| 2025 | The River Has Roots | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Fantasy | |
| 2025 | The River Has Roots | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Genre Fiction: Crime, Romance, SF/Fantasy, & Horror | |
| 2025 | The River Has Roots | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2025 | The River Has Roots | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | The River Has Roots | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi | |
| 2025 | The River Has Roots | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Our Favorite Books | |
| 2025 | The River Has Roots | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · SF/Fantasy | |
| 2020 | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novella | |
| 2020 | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Ignyte Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novella | |
| 2020 | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novella | |
| 2019 | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction | |
| 2019 | This Is How You Lose the Time War | The Kitschies source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Red Tentacle (Novel) | |
| 2019 | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Shirley Jackson Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novella | |
| 2019 | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2019 | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Genre Fiction | |
| 2019 | This Is How You Lose The Time War | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Paste Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |