Year-End Lists

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

2020
Kajillionaire - Miranda July

The Best Movies of 2020 New Yorker: Richard Brody

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 NPR Music

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

Top 10 Films of 2020 Cahiers du Cinéma

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Top 50 Albums of 2020 Consequence

After Hours - The Weeknd

The Best Albums of 2020 Complex

The New Abnormal - The Strokes

Our Top 100 Albums of 2020 Les Inrocks

Rest and Be Thankful - Emma Glass

The Best Books of 2020 Real Simple

The Best Books We Read in 2020 New Yorker

Best Literary Fiction of 2020 Library Journal

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums Of 2020 Stereogum

Folklore - Taylor Swift

The Best Albums Of 2020 Uproxx

Best Poetry of 2020 Library Journal

God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It - Backxwash

50 Best Albums of 2020 Exclaim

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

Top 20 Books of 2020 Chicago Public Library

Someone New - Helena Deland

Albums of 2020 Gorilla vs. Bear

BoJack Horseman

The Best Shows That Ended in 2020 New York Times: Margaret Lyons

Best TV Shows of 2020 New York Times: James Poniewozik

God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It - Backxwash

Best Music of 2020 Artforum: Sasha Geffen

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire: Eric Kohn

20 Best Albums of 2020 Glide

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Top 10 Albums of 2020 The Skinny

The Malevolent Volume - Justin Phillip Reed

Best Poetry Collections of 2020 Washington Post: Troy Jollimore

Dances / Curses - Hey Colossus

Albums of the Year 2020 Quietus

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Paste