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What's holding you back from from finding the free time you crave? Arthur Brooks explains how to avoid the traps that motivate us to overschedule. Learn how to reclaim your time from work and productivity:

In this month’s “Dear Therapist,” Lori Gottlieb advises a reader who doesn’t know whether to include her in-laws in her family holiday plans.

One of the great, bittersweet pleasures of life is finishing a book and thinking about how it might have affected you—if only you’d found it sooner. Here are seven novels Atlantic staffers wish they’d read when they were younger.

The success of “Reagan” suggests that future presidential biopics might cater exactly to audiences who want to hear great things about politicians they already like, writes Zach Schonfeld:

"Bitter oranges / slip onto the / asphalt. Eucalyptus / sweeps the wind / and pollen." Read a new poem by Michael Homolka:

"The broligarchs’ ascendancy on both the foreign- and domestic-policy fronts has taken many observers by surprise—including me," Brooke Harrington writes.

“Taiwan Travelogue,” which won the National Book Award for translated literature this week, explores how centuries of colonization have obscured the island country’s true soul, writes Talya Zax:

Much of the money in this agreement climate negotiators reached in Baku will likely be structured as debt, even though, Zo? Schlanger writes, that stands in the way of COP’s stated goals.

To help inspire readers looking for last-minute recipes, The Atlantic’s writers and editors answer the question: What’s your go-to dish to bring to a potluck?

The Atlantic has chosen 65 gifts for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love.