BEST OF ........

One of the displays currently in Adult Services at the the Elk Grove Library presents the Best Books of 2005. Amazon has several Editors' Picks lists of Best Books, plus some in genres. Metacritic lists the Best Reviewed Books of 2005. Several other book-related lists can be found at Book Standard's 200 Best Sellers, Publishers Weekly's list of the Books on the Best-Seller Lists the Longest in 2005, and Lists of the Bestsellers from 1900 through the 1990's, arranged by decades. The New York Times lists The Most Blogged about Books of 2005 with links to the postings. Time lists the 100 Best English Language Novels from 1923 to the Present.

Other Best of... lists can be found at Fimoculous--covering music, architecture, science, toys, and many more categories besides just books.
Some other Best... lists of other things include:
Favorite Fonts of 2005
Forbes Fictional 15--wealthy characters from books and elsewhere
Most Popular Toys of the Last Century--also from Forbes
PC World's 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years
Science's Most Beautiful Experiments of All Time
The Bloggies--the "Year's Best Weblogs" archive from the last 5 years [the 2006 winners will be announced this coming Friday, January 20]