| 2024 | Hum | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2024 | Hum | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Hum | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2024 | Hum | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Hum | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Hum | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi | |
| 2019 | The Need | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Need | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Horror | |
| 2019 | The Need: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | The Need | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2019 | The Need | Entertainment Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books | |
| 2019 | The Need | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | The Need | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Need | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Need | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Need | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2019 | The Need | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2015 | Beautiful Bureaucrat | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Beautiful Bureaucrat | The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · First Novel | |
| 2015 | The Beautiful Bureaucrat | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Beautiful Bureaucrat | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |