Best of 2025: Our Most Popular Originals of the Year
This week, we’re continuing our Best of 2025 series by celebrating the original writing we publish on Longreads, including personal and reported essays, as well as reading lists.
本周，我们将继续推出 2025 年最佳系列，庆祝我们在 Longreads 上发布的原创作品，包括个人和报道的文章以及阅读清单。
Today’s list compiles our 10 most-read Longreads original features.
今天的列表汇总了 10 篇阅读量最高的长读原创文章。
At number one, Andrew Chamings revisits a 50-year-old murder—the details of which remain a mystery to this day.
第一部，安德鲁·查明斯 (Andrew Chamings) 重温了一起 50 年前的谋杀案，其细节至今仍是一个谜。
We’re proud to report that this piece led to a book deal for Chamings.
我们很自豪地报告说，这篇文章促成了查明斯的图书交易。
The nine essays that complete this list deal with everything from a look at life, death, and duality through the eyes of a cat; a celebration of ice cream trucks; a love letter to swamps; and more.
完成此列表的九篇文章涉及一切，从通过猫的眼睛看待生命、死亡和二元性；冰淇淋车庆典；一封写给沼泽的情书；等等。
This list would be impossible without readers like you!
如果没有像您这样的读者，这个列表是不可能完成的！
Thank you for your support in 2025.
感谢您2025年的支持。
We’re really excited about what’s to come in 2026.
我们对 2026 年即将发生的事情感到非常兴奋。
—Brendan, Carolyn, Cheri, Krista, Peter & Seyward
—布伦丹、卡罗琳、谢里、克里斯塔、彼得和西沃德
## Madness, Melancholy, or Murder: An Ancient English Farm’s 50-Year-Old Mystery
## 疯狂、忧郁还是谋杀：英国古代农场 50 年来的谜团
Andrew Chamings returns to his childhood farmland to investigate the mystifying deaths of the Luxton siblings.
安德鲁·查明斯回到童年的农田，调查拉克斯顿兄弟姐妹的神秘死亡事件。
What really happened down that dark country lane?
在那条黑暗的乡间小路上究竟发生了什么？
## Thank You for Finding Me
## 谢谢你找到我
As a teenager, I met a stranger who changed the course of my life.
十几岁的时候，我遇到了一个改变了我人生轨迹的陌生人。
Twenty years later, I went looking for him.
二十年后，我去寻找他。
## Bread and Honey
## 面包和蜂蜜
Sometimes, marriage is about learning how to braid the bitter with the sweet.
有时，婚姻就是学习如何将苦与甜编织在一起。
## The Fish That Climbed a Mountain
## 爬山的鱼
The wild tale of a small fishing club, a national park, and an epic battle over alien trout.
这是一个关于小型钓鱼俱乐部、国家公园和外星鳟鱼的史诗般的战斗的狂野故事。
## Tom Cat
## 汤姆猫
On duality, detachment, and life and death decisions.
关于二元性、超然和生死决定。
## 99 Problems: The Ice Cream Truck’s Surprising History
## 99 个问题：冰淇淋车的惊人历史
From crime panics to TikTok, summer’s favorite vehicle has driven a bumpy road.
从犯罪恐慌到 TikTok，夏季最受欢迎的交通工具经历了崎岖的道路。
## Present Tense: The Long Shadow of an Eating Disorder
## 现在时：饮食失调的长阴影
Eating disorders never truly go away.
饮食失调永远不会真正消失。
They just go quiet.
他们只是安静下来。
For a while.
一阵子。
## The Bad Thing
## 坏事
Sometimes the most haunting part of trauma isn’t what happened—it’s wondering what could have happened if you hadn’t trusted your gut.
有时，创伤中最令人难以忘怀的部分并不是发生了什么，而是想知道如果你不相信自己的直觉，会发生什么。
## Swamp People
## 沼泽人
Finding refuge and resilience in America’s most reviled landscapes.
在美国最受谩骂的风景中寻找庇护所和恢复力。
## Beloved Bother
##亲爱的麻烦
A typo in my great-uncle’s obituary held the key to understanding him.
我叔公讣告中的一个拼写错误是理解他的关键。