| 2021 | Lost Children Archive | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Lost Children Archive | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Lost Children Archive | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Literature | |
| 2020 | Lost Children Archive | Dayton Literary Peace Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Lost Children Archive | Aspen Words Literary Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | The Atlantic Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Entertainment Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Barack Obama's Favorite Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Favorite Books | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2019 | Lost Children Archive | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2018 | Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions | American Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Book | |
| 2017 | Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Criticism | |
| 2017 | Tell Me How It Ends | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | Lizzie Davis |
| 2017 | The Story of My Teeth | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2017 | Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In 40 Questions | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Tell Me How It Ends | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | Lizzie Davis |
| 2016 | The Story of My Teeth | Best Translated Book Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2016 | The Story of My Teeth | National Translation Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Prose | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2015 | The Story of My Teeth | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2015 | Faces in the Crowd | Best Translated Book Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2015 | The Story of My Teeth | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2015 | The Story of My Teeth | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2015 | The Story Of My Teeth | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2015 | The Story of My Teeth | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2015 | The Story of My Teeth | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2015 | The Story of My Teeth | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2015 | The Story of My Teeth | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2014 | Faces in the Crowd | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction | Christina MacSweeney |
| 2014 | Sidewalks | Vulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |