And so we come to late December, and the annual year-end lists, wherein we tell you which magazine articles readers enjoyed the most this year. We tend to think these lists reveal something of the id of the reader — for what better proxy could there be for your deepest curiosities than what you click on in the privacy of your own device? And, oh boy, are New York Magazine readers intriguing specimens! By turns serious and silly and status obsessed, always ready for some Schadenfreude, with catholic interests that range from the inner workings of Hollywood to the problems with LED bulbs to the sharpest controversies of the fashion industry. They are as interested in a richly reported account of the head of Goldman Sachs as they are in the real story behind the megablockbuster book on trauma, The Body Keeps the Score. Many of the articles that got readers going this year pried into the lives of our neighbors and friends, whether it was our definitive guide to modern etiquette, our drilling down on the real cost of living in New York City, a fantastically candid essay from people who had their class anxieties shook by Fleishman Is in Trouble, or an uncomfortably honest accounting of what children do to adult friendships.

Below, you’ll find a list of our 20 most-read articles........

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