| 2022 | I Came All This Way to Meet You | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2022 | I Came All This Way to Meet You | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2019 | All This Could Be Yours | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | All This Could Be Yours | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | All This Could Be Yours | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | All This Could Be Yours | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Pop Fiction | |
| 2017 | All Grown Up | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | All Grown Up | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | All Grown Up | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Saint Maizie | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2012 | The Middlesteins: A Novel | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2012 | The Middlesteins | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |