| 2025 | Seeking Shelter | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2020 | Show Them You’re Good: A Portrait of Boys in the City of Angels the Year Before College | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Social Sciences | |
| 2015 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace | Dayton Literary Peace Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography | |
| 2015 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Current Interest | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · History & Biography | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books for Young Adults: Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Biography | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: More Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Short And Tragic Life Of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark For The Ivy League | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace | Entertainment Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2008 | The Tourists | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Bisexual | |