501 Must...which are your favorites?

[AZ]

The-501-Must-series is the lesser known, smaller brother to 1001-before-you-die. At the time of creating this poll, 17 titles are available.

Some of the titles/subjects actually exist in the 1001-series (Movies, Books, Natural Wonders, Cars). Some titles in this series are rather alike (see: Journeys and Destinations). Occasionally they share the same entries.

As with the 1001-series, not all titles are possible to finish (Crimes and Disasters are "uncheckable").

What are your favorite titles? Pick your Top 5! Which are the worst/most irrel titles?

I will post my thoughts later.

Discuss!

[OHMSS]

"501 Must-Visit Wild Places"

A prominent must-visit place will hardly be wild, imo. From the sellout I saw at the prime alpine tourism spots in Switzerlands, surrounded by selfie-stick wielding Asians in sandals, I think that many destinations on such lists will give you the following experience (unless you make very informed and individual offside travel arrangements):

[AZ]

Voted Movies, Islands, Natural Wonders, Destinations and Disasters.

Journeys and Wild Places are among the favorites, as is Books. Those three volumes almost made it.

501 Natural Wonders is, as mentioned earlier in the 1001-topic, a much better written book than 1001 Natural Wonders. Destinations is inspiring. 501 Most Devastating Disasters is loaded with fascinating articles with well-known disasters and disasters you've never heard of before. I remember when it arrived in my mail box I ended up reading all the entries, and I go back to it every now and then.

Sadly, it looks like no new volumes have been published in the 501-must-series in the last 4-5 years, although new, updated versions of the already existing entries are released regularly.

[flukey lukey]

it boggles my mind a "501" series ever came to fruition, 101,1001,10,001... all make sense but 501 is absurd

[flukey lukey]

how long until the "201 must ride roller coasters"

"601 longest jetties"

"399 most luscious bathrooms"

[Carathorn]

501 is a very relevant number in the Elite tho #EZboard #olddays #yukumagicians

[flukey lukey]

wasn't that 502 brah

#EZboard #olddays #yukumagicians #takemeback

[AZ]

Disagree that 501 is absurd. I even have more 501-series in my shelf, notably: 501 Great Writers, 501 Great Artists, 501 Movie Directors and 501 Movie Stars.

[flukey lukey]

The number 501 is the absurd part, not the subject.

How is a 501 of Anything not absurd?

[OHMSS]

I tried https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=501

I still don't know why they chose 501 Absurd!

[Spec]

wow I didn't know 167 was a prime number

[flukey lukey]

Imagine a TIME 101

Imagine a Rolling Stone Greatest 501 Albums Ever

Imagine a Pitchfork Best 51 Music Videos of 2016

you can't because all of the Above look and sound stupid. The extra 1 which this book series implemented was because some dude thought of it as a "wacky" and "cool" way to sell 3% more books. My gripe is that whereas it doesn't look / sound too out of place in the case of 1001 or 101, 501 just looks / sounds bad/stupid. It is a silly concept which plays on everything I hate about product and marketing.

[AZ]

I still disagree, but maybe I'm more accustomed to it (the number 501).

101 is actually more common than 501 with series such as this, for example: http://1001films.wikia.com/wiki/101_Movies

And even if you find the number absurd (you're free to think of it that way), the series are awesome

[RWG]

Forbes Top 501 Earning People of the Year

Billboard Hot 101

Indianapolis 501

501 Most Irrelevant Twitch Streams

501 Most Stunning Instances of Degeneracy

501 Biggest Cucks in the World

501 Truly Shocking Derelict Communities

501 Days Out for Kids in Syria & Somalia

501 Pictures That Will Make You Think "Wow"

[DYM]

^ That post made me laugh. Good ones.

501 Eliters Most Likely To Turncoat You

(btw preview of that book available here!)

BTW Dan I'm only kidding. You aren't a turncoat mate.