The Readers’ Top Ten
In this final issue of 2007, we offer the year’s most e-mailed stories from nymag.com.

1. How Even a Little More Sleep Makes Kids Smarter, by Po Bronson
2. The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids, by Po Bronson
3. The Return of Superfly (from 2000), by Mark Jacobson
4. Alas, Poor Couric, by Joe Hagan
5. Bottom Line: Was Last Week’s Housing-Market Crash Worse Than You Think?, by James J. Cramer
6. The Science of Gaydar: New Research on Everything From Voice Pitch to Hair Whorl, by David France
7. Why New Yorkers Live Longer, by Clive Thompson
8. A Ranking of Seven Hotels for Under $200 in New York, by Stephen Milioti
9. Does Exercise Really Make Us Thinner?, by Gary Taubes
10. A Conversation Between Frank Lucas and Nicky Barnes, by Mark Jacobson

Related:

• Archive: “Letters to the Editor”
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