| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Autobiography | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | Writers' Trust of Canada Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | A Truce that is not Peace | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Essential Reads | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Biography & Memoir | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | A Truce That Is Not Peace | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | Fight Night | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Fight Night | Writers' Trust of Canada Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Fight Night | Scotiabank Giller Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Fight Night: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2021 | Fight Night | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Fight Night | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Women Talking | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Women Talking | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Women Talking | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Women Talking | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Women Talking | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2019 | Women Talking | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2019 | Women Talking | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Pop Fiction | |
| 2018 | Women Talking | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Women Talking | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | All My Puny Sorrows | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | All My Puny Sorrows | Wellcome Book Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book Prize | |
| 2015 | All My Puny Sorrows | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2015 | All My Puny Sorrows | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2014 | All My Puny Sorrows | Writers' Trust of Canada Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2014 | All My Puny Sorrows | Scotiabank Giller Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2014 | All My Puny Sorrows | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | All My Puny Sorrows | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | All My Puny Sorrows | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | All My Puny Sorrows | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2011 | Irma Voth | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2009 | The Flying Troutmans | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Flying Troutmans | Writers' Trust of Canada Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Flying Troutmans | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Flying Troutmans | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Flying Troutmans | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2006 | A Complicated Kindness | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |