Top Tens of 2007

As another year closed, we often find ourselves in a retrospective mood; searching to identify the milestones and highlights that will serve to mark this past year’s place in history.

So, as a tribute to 2007 and all that defined it, Ipsos has compiled a list of the Top 10’s of 2007. From the powerful to the peculiar to the pop-culture, these are the most notable events of the year, according to Time magazine:

Top 10 Fiction books

1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
2. Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
4. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
5. Tree of Smoke: A Novel by Denis Johnson
6. House of Meetings by Martin Amis
7. No one belongs here more than you by Miranda July
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
9. Like You’d Understand, Anyway by Jim Shepard
10. The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver

Top 10 New TV Series

1. Mad Men (AMC)
2. Flight of the Conchords (HBO)
3. Tell Me You Love Me (HBO)
4. Planet Earth (Discovery Channel)
5. Pushing Daisies (ABC)
6. The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)
7. The Riches (FX)
8. Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)
9. The War (PBS)
10. Kid Nation (CBS)

Top 10 returning TV series

1. The Sopranos (HBO)
2. Lost (ABC)
3. 30 Rock (NBC)
4. Friday Night Lights (NBC)
5. Big Love (HBO)
6. The Office (NBC)
7. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
8. The Shield (FX)
9. Weeds (Showtime)
10. Top Chef (Bravo)

Top 10 New Songs

Rehab – Amy Winehouse
1 2 3 4 – Feist
Umbrella – Rihanna
All My Friends – LCD Soundsystem
Jigsaw Falling into Place – Radiohead
I Get Money – 50 Cent
Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s
Me Llaman Calle – Manu Chao
Potential Break-Up Song – Aly & AJ
Baby Fratelli – The Fratellis

Top 10 News Stories

Transition in Pakistan
The Mortgage Crisis
The Saffron Protests
Goodbye, Harry Potter
Petraeus Under Fire
Chinese-Made Toy Recall
the Virginia Tech Tragedy
Stem Cell Breakthrough
Bonds Breaks a Record – Gets Indicted
iPhone Mania