100 TOP TENS

100 TOP TENS • THE BOOK BY CLAYTON CRADDOCK

Some books make you think.
This one makes you argue.

100 clever, funny, thought-provoking lists about music, movies, culture and everyday life. Read one. Start a conversation.

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100 Top Tens by Clayton Craddock, with a yellow cover and red speech-bubble design.

Your next conversation could use a better opening.

Same scroll. Same small talk.

You’ve seen another list, disagreed with half of it, and kept scrolling. Your opinion deserved more than a passing thought.

Open to any list.

100 Top Tens gives you ten things to react to at a time. Music, movies, everyday habits and unexpected connections.

Bring your own picks.

Trigger a memory. Make someone laugh. Defend a choice. These lists give the conversation somewhere to go.

WHAT’S INSIDE

One hundred lists.
Plenty to disagree with.

Top 10 Clothing Fads of the ’80s
Top 10 Words That Are Fun to Say
Top 10 Greatest Power Trios
Top 10 Performers with Only One Name
Top 10 Superheroes
Top 10 Movie Villains
Top 10 Coolest Hairdos of All Time
Top 10 Most Fun Arcade Games from the 1980s

Pick up a list when you have five minutes. Pass it around when everyone has an opinion. Give it to the friend who always has one more pick.

EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK

Eight lists. Your turn to weigh in.

Numbered, not ranked. These lists are not ordered from greatest to worst, or the reverse. The numbers simply make them easy to read. A pick at number ten is not above or below a pick at number one.

Top 10 Greatest Power Trios

  1. Rush
  2. Executive, Legislative, Judicial
  3. Cream
  4. Nirvana
  5. Alvin, Simon, and Theodore
  6. Charlie’s Angels
  7. The Police
  8. ZZ Top
  9. Green Day
  10. The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit

Top 10 Words That Are Fun to Say

  1. Bamboozled
  2. Discombobulate
  3. Flabbergasted
  4. Lollygag
  5. Shenanigans
  6. Brouhaha
  7. Kerfuffle
  8. Gobbledygook
  9. Skedaddle
  10. Hullabaloo

Top 10 Clothing Fads of the ’80s

  1. Shoulder Pads
  2. Leg Warmers
  3. Neon Colors
  4. Parachute Pants
  5. Members-Only Jackets
  6. Jelly Shoes
  7. Mini Skirts
  8. Scrunchies
  9. Off-the-Shoulder Tops
  10. Shell Toe Adidas

Top 10 Movie Villains

  1. Hannibal Lecter
  2. Darth Vader
  3. The Joker
  4. Scar
  5. Thanos
  6. Lord Voldemort
  7. The T-1000
  8. Hans Landa
  9. Norman Bates
  10. Freddy Krueger

Top 10 Performers with Only One Name

  1. Cher
  2. Prince
  3. Madonna
  4. Charo
  5. Bono
  6. Adele
  7. Drake
  8. Flea
  9. Pink
  10. Usher

Top 10 Superheroes

  1. Superman
  2. Batman
  3. Spider-Man
  4. Wonder Woman
  5. Captain America
  6. Thor
  7. Iron Man
  8. The Hulk
  9. Aquaman
  10. The Flash

Top 10 Coolest Hairdos of All Time

  1. Afro
  2. Beehive
  3. Mohawk
  4. High-top fade
  5. Pompadour
  6. Dreadlocks
  7. Spiked hair
  8. Shag
  9. Mullet
  10. Shaved head

Top 10 Most Fun Arcade Games from the 1980s

  1. Pac-Man
  2. Space Invaders
  3. Donkey Kong
  4. Galaga
  5. Frogger
  6. Centipede
  7. Asteroids
  8. Ms. Pac-Man
  9. Defender
  10. Tetris

Which pick would you defend? What would you add?

MEET THE AUTHOR

Clayton Craddock

Musician, author and educator. Always learning, always creating, always paying attention.

When his kids were younger, Clayton shared top ten lists with them and debated which picks belonged. Conversations at home and online became the starting point for this book.

His curiosity runs through music, culture, family and everyday life. In 100 Top Tens, he invites you to think, laugh, disagree and build a list of your own.

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Read it. Disagree.
Make your own list.

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