How can I list a specific number of posts

I have pages that I want to list posts from a category in three columns.
I have the columns working with a short code plugin.
But… how can I list posts 1-10 in column 1, 11-20 in column two and so on?
The only way I have found to list the posts from certain category is through 1 long list.

Appreciate any help I can get, I have been searching for a solution forever.

p.s. Ideally this will be a plugin solution. Also, ideally, it would be dynamic, meaning that if there are 30 posts then 1-10 would be in column 1, but, if there are 60 posts then 1-20 would be in column 1.