Year-End Lists

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

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli The 10 Best Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Spin The 30 Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Slant The 50 Best Albums of 2020

New Yorker: Doreen St. Félix The Best TV Shows of 2020

The Undocumented Americans - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Vulture: Molly Young The 10 Best Books of 2020

The Dream - Hailey Whitters

Stereogum: Marissa R. Moss The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2020

Anime, Trauma and Divorce - Open Mike Eagle

Beats Per Minute Top 50 Albums of 2020

New Yorker: Sheldon Pearce My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020

Actress - Anne Enright

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Vulture: Craig Jenkins The Best Albums of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

AP: Lindsey Bahr Best Films of 2020

Floodlines

New Yorker: Sarah Larson The Best Podcasts of 2020

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

AP: Jake Coyle Best Films of 2020

Variety: Caroline Framke The Best TV Shows of 2020

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

Variety: Owen Gleiberman Best Movies of 2020

A Sun - Chung Mong-hong

Variety: Peter Debruge Best Movies of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim The 20 Best Albums of 2020

Uproxx The Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Vulture: Angelica Jade Bastién The Best Movies of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Vulture: Bilge Ebiri The Best Movies of 2020

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Vulture: Alison Willmore The Best Movies of 2020

Workaround - Beatrice Dillon

The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2020

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

Flood The Best Albums of 2020