| 2025 | The Shattering Peace | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2025 | When the Moon Hits Your Eye | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2025 | When the Moon Hits Your Eye | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | The Shattering Peace | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · SF/Fantasy | |
| 2024 | Starter Villain | Alex Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Adult Books for Teens | |
| 2024 | Starter Villain | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel | |
| 2024 | Starter Villain | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · SF Novel | |
| 2023 | The Kaiju Preservation Society | Alex Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Adult Books for Teens | |
| 2023 | The Kaiju Preservation Society | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · SF Novel | |
| 2023 | The Kaiju Preservation Society | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel | |
| 2023 | Starter Villain | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2023 | Starter Villain | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2023 | Starter Villain | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2023 | Starter Villain | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi | |
| 2022 | The Kaiju Preservation Society | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Kaiju Preservation Society | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Genre Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Kaiju Preservation Society | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Science fiction | |
| 2021 | The Last Emperox | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · SF Novel | |
| 2020 | The Last Emperox | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2020 | The Last Emperox | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | The Collapsing Empire | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · SF Novel | |
| 2018 | The Collapsing Empire | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel | |
| 2018 | Head On | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2018 | The Consuming Fire | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2017 | The Collapsing Empire | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2016 | Lock In | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Lock In | Alex Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Adult Books for Teens | |
| 2015 | Lock In | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best Science Fiction Novel | |
| 2015 | Lock In | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · SF Novel | |
| 2015 | The End of All Things | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2014 | Lock In | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2014 | Lock in | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: Best Adult Books for Teens | |
| 2014 | Lock In | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2013 | Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novel | |
| 2013 | Redshirts | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · SF Novel | |
| 2013 | The Human Division | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2012 | Redshirts | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2012 | Redshirts | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Science fiction and fantasy | |
| 2011 | Fuzzy Nation | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2010 | The God Engines | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novella | |
| 2010 | Zoe's Tale | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Andre Norton | |
| 2010 | The God Engines | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novella | |
| 2009 | Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Related Work | |
| 2009 | Zoe's Tale | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel | |
| 2009 | Zoe's Tale | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Book | |
| 2008 | The Last Colony | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel | |
| 2006 | Old Man's War | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · First Novel | |
| 2006 | Old Man's War | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel | |