| 2025 | Guide Me Home | CWA Daggers source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Gold Dagger | |
| 2024 | Guide Me Home (A Highway 59 Novel) | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Mystery/Thriller | |
| 2024 | Guide Me Home | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2024 | Guide Me Home | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and Thrillers | |
| 2024 | Guide Me Home | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Guide Me Home | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Guide Me Home | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Mystery & Thriller | |
| 2024 | Guide Me Home | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Mystery & Suspense | |
| 2024 | Guide Me Home | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Thrillers | |
| 2020 | Heaven, My Home | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Political Fiction | |
| 2020 | Heaven, My Home | Lefty Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Mystery Novel | |
| 2019 | Heaven, My Home | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Mystery/Thriller | |
| 2019 | Heaven, My Home | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Heaven, My Home | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime | |
| 2019 | Heaven, My Home | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and thrillers | |
| 2019 | Heaven, My Home | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Heaven, My Home | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Mystery | |
| 2018 | Bluebird, Bluebird | Anthony Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Novel | |
| 2018 | Bluebird, Bluebird | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Novel | |
| 2018 | Bluebird, Bluebird | CWA Daggers source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Ian Fleming Steel Dagger | |
| 2018 | Bluebird, Bluebird | Macavity Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Mystery Novel | |
| 2017 | Bluebird, Bluebird | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Mystery/Thriller | |
| 2017 | Bluebird, Bluebird: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Bluebird, Bluebird | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and thrillers | |
| 2017 | Bluebird, Bluebird | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Bluebird, Bluebird | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Pleasantville | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Pleasantville | CWA Daggers source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Gold Dagger | |
| 2015 | Pleasantville | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and thrillers | |
| 2013 | The Cutting Season | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2012 | The Cutting Season | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and thrillers | |
| 2012 | The Cutting Season | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Mystery | |
| 2010 | Black Water Rising | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2010 | Black Water Rising | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2010 | Black Water Rising | Barry Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best First Mystery/Crime Novel | |
| 2010 | Black Water Rising | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best First Novel | |
| 2009 | Black Water Rising | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Mystery/Thriller | |