| 2025 | Moderation | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2025 | Moderation | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | Moderation | The Atlantic Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2025 | Moderation | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2025 | Moderation | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | Moderation | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2022 | How to Read Now: Essays | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | How to Read Now | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | America Is Not the Heart | Aspen Words Literary Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | America is Not the Heart | The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · First Novel | |
| 2018 | America Is Not the Heart | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | America Is Not The Heart: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | America Is Not the Heart | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2018 | America Is not the Heart | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2018 | America Is Not the Heart | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Pop Fiction | |