Do you know anyone who hasn’t read a magazine in his/her life? If yes, too bad!… Magazines are part of our daily lives. Here are my picks of the best 51 smartest, prettiest, coolest, funniest, most influential, most necessary, most important, most essential, etc. magazines:

2. New Yorker – “…has remained a beacon of intellectual clarity and incisive reporting to over-educated bourgeoisie far beyond the borders of Manhattan…”

8. Wired – “…was able to bridge the cultural divide between geeks and the rest of us because they saw that in our democratic digital tomorrow, we were all geeks…”

12. National Geographic – “…is still the benchmark for global photojournalism.”

42. Domus – “Founded and edited by the Milanese architect Gio Ponti (1927–1979), the monthly Domus shone a spotlight on modernist décor and architecture…”

47. Architectural Record – “…chronicled, in simple and elegant design, the blossoming of modern architecture in America, giving space to architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan to publish treatises that changed the field forever.”

You can find the complete list here.