| 2024 | The Repeat Room | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2019 | Census | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Divers’ Game | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Census | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Census | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | Census | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2018 | Census | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | How to Set a Fire and Why | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books for Young Adults: Fiction | |
| 2015 | A Cure for Suicide | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2014 | Silence Once Begun | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |