def get_top_stories(self):
        """
        Get the item numbers for the current top stories.
        Will raise an requests.HTTPError if we got a non-200 response back.
        :return: A list with the top story item numbers.
        """
        suburl = "v0/topstories.json"
        try:
            top_stories = self._make_request(suburl)
        except requests.HTTPError as e:
            hn_logger.exception('Faulted on getting top stories, with status {}'.format(e.errno))
            raise e
        return top_stories