| 2025 | Small Rain | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Small Rain: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2024 | Small Rain | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2024 | Small Rain: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Our Favorite Books | |
| 2021 | Cleanness | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Gay Fiction | |
| 2021 | Kink | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2020 | Cleanness | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2018 | What Belongs to You | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | What Belongs to You | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Debut Book of the Year | |
| 2017 | What Belongs to You | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | What Belongs To You | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Gay Fiction | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | James Tait Black Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · First Novel | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Debut Goodreads Author | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | Vulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | What Belongs To You: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2016 | What Belongs to You | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2012 | Mitko | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Gay Debut Fiction | |