| 2025 | Helm | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2025 | Helm | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | Helm | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | Helm | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | Helm | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | Helm | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | Helm | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Historical Fiction | |
| 2025 | Helm | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2023 | Burntcoat | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Burntcoat | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Burntcoat | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2021 | Burntcoat | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Burntcoat | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Sudden Traveller | James Tait Black Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Sudden Traveller | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2019 | Sudden Traveller | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Sudden Traveller | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Madame Zero | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Wolf Border | James Tait Black Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Wolf Border | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Wolf Border | Paste Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2011 | The Beautiful Indifference | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2009 | How to Paint a Dead Man | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2009 | The Carhullan Army | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2009 | How to Paint a Dead Man | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2009 | How to Paint a Dead Man | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Carhullan Army | Arthur C. Clarke Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Novel | |
| 2007 | The Carhullan Army | Otherwise Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Otherwise Award | |