| 2025 | Gliff | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | Gliff | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Gliff | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2022 | Companion Piece | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Companion Piece: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | Companion Piece | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Companion Piece | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Companion Piece | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2021 | Summer | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Political Fiction | |
| 2021 | Summer | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Spring | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Political Fiction | |
| 2020 | Summer | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Summer | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Summer: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Summer | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Spring | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | Spring: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Spring | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Spring | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2019 | Spring | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2018 | Winter | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book | |
| 2018 | Winter | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction Book of the Year | |
| 2018 | Winter | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Autumn | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Autumn | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Autumn | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Autumn | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Winter | Mint Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Winter | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Autumn: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Autumn | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Autumn | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Autumn | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2017 | Autumn | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2016 | How to be both | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Autumn | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | How to be Both | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2015 | How to Be Both | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2015 | How to Be Both | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2014 | How to be both | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2014 | How to Be Both | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novel | |
| 2014 | How to Be Both | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2014 | How To Be Both: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | How to Be Both | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2014 | How to Be Both | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2013 | Artful | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2012 | There but for the | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2011 | There But For The | James Tait Black Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2011 | There But for The | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2011 | There But for The | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2011 | There but for the | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2011 | There but for the | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2011 | There but for the | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2009 | Girl Meets Boy | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2008 | Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis | Otherwise Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Otherwise Award | |
| 2008 | Girl Meets Boy | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2007 | The Accidental | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2007 | Girl Meets Boy | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2006 | The Accidental | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2006 | The Accidental | The Atlantic Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2006 | The Accidental | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2006 | The Accidental | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |