Year-End Lists

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

2020
Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020

Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020

Ungodly Hour - Chloe x Halle

BBC Culture: Nick Levine Best Albums of 2020

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

The Booker Prize 2020 Award

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

O Magazine 20 Best Books of 2020

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020

Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid

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

Memorial - Bryan Washington

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

A Girl is A Body of Water - Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2020

Stakes Is High - Mychal Denzel Smith

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2020

The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne and Tamara Payne

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Women's Prize Fiction 2020

Milkman - Anna Burns

Dublin Literary Award 2020