A List of "Bests" from the Past 10 Years

Welcome to a brand new year!

It’s amazing to consider that Y2K was twenty years ago now. Here are a few notable things that happened in 2000:

• Cost of a gallon of gas: $1.26
• The final Peanuts comic was released
• US Postage stamp: 33 cents
• Hillary Clinton was elected to the US Senate representing New York.
• Cost of a loaf of bread: $1.72
• Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam in golf.
• “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” was released.
• Cost of one dozen eggs: 89 cents
• “Cast Away,” “Erin Brockovich,” and “Gladiator” were all huge box office hits. 

We also did a little sleuthing around the internet to pull together the top “best of” lists from the past decade. Enjoy!

• The best gadgets.
• The 10 best children’s books.
• TV Guide’s best shows of the decade.
• Best kid’s movies.
• Best picture Oscar winners.
• Best reality shows.
• Best Latin American films.
• The 25 best board games.
• The 8 toys that changed how kids play.
• 30 best video games.
• Goodreads’ best books of the decade.
• Vulture’s best movies of the decade.
• A complete list of Nobel Prize winners.
• 200 best songs of the decade from Pitchfork