| 2025 | The Very Heart of It | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2025 | The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983-1994 | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2023 | Up With the Sun | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2015 | Finale | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2015 | Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2013 | Watergate | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Watergate | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Watergate | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2012 | Watergate | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2009 | Yours Ever | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2008 | Fellow Travelers | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Gay Fiction | |
| 2007 | Fellow Travelers | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2007 | Fellow Travelers | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |