| 2022 | The Furrows | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | The Furrows: An Elegy : A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | Vulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | Barack Obama's Favorite Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Favorite Books | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Furrows | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2020 | The Old Drift | Arthur C. Clarke Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novel | |
| 2020 | Stranger Faces | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Criticism | |
| 2020 | Stranger Faces | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | The Old Drift | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Old Drift: A Novel | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Old Drift | The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · First Novel | |
| 2019 | The Old Drift | The Atlantic Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | The Old Drift: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | The Old Drift: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | The Old Drift | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Old Drift | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Old Drift | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |