Year-End Lists

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

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

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Chicago Public Library Top 20 Books of 2020

Someone New - Helena Deland

Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of 2020

Schitt's Creek

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

James Poniewozik: New York Times Best TV Shows of 2020

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

Sasha Geffen: Artforum Best Music of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Eric Kohn: IndieWire The Best Movies of 2020

Glide 20 Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The Skinny Top 10 Albums of 2020

The Malevolent Volume - Justin Phillip Reed

Troy Jollimore: Washington Post 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

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Guardian Best Fiction of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Time Best Albums of 2020

No. 1 - Etran de L'Aïr

Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker The Best Music of 2020

Floodlines

Teen Vogue Best Podcasts of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Stephanie Zacharek: Time The 10 Best Movies of 2020

Ohms - Deftones

Revolver 25 Best Albums of 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Judy Berman: Time The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020