diff --git a/app/models/topic.rb b/app/models/topic.rb
index 3d85a00..ba0ddbb 100644
--- a/app/models/topic.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   acts_as_readable
 
+  def self.recent_topics
+    Post.order('id desc').select('DISTINCT topic_id').limit(5).map(&:topic)
+  end
+
   def to_s
     title
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/topic_spec.rb b/spec/models/topic_spec.rb
index 5cd81d1..536c50b 100644
--- a/spec/models/topic_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/topic_spec.rb
@@ -27,4 +27,20 @@ describe Topic do
       end.to change(Topic, :count).by(1)
     end
   end
+
+  describe ".recent_topics" do
+    before(:all) do
+      5.times do
+        topic = create :topic
+        3.times do
+          post = create :post, topic: topic
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    it "returns 5 unique, most recently posted topics" do
+      recent_topics = Topic.recent_topics
+      expect(recent_topics.length).to eq(5)
+      expect(recent_topics.map(&:id).uniq.length).to eq(5)
+    end
+  end
 end