| 2023 | Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2023 | Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | Dayton Literary Peace Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2023 | Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Transgender Fiction | |
| 2022 | Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Fiction | |
| 2022 | Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2022 | Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2017 | Delicious Foods | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Delicious Foods | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Delicious Foods | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Delicious Foods | Dayton Literary Peace Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Delicious Foods | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Delicious Foods | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Delicious Foods | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2015 | Delicious Foods: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: Top Ten | |
| 2015 | Delicious Foods: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2015 | Delicious Foods | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Delicious Foods | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Delicious Foods | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2015 | Delicious Foods | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2015 | Delicious Foods | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2010 | God Says No | Stonewall Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Literature | |
| 2010 | God Says No | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Gay Debut Fiction | |