The Best of Esquire

In this excerpt from his new memoir, Thurston Moore, of Sonic Youth, remembers life in Alphabet City, 1978.

It's time to focus on the true threat to manhood: remaining children.

«Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Lee aren’t saying independent thinking and discipline are virtues for men as opposed to women. They are just virtues.»

He was hired by a big company and never supervised. Bored, he used the time and income to start his own business—then quit when it became successful.

Does the president really read all those books? The answer might surprise you.

We asked our March cover star, a serious reader, to select five book recommendations. He picked fifteen.

A growing chorus of concerned former “addicts” are trying to wake people up to caffeine's negative effects.

In 2013, a fire-sprinkler engineer fell five stories from the rafters of a church, shattered 108 bones, and almost died. Then began his battle to walk and live again.

The Boston brand’s Ivy League stylings, community activities and recently-opened London trackhouse are part of a mission to reframe the pursuit

How an ancient wisdom helped me piece together my fractured life.

«“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.”»

I never hated my chest. It’s a perfectly fine chest; a good one, and I’m fond of it, even. But it needs to go now, not because it is wrong, or something worth despising, but simply because it is…

The 'Succession' star is feeling introspective as the HBO series that reignited his career comes to a close. On a long ferry ride, and over several rounds of drinks, he talks about where Roman ends…

The directing duo, Daniels, turned down a Marvel offer to make their delightful new movie. We couldn't be happier.

A journey through the strange, semiprofessional world of volunteers and foreign fighters who, one year into Russia’s invasion, are risking everything to defeat the invaders.

I'm the author of two books, but I'm used to writing on the side of other jobs. Maybe that means it's a hobby—or maybe it's what knits my whole life together.

After years of hard work and low pay, the risks I took to work in publishing are finally paying off. But now, I wonder about the price my family paid, and whether it was too steep.

I'll never be a father. But when my friends and family members had children, I learned a new way of showing up for others.

These books will change you and challenge you, but above all entertain you.

Ten years after its publication, this literary sensation still casts a long shadow over the psychological thriller market. But does the novel hold up?

In this life, if we're very lucky we get two families: There is the family we're born into. And then there is the family we find.

Christopher Storer gives the backstory of the show of the summer—and what you might expect from Season Two.