Chicago Tribune's "50 Best Magazines"

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Published June 17, 2004

What makes a magazine great? The writing. The ideas. The photography. The design. Sure. But more importantly, a magazine’s worth depends on how it catches readers’ glances, and then their hearts. Here, Tempo presents its second annual 50 Best Magazines list. Our selections reflect the periodicals that we pay good money to buy, that we pile on our nightstands, that we devour on trains, that we consider to be the best at what they set out to do. There are more than 17,500 magazines published in this country, so choosing the 50 best was daunting. We argued, we concurred, we scoffed. And we welcome you to continue the debate.

  1. 1.
    Wired Magazine
    by Condé Nast

  2. 2.
    Real Simple (10 Issues)

  3. 3.
    The Economist
    by The Economist Group

  4. 4.
    ?
    Cook's Illustrated

  5. 5.
    ?
    Esquire

  6. 6.
    ?
    The New Yorker

  7. 7.
    ?
    American Demographics (12 Issues)

  8. 8.
    Men's Health

  9. 9.
    ?
    Jane

  10. 10.
    ?
    Consumer Reports

  11. 11.
    ?
    Whole Dog Journal

  12. 12.
    Time Magazine

  13. 13.
    ?
    Reason

  14. 14.
    ?
    People Magazine

  15. 15.
    Business Week

  16. 16.
    ?
    Fine Homebuilding

  17. 17.
    ?
    The Atlantic Monthly

  18. 18.
    ?
    National Review

  19. 19.
    ?
    Conde Nast Traveler (12 Issues)

  20. 20.
    ?
    No Depression

  21. 21.
    Cooking Light Magazine

  22. 22.
    ?
    Aperture

  23. 23.
    ?
    Us Weekly

  24. 24.
    ?
    Car and Driver

  25. 25.
    Essence

  26. 26.
    ?
    Science News

  27. 28.
    ?
    Sports Illustrated

  28. 29.
    ?
    Vogue

  29. 30.
    ?
    Entertainment Weekly

  30. 31.
    ?
    Parenting Magazine

  31. 32.
    ?
    Gourmet

  32. 33.
    ?

  33. 34.
    Dwell Magazine

  34. 35.
    ?
    The American Scholar

  35. 36.
    The New York Review of Books

  36. 37.
    ?
    Wooden Boat

  37. 38.
    New York Magazine

  38. 39.
    ?
    National Journal

  39. 40.
    ?
    Donna Hay Magazine

  40. 41.
    ?
    Texas Monthly

  41. 42.
    Vanity Fair

  42. 43.
    ?
    Chicago

  43. 44.
    ?
    In Touch

  44. 45.
    ?
    Heeb

  45. 46.
    ?
    Legal Affairs

  46. 47.
    ?
    ToyFare

  47. 48.
    ?
    Rolling Stone magazine
    by Rolling Stone

  48. 49.
    ?
    Seahorse

  49. 50.
    ?
    Chicago Wilderness

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