Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2020
Songs Of An Unknown Tongue - Zara McFarlane

The Best Albums of 2020 NPR Music: Ann Powers

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

10 Top Books of 2020 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 15 Best Albums of 2020 Entertainment Weekly

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

The Best Albums of 2020 Slate: Carl Wilson

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Best Albums of 2020 Rolling Stone

Homie - Danez Smith

Best Poetry Books of 2020 Publishers Weekly

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

The 10 Best Movies of 2020 Entertainment Weekly: Leah Greenblatt

How To with John Wilson

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020 Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya

Pass with Care - Cooper Lee Bombardier

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020 David Gutowski

Finna - Nate Marshall

Favorite Poetry Collections of 2020 David Gutowski

Rock Sutra - Sun Araw

The Best Music of 2020 Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked The Line of Best Fit

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Best Movies of 2020 New York Times: Manohla Dargis

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Jason Woliner

Best Movies of 2020 New York Times: A.O. Scott

Best TV Shows of 2020 Esquire

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Best Albums of 2020 New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz

Best TV Shows of 2020 Entertainment Weekly: Darren Franich

Better Call Saul

Best TV Shows of 2020 Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin

Southside - Sam Hunt

Best Albums of 2020 New York Times: Jon Caramanica

Parasite - Bong Joon-ho

The Best Movies of 2020 Empire

The Ascension - Sufjan Stevens

Best Albums of 2020 New York Times: Jon Pareles

The Nest - Sean Durkin

The 10 Best Movies of 2020 Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson

Fargo

The Best TV Shows of 2020 Complex

Ted Lasso

The 19 Best TV Shows of 2020 Decider