Why No Top Ten List Is Ever Finished

Every Top Ten list feels definitive until someone else looks at it.

That’s when you hear, “How is that not on here?” or “I can’t believe you put that at number three.” And honestly, that reaction is the whole point.

100 Top Tens wasn’t written to settle debates. It was written to start them. These lists are meant to be talked about, argued over, laughed at, and rewritten. The real fun starts when someone reads a list and immediately begins building their own version in their head.

That’s also why there isn’t a single “correct” answer in the book. A great Top Ten list says as much about the person making it as it does about the subject itself. Age, experience, taste, memory, and personality all shape how we rank things. Two people can agree on all ten items and still argue endlessly about the order.

The book gives you the starting point. What happens next belongs to you.

So let’s put that into practice right now. Pick any category from your own life. Movies. Songs. Foods. Moments. Anything.

Write your Top Ten.

Then explain just one choice that you know someone will argue with.

Drop it in the comments. I’ll jump in, agree where I agree, and tell you where I think you missed one.

And if you want to be part of future lists, challenges, and updates, make sure you’re on the email list. That’s where I’ll let you know when the book is out and where the next round of Top Tens will live.