| 2024 | Alphabetical Diaries | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Alphabetical Diaries | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2024 | Alphabetical Diaries | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Biography & Memoir | |
| 2023 | Pure Colour | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2022 | Pure Colour | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Pure Colour | Scotiabank Giller Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Pure Colour | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2022 | Pure Colour | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Pure Colour | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2018 | Motherhood | Scotiabank Giller Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Motherhood | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Motherhood | Vulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Motherhood: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | Motherhood | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Motherhood | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | Women in Clothes | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fashion & Style | |
| 2014 | Women in Clothes | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2013 | How Should a Person Be? | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2012 | How Should a Person Be? | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |