| 2025 | Mothers and Sons | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | Mothers and Sons | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2017 | Imagine Me Gone | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Imagine Me Gone | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone | The Wall Street Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Imagine Me Gone | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2011 | Union Atlantic | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Gay Fiction | |
| 2010 | Union Atlantic | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2010 | Union Atlantic | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |