A young single mother and a drug dealer in the Bronx. LeBlanc's immersive reporting captures love and survival in the margins.
What should medicine do when it can't save your life? Gawande's profound examination of hospice and end-of-life care.
Many Syrians believed America cared. Mogelson's devastating account of how U.S. foreign policy left them behind.
Fiction
The story that generated more mail than any in the magazine's history. A chilling parable of conformity and ritual violence in small-town America.
Salinger's haunting debut story about a young veteran and a child at the beach. The beginning of his legendary New Yorker career.
The devastating love story between two Wyoming cowboys that became an Academy Award-winning film.
A man decides to swim home through his neighbors' pools. Cheever's surreal masterpiece about suburban disillusionment.
The viral story that launched a thousand essays on dating, consent, and modern romance.
Fiction, from 1943: Mrs. Lennon took the envelope and the papers and held them out to Harriet. “Will you read them or shall I?” she asked kindly.
Fiction, from 1950: Neither in environment nor in heredity can I find the exact instrument that fashioned me.
Fiction, from 1965: The children did not know that they were living under what would later be called “unsheltered conditions.” They didn’t know that...
Jorge Luis Borges, in this short story rife with paradox and irony, from 1971, explores the rifts between Argentina’s social classes and questions...
Fiction, from 1982: Achievement is smaller than men think. What is large is the sky, the earth, the sea, the soul.
By Topic
Crime & Justice
Amy Bishop killed three colleagues at a faculty meeting. Her brother's unsolved death suddenly looked different.
Inside the mind of Adam Lanza's father. An extraordinary portrait of grief and the search for understanding after Sandy Hook.
Did Texas execute an innocent man? Grann's investigation into Cameron Todd Willingham changed how we think about arson science.
What solitary confinement does to the human mind. This piece helped reshape the national debate on prison reform.
Police can seize your property without ever charging you with a crime. A devastating look at civil forfeiture abuse.
Environment
The earthquake that will devastate the Pacific Northwest is overdue. The Pulitzer-winning piece that terrified the West Coast.
David Brower faces his opponents in the wilderness. McPhee's three-part masterpiece on environmentalism defined a generation of nature writing.
Kolbert's landmark climate change series that became the basis for her National Magazine Award-winning work.
Science & Medicine
What should medicine do when it can't save your life? Gawande's profound examination of end-of-life care.
America's catastrophic response to COVID-19. Wright's definitive account of the pandemic's first year.
Scientists may have found the asteroid's kill zone. A groundbreaking discovery that captured the exact moment of impact.
Mental Health
A woman starved to death in an abandoned farmhouse. Her diary revealed the system that failed her.
Megan Phelps-Roper left Westboro Baptist Church after strangers on Twitter showed her kindness. A story of radicalization and escape.
Some psychiatric patients may have treatable autoimmune conditions. Aviv explores what happens when the 'incurable' are suddenly cured.
Solomon examines the evidence linking social media to youth suicide, and the lawsuits seeking to hold platforms accountable.
A mother reflects on losing both her sons to suicide. One of the most devastating personal essays ever published in the magazine.
Malcolm's landmark examination of psychoanalysis through the eyes of a Manhattan therapist grappling with Freud's legacy.
A year inside Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. Sheehan's Pulitzer-winning account of life in a state mental institution.
Sports
Ted Williams's final game at Fenway Park. Widely considered the greatest sports essay ever written.
A rogue doctor and the athletes who trusted him. Finnegan's investigation into sports medicine gone wrong.