Year-End Lists

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

2020
Finna - Nate Marshall

David Gutowski: Favorite Poetry Collections of 2020

Workaround - Beatrice Dillon

Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan: The Best Music of 2020

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2020

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Jason Woliner

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

Esquire: Best TV Shows of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2020

Entertainment Weekly: Darren Franich: Best TV Shows of 2020

Better Call Saul

Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: Best TV Shows of 2020

Southside - Sam Hunt

New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2020

Parasite - Bong Joon-ho

Empire: The Best Movies of 2020

The Ascension - Sufjan Stevens

New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2020

The Nest - Sean Durkin

Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of 2020

Fargo

Complex: The Best TV Shows of 2020

Ted Lasso

Decider: The 19 Best TV Shows of 2020

Kajillionaire - Miranda July

New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2020

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

NPR Music: The 50 Best Albums of 2020

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2020

After Hours - The Weeknd

Complex: The Best Albums of 2020

The New Abnormal - The Strokes

Les Inrocks: Our Top 100 Albums of 2020

Rest and Be Thankful - Emma Glass

Real Simple: The Best Books of 2020

New Yorker: The Best Books We Read in 2020

Library Journal: Best Literary Fiction of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2020

Library Journal: Best Poetry of 2020

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

Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2020

A Burning - Megha Majumdar

Chicago Public Library: Top 20 Books of 2020

Someone New - Helena Deland

Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2020

The Good Place

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

New York Times: James Poniewozik: Best TV Shows of 2020

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

Artforum: Sasha Geffen: Best Music of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

IndieWire: Eric Kohn: The Best Movies of 2020

Glide: 20 Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The Skinny: Top 10 Albums of 2020

Wicked Enchantment - Wanda Coleman

Washington Post: Troy Jollimore: Best Poetry Collections of 2020

Dances / Curses - Hey Colossus

Quietus: Albums of the Year 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Postcolonial Love Poem - Natalie Diaz

Guardian: Best Poetry Books of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Guardian: Best Fiction of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Time: Best Albums of 2020

No. 1 - Etran de L'Aïr

New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2020

Keep It!

Teen Vogue: Best Podcasts of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2020

Ohms - Deftones

Revolver: 25 Best Albums of 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Time: Judy Berman: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020

Last Year in Dachau - Mark Rappaport

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