Year-End Lists

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

2020
RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

Flood The Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Ann Hornaday: Washington Post Best Movies of 2020

The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne and Tamara Payne

Lit Hub Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020

Ted Lasso

Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Lorraine Ali: Los Angeles Times The 10 best TV shows of 2020

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2020

May Our Chambers Be Full - Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

Treble Top 50 Albums of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Matthew Jacobs: HuffPost The 17 Best Movies of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Willa Paskin: Slate The Best TV of 2020

What We Do in the Shadows

Uproxx The Best TV Shows of 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

PopMatters The 60 Best Albums of 2020

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

Gigwise 51 Best Albums of 2020

Songs Of An Unknown Tongue - Zara McFarlane

Ann Powers: NPR The Best Albums of 2020

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 10 Top Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Entertainment Weekly The 15 Best Albums of 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

Carl Wilson: Slate The Best Albums of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Rolling Stone Best Albums of 2020

Homie - Danez Smith

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Leah Greenblatt: Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Movies of 2020

How To with John Wilson

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

Pass with Care - Cooper Lee Bombardier

David Gutowski Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

Homie - Danez Smith

David Gutowski Favorite Poetry Collections of 2020