Year-End Lists

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

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

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Top 20 Books of 2020 Chicago Public Library

Someone New - Helena Deland

Albums of 2020 Gorilla vs. Bear

Schitt's Creek

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

Postcolonial Love Poem - Natalie Diaz

Best Poetry Books of 2020 Guardian

The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue

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

Code Switch

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

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

Top 10 Books of 2020 New York Public Library