| 2025 | Scanty Plot of Ground | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2024 | Joy in Service on Rue Tagore | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2021 | Howdie-Skelp | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2021 | Howdie-Skelp | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2020 | Frolic and Detour | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Literature | |
| 2019 | Frolic and Detour | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2019 | Frolic and Detour | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2016 | Selected Poems, 1968-2014 | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | Rising to the Rising | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2015 | One Thousand Things Worth Knowing | Forward Prizes for Poetry source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Collection | |
| 2015 | One Thousand Things Worth Knowing | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2015 | One Thousand Things Worth Knowing | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2012 | Songs and Sonnets | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2010 | Maggot | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2006 | Horse Latitudes | T. S. Eliot Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Poetry | |
| 2006 | Horse Latitudes | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2006 | Horse Latitudes: Poems | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |