The ALL-TIME 100

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All-TIME Best 100 Albums

A list of the greatest and most influential records ever by Josh Tyrangiel and Alan Light More »

  • All-TIME 100 Songs

    Our critics pick the most extraordinary English-language pop recordings since the beginning of TIME magazine in 1923. Here are 100 (unranked) songs of enduring beauty, power and inventiveness More »

  • All-TIME 100 Nonfiction Books

    We pick the 100 best and most influential written in English since 1923, the beginning of TIME ... magazine More »

  • All-TIME 100 Novels

    TIME critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present More »

  • All-TIME 100 TV Shows

    TV critic James Poniewozik picks the medium's greatest. See who makes the cut, with video clips of each More »

  • All-TIME 100 Movies

    Presenting the 100 best films as chosen by TIME's movie critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel More »

  • ALL-TIME 100 Gadgets

    TIME technology editor Peter Ha picks the 100 greatest and most influential gadgets from 1923 to the present More »

  • The All-TIME 100 Greatest Toys

    TIME reporter Allie Townsend picks the 100 most influential toys from 1923 to the present More »

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