Year-End Lists

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

2020
Postcolonial Love Poem - Natalie Diaz

Best Poetry Books of 2020 Guardian

The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste

Best Fiction of 2020 Guardian

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Best Albums of 2020 Time

No. 1 - Etran de L'Aïr

The Best Music of 2020 New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich

Keep It!

Best Podcasts of 2020 Teen Vogue

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The 10 Best Movies of 2020 Time: Stephanie Zacharek

Ohms - Deftones

25 Best Albums of 2020 Revolver

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020 Time: Judy Berman

Last Year in Dachau - Mark Rappaport

Ten Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Best TV Series of 2020 IndieWire: Ben Travers

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

Top 10 Books of 2020 New York Public Library

Finna - Nate Marshall

Top 10 Poetry Books of 2020 New York Public Library

Best Music of 2020 Artforum: Perfume Genius

Shakedown - Leilah Weinraub

10 Best Films of 2020 Artforum: Cassie da Costa

10 Best Films of 2020 Artforum: Erika Balsom

The Woman Who Ran - Hong Sang-soo

10 Best Films of 2020 Artforum: James Quandt

10 Best Films of 2020 Artforum: Amy Taubin

Butt Boy - Tyler Cornack

10 Best Films of 2020 Artforum: John Waters

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

The Best Books of the Year 2020 BBC Culture: Lindsay Baker

The 10 Best Books of 2020 New York Times

Nice White Parents

The 10 Best Podcasts of 2020 Time: Eliana Dockterman

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020 Time

Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener

100 Notable Books of 2020 New York Times

Róisín Machine - Róisín Murphy

Best Albums of 2020 BBC Culture: Nick Levine