| 2023 | Treacle Walker | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2022 | Treacle Walker | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Treacle Walker | Time Out Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2021 | Treacle Walker | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Audio books | |
| 2021 | Treacle Walker | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Where Shall We Run To? | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2013 | The Weirdstone Trilogy | Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Adult Literature | |
| 2012 | Boneland | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Boneland | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2010 | The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |