Pick of the litter

Of the books I read this summer, A Tale of Two Cities was the pick of the litter.

I'll take the pick of the litter, girls jockey for me / I don't need these lines to get laid

In the first season of Stranger Things, no character was more extra than Steve Harrington — Nancy Wheeler’s frequently possessive, largely confused, often douchey boyfriend. Though he eventually got with the program and helped fight some monsters, he wasn’t exactly what you’d call the pick of the litter.