| 2024 | Orbital | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Orbital | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Political Fiction | |
| 2024 | Orbital | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2024 | Orbital | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2024 | Orbital | Barack Obama's Favorite Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Favorite Books | |
| 2024 | Orbital | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Orbital | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Orbital | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | Orbital | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Fiction | |
| 2023 | Orbital | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2023 | Orbital | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2023 | Orbital | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | The Western Wind | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2020 | The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Audiobooks | |
| 2020 | The Shapeless Unease | Vulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | The Western Wind | Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Historical Fiction | |
| 2018 | The Western Wind | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Dear Thief | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2014 | Dear Thief | James Tait Black Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2009 | The Wilderness | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2009 | The Wilderness | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |