| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | Read with Jenna source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Book Club Selection | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Dream Hotel: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Our Favorite Books | |
| 2021 | Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | The Other Americans | Aspen Words Literary Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Conditional Citizens | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Memoir & Autobiography | |
| 2020 | Conditional Citizens | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2020 | Conditional Citizens: On Belonging In America | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Conditional Citizens | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Memoirs | |
| 2020 | Conditional Citizens | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | The Other Americans | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Other Americans | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Other Americans | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | The Other Americans | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | The Other Americans | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2019 | The Other Americans: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | The Other Americans | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Other Americans | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Other Americans | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2016 | The Moor’s Account | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Moor's Account | American Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Book | |
| 2015 | The Moor’s Account | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Moor's Account | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Moor's Account | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Moor’s Account | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Moor's Account: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | The Moor's Account | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Moor's Account | The Wall Street Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Moor’s Account | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2010 | Secret Son | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |