| 2024 | The Position of Spoons: and Other Intimacies | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Literary non-fiction | |
| 2023 | August Blue | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2023 | August Blue | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | August Blue | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | August Blue | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | August Blue | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | August Blue | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2021 | Real Estate: A Living Autobiography | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose | |
| 2021 | Real Estate | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2021 | Real Estate: A Living Autobiography | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2021 | Real Estate | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | The Man Who Saw Everything | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Bisexual Fiction | |
| 2020 | The Man Who Saw Everything | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Political Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Cost of Living | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | The Man who Saw Everything | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Man Who Saw Everything | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2018 | The Cost of Living | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | The Cost of Living | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | The Cost of Living | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2018 | The Cost of Living | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2018 | The Cost of Living | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Hot Milk | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Hot Milk | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Hot Milk | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Hot Milk | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Hot Milk | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Hot Milk | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Hot Milk | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2012 | Swimming Home | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Swimming Home | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Swimming Home | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Swimming Home | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |