A List of Lists

1: 198 Methods of Non-Violent Action (Gene Sharp)'

2: “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”

3: Alcoholics Anonymous’ twelve steps

4: American Film Institute’s “100 Years, 100 Movies”

5: Benjamin Franklin’s “Thirteen Virtues”

6: Billboard’s “Top 100”

7: Carter Chambers’s bucket list from “The Bucket List”

8: Catholic Online’s Saints & Angels database

9: Classic Ruy Lopez Chess Opening, a.k.a. The Spanish Opening

10: Contents of the Voyager’s Golden Record

11: Dante Alighieri’s nine circles of Hell

12: Dow Jones Industrials

13: ESPN.com’s “Top 100 North American Athletes of the (20th) Century”

14: Forbes 400

15: Fundamental Principles of Olympism

16: Gene Sharp’s 1973 list, 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action

17: George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Network Television”

18: Hirayama Fireworks Co.’s catalog of Night Bombshells

19: Inc 5000 List

20: Leonardo da Vinci’s to-do list, 1510

21: Marquess of Queensbury Rules

22: Martin Luther’s “95 Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences”

23: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

24: Mayflower passenger list

25: Modern Library’s “100 Best Novels”

26: National Register of Historic Places

27: Pablo Picasso’s “Recommendations for 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art”

28: Restaurant’s “50 Best Restaurants”

29: Robert’s Rules of Order

30: Satchel Paige’s “How to Keep Young”

31: Schindler’s list

32: Standard & Poor’s 500

33: Stanley Coren’s dog-breed intelligence ranking

34: The Apollo 11 surface checklist

35: The Dewey Decimal System

36: The F.B.I.’s ten-most-wanted-fugitives list

37: The Fibonacci Sequence

38: The New York Times’ best-sellers list

39: The Noble Eightfold Path

40: The Periodic Table of Elements*

41: The Sporting News’ “Rules of Scientific Heckling”

42: The Ten Commandments

43: The Three Charters of Freedom

44: The UNESCO “World Heritage List”

45: The World Wildlife Fund (endangered) species directory

46: U.S. Department of State’s designated foreign terrorist organizations

47: Van Halen’s 1982 tour-provisions “rider”

48: Vietnam Veterans Memorial

49: Warren Buffett’s “Investment Criteria Checklist”

50: Yoga Sutras of Patanjali