Readers pick their favorite Slate stories from 2005.

Last week, we ran a list of the 10 most-read articlesSlate published in 2005 and invited readers to nominate any favorites that didn't make the cut. The results are in. Some ballots were a bit vague (we received a vote for "the one by the gal who tried to teach her beagle to dance"), but all of them were impassioned. One Slate fan even provided an annotated list of all the stories he'd forwarded to friends over the course of the year.

There were a few consensus favorites. Deborah Barton, like several others, thought that "by far, the best thing in Slate this year was Blake Bailey's series 'My Year of Hurricanes'—his story was so compelling, and compellingly told." And a number of readers singled out Slate's legal team for its extensive coverage of the Supreme Court comings and goings; Dahlia Lithwick's dispatches from John Roberts' confirmation hearings were particularly popular.

But the rest of our voters made idiosyncratic picks. Kit Cutler, who read Seth Stevenson's dispatches from the Michael Jackson trial while working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, liked them because "They reminded me of the wackiness that is America." Jean Beaman lauded William Saletan for writing "the best articles I have read on the Terri Schiavo situation." Bob Armstrong called Jack Shafer's "Crack Then. Meth Now." "a sharply written story exposing lazy journalists addicted to the myths churned out by propaganda artists in the War on Drugs." And Kevin Miracle cracked that he found Teresa Riordan's piece on the history of the vibrator "deeply interesting, scintillating, even sensational."

Other Slate fans devised new categories. Ray Hafner nominated The Has-Been's Bruce Reed for "Best Newcomer": "His rants, musings and condescending lectures reminded me of the cantankerous uncle who's always talking, but becomes a fascinating listen after the first stiff drink goes down." Nancy Holeman Holmes extolled the virtues of Today's Papers guru Eric Umansky—"he summarizes like a sunuvagun and throws in a lagniappe with every column!"—and noted that "the one with the links glossing Condi's statements about torture received rave reviews from everyone I sent it to."

Below, you'll find the complete list of nominees; thanks to everyone who voted.

The New Blue Federalists
The case for liberal federalism.
By Richard Thompson Ford
Posted Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005

Marjorie Williams (1958-2005)
Washington's most dangerous profiler.
By Jack Shafer
Posted Monday, Jan. 17, 2005

Chris Rock
The William F-ing Buckley of stand-up.
By John Swansburg
Posted Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005

Dunkin' Donuts
A more perfect pastry.
By Bryan Curtis
Posted Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2005

Culture Vultures
Terri Schiavo's persistent legislative state.
By William Saletan
Posted Monday, March 21, 2005