| 2025 | The Scammer | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Young Adult Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Scammer | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2025 | Blood in the Water | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2025 | The Scammer | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2025 | Blood in the Water | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | The Scammer | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2022 | White Smoke | Ignyte Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel - Young Adult | |
| 2022 | The Weight of Blood | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Young Adult Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Weight of Blood | Bram Stoker Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Young Adult Novel | |
| 2022 | The Weight of Blood | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2022 | The Weight of Blood | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Weight of Blood | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | The Weight of Blood | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2022 | The Weight of Blood | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2022 | The Weight of Blood | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2021 | Blackout | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2021 | The Awakening of Malcolm X | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2021 | White Smoke | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2021 | Blackout | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2021 | White Smoke | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2020 | Grown | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Young Adult Fiction | |
| 2020 | Grown | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2019 | Monday's Not Coming | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · John Steptoe New Talent | |
| 2019 | Let Me Hear a Rhyme | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2019 | Let Me Hear a Rhyme | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2018 | Monday’s Not Coming | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2017 | Allegedly | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2017 | Allegedly: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2017 | Allegedly | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2017 | Allegedly | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |