The 51 Best* Magazines Ever:
1. Esquire - Under Harold T.P. Hayes (1961–1973)
2. The New Yorker
3. Life (1936–1972)
4. Playboy
5. The New York Times Magazine
6. Mad
7. Spy - Until it was sold to fun-sponge Jean Pigozzi (1986–1991)
8. Wired - Early years until Condé Nast buyout (1993–1998)
9. Andy Warhol’s Interview - Until Warhol’s death (1969–1988)
10. Colors - The first 13 issues, under Tibor Kalman (1991–1996)
11. Rolling Stone - Before the move to New York (1967–1976)
12. National Geographic
13. Collier’s Weekly
14. New York (1968–1976)
15. Atlantic Monthly
16. Ebony
17. Details - Original incarnation, pre-Condé Nast (1982–1988)
18. Ramparts
19. Might
20. Portfolio
21. National Lampoon - From its founding through its best-selling issue (1970–1974)
22. Wallpaper (1996–2002)
23. Cosmopolitan - Under editor Helen Gurley Brown (1965–1997)
24. Highlights
25. Sassy
26. The Saturday Evening Post
27. The Face (1980s)
28. Sports Illustrated
29. Eros
30. Fuck You/ A Magazine of the Arts
31. Vanity Fair
32. The Whole Earth Catalog - Original incarnation (1968–1972)
33. Fortune - Until the death of founding editor Henry Luce (1930–1967)
34. People
35. Ms.
36. Games - Before it was sold (1977–1990)
37. The Paris Review - Until George Plimpton’s death (1953–2003)
38. Popular Mechanics - In the golden industrial years (1930s–1950s)
39. The Little Review
40. Ray Gun - During the peak of the grunge era (1992–1996)
41. Brill’s Content
42. Domus
43. Wet
44. Lucky
45. Vogue
46. The New England Journal of Medicine
47. Architectural Record
48. Punch
49. Loaded
50. The Source - Until the start of the burnout (1988–1994)
51. Tiger Beat
