But what does “best” even really mean?

For the record, I have no intention of trying to answer that. But here are a bunch more end-of-year best-of lists.

• A look inside the NYT process for choosing their list
• New Yorker
• Chicago Tribune
• Forbes
• Guardian gets writers to pick
• So does the Irish Times
• Smithsonian on best travel
• Guardian best SF/Fantasy
• WaPo on children’s lit