One of the Best Last Lists of the Century

By Val Castronovo, Tam Gray, Daniel Levy, Ellin Martens, Michele Orecklin, Alice Park, Julie Rawe, Chris Taylor, Owen Thomas and Josh Tyrangiel

Another reason to celebrate on New Year's Eve: it will be 100 years before we have to read Best of the Century lists again. Here are some Worsts from this batch.

10 Greatest Inventions of the 20th Century chosen by Guinness Book of Records: Rubik's Cube, the Walkman and Tupperware made the cut; computers didn't.

Top 50 Erotic Personalities of the Millennium chosen by readers of the British Erotic Review: No. 1, Marilyn Monroe; No. 4, Margaret Thatcher.

Top 100 American Speeches of the 20th Century chosen by 137 public-speaking experts: "Checkers" speech nabs No. 6 spot, beating out Reagan's Challenger eulogy and Malcolm X's "Ballot or the Bullet."

Top 100 Catholics of the Century chosen by Daily Catholic website. Isn't the first meant to be last?

The 50 Worst Books of the Century chosen by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute: Margaret Mead gets top spot. ISI is apparently unfamiliar with the Jackie Collins canon.

100 Luminaries Who Left Their Mark on the Home-Improvement Industry chosen by National Home Center News. Riveting.