| 2024 | In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-to-Face With the Idea of an Afterlife | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2024 | In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face With the Idea of An Afterlife | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | Freedom | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Travel | |
| 2016 | Tribe | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | War | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Current Interest | |
| 2010 | War | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2010 | War | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | War | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | WAR | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |
| 2007 | A Death in Belmont | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Fact Crime | |
| 2006 | A Death in Belmont | CWA Daggers source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction | |