Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

Highlights

Music
Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Movies
Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday Best Movies of 2020

Books
A Burning - Megha Majumdar

Lit Hub Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020

TV Shows
City So Real - Steve James

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

TV Shows
Little America

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

Books

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2020

Music
May Our Chambers Be Full - Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

Treble Top 50 Albums of 2020

Movies
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

HuffPost: Matthew Jacobs The 17 Best Movies of 2020

Music
Folklore - Taylor Swift

Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2020

TV Shows
I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Slate: Willa Paskin The Best TV of 2020

TV Shows
What We Do in the Shadows

Uproxx The Best TV Shows of 2020

Music
Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

PopMatters The 60 Best Albums of 2020

Music
Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

Gigwise 51 Best Albums of 2020

Music
Songs Of An Unknown Tongue - Zara McFarlane

NPR Music: Ann Powers The Best Albums of 2020

Books
The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan 10 Top Books of 2020

Music
Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Entertainment Weekly The 15 Best Albums of 2020

Music
Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

Slate: Carl Wilson The Best Albums of 2020

Music
Folklore - Taylor Swift

Rolling Stone Best Albums of 2020

Poetry
DMZ Colony - Don Mee Choi

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2020

Movies
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Entertainment Weekly: Leah Greenblatt The 10 Best Movies of 2020

TV Shows
How To with John Wilson

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

Books
Pass with Care - Cooper Lee Bombardier

David Gutowski Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

Poetry
Homie - Danez Smith

David Gutowski Favorite Poetry Collections of 2020

Music
how I'm feeling now - Charli XCX

Hazel Cills 10 Favorite New Albums of 2020

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