Year-End Lists

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

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2020

Little Eyes - Samanta Schweblin

O Magazine 20 Best Books of 2020

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020

A Girl is A Body of Water - Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

National Book Award Fiction 2020

The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne and Tamara Payne

National Book Award Nonfiction 2020

DMZ Colony - Don Mee Choi

National Book Award Poetry 2020

Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

Mojo 75 Best Albums of 2020

Deacon King Kong - James McBride

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020

Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

Uncut 75 Best Albums of 2020

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism - Napalm Death

Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2020

The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again - M. John Harrison

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2020

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2020

Stakes Is High - Mychal Denzel Smith

Kirkus Reviews Nonfiction 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Kirkus Reviews Fiction 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Women's Prize Fiction 2020

Anti - Rihanna

Spin The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s

Milkman - Anna Burns

Dublin Literary Award 2020

Lot - Bryan Washington

Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 Award

Sea Monsters - Chloe Aridjis

PEN/Faulkner Award Fiction 2020

Twin Peaks: The Return - David Lynch

Cinema Scope Top Ten Films of the 2010s