| 2017 | Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2015 | Girl Waits with Gun | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Historical Fiction | |
| 2015 | Girl Waits with Gun | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2015 | Girl Waits With Gun | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: Fiction | |
| 2015 | Girl Waits With Gun | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2015 | Girl Waits with Gun | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Girl Waits with Gun | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2013 | The Drunken Botanist | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Food & Cookbooks | |
| 2013 | The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | Wicked Plants: The A-Z of Plants That Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Gardening | |
| 2009 | Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |