This year, the Reader has curated a list of noteworthy lengthy stories (including some from our own archive) to get you to ruminate on the origins of Thanksgiving: the arrival of European colonizers on the shores of a land already rich with history and culture. If at some point you’re sick of talking to your family about the election—or sick of talking, period—follow us on this nonfiction-narrative journey.
For those trying to just focus on sports over the holiday, check out the Hoop Dreams-like story of a Wyoming high school basketball team, or this long read about football legend Jim Thorpe’s family’s long struggle to lay his body to rest.
