| 2020 | Surviving Autocracy | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 10 Best Books | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: History | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia | Paste Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Where the Jews Aren’t: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · History | |
| 2015 | The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2015 | The Brothers | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Words Will Break Cement: The Passion Of Pussy Riot | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2013 | The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin | Pushkin House Book Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-fiction | |
| 2012 | The Man Without a Face | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Non-Fiction | |
| 2009 | Blood Matters: From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize | |
| 2008 | Blood Matters | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |