Here’s a place to start, a list of 250 “best” articles from the New Yorker. I guess this is from previously available articles.
Nice, reminded me of this classic https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/23/the-maraschino...
Possibly friendlier link:
https://old.reddit.com/r/longform/comments/1e8m5s1/the_250_b...
(old.reddit.com takes you to the old UI)
My personal favorite is Louis Menard’s piece on how bad Microsoft Word is.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/06/the-end-matter