This was one hell of a year, with no end of important stories. WIRED traveled the world covering hundreds of stories, from celebrating the triumph of AI over an ancient game to exploring how ISIS mastered social media to meeting a woman with no autobiographical memory. We even convinced President Obama to guest-edit an entire issue.

But we know you’re busy. You’ve got jobs and kids and lives, so we understand if you missed some of these features. Not to worry. Our editors choose a handful of stories that we believe reflect our very best work.

So now that you’ve cleaned up the last of the wrapping paper and you’ve got a little time to relax, pour yourself a glass of something nice and settle in with our favorite WIRED longreads of 2016.