Top New York Times stories for 2015 ranked by time readers spent looking at them

Here are the New York Times' 50 most interesting stories, measured by the total combined time readers have spent looking at them. I haven't read most of these, so I'm going to bookmark this page.

It's a mix ofambitious investigative projects, big breaking news, features and servicejournalism. You can see the big themes of the last year, like race, terrorismand technology - but also the things we found captivating, like the taleof a solitary man who died alone and a step-by-step guide for falling inlove. Leading the list is that Modern Love column, which people havespent close to 900,000 hours reading. That's equal to roughly 100 years.