| 2025 | Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | Captain’s Dinner: A Shipwreck, an Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Social Sciences | |
| 2020 | Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-year Battle for A More Unjust America | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, And The Sterilization Of Carrie Buck | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | Imbeciles | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |