| 2025 | My Friends | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2024 | My Friends | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2024 | My Friends | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Political Fiction | |
| 2024 | My Friends | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2024 | My Friends | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2024 | My Friends | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 10 Best Books | |
| 2024 | My Friends | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2024 | My Friends | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2024 | My Friends | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2024 | My Friends | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Essential Reads | |
| 2024 | My Friends | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | My Friends | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | My Friends | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | My Friends: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2024 | My Friends | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2019 | A Month in Siena | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Culture | |
| 2019 | A Month in Siena | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Literary non-fiction | |
| 2019 | A Month in Siena | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | The Return | Barack Obama's Favorite Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Favorite Books | |
| 2018 | The Return | Barack Obama's Favorite Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Reading | |
| 2017 | The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between | Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Biography or Autobiography | |
| 2017 | The Return | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Literature | |
| 2017 | The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · PEN/Jean Stein Book Award | |
| 2017 | The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Book | |
| 2016 | The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Autobiography | |
| 2016 | The Return | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Biography | |
| 2016 | The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-Fiction | |
| 2016 | The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 10 Best Books | |
| 2016 | The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | The Return | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | The Return | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | The Return | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2016 | The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2016 | The Return: Fathers, Sons And The Land In Between | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | The Return | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2016 | The Return | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | The Return | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | Anatomy of a Disappearance | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2008 | In the Country of Men | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2007 | In The Country of Men | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2007 | In the Country of Men | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2007 | In the Country of Men | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2006 | In the Country of Men | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |