| 2025 | Dead and Alive | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2025 | Dead and Alive | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Essential Reads | |
| 2025 | Dead and Alive | Barack Obama's Favorite Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Favorite Books | |
| 2025 | Dead and Alive: Essays | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | Dead and Alive | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2025 | Dead and Alive | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | The Fraud | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2024 | The Fraud | Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Historical Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Waterstones Book of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book of the Year | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Time Out Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Essential Reads | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Literary Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Fraud | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Our Favorite Books | |
| 2020 | Grand Union | The Story Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Short Story Collection | |
| 2020 | Grand Union | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2020 | Grand Union | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Intimations | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2020 | Intimations: Six Essays | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Intimations: Six Essays | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2020 | Intimations: Six Essays | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Feel Free | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay | |
| 2019 | Grand Union | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2019 | Grand Union | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Grand Union | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Grand Union | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2018 | Feel Free: Essays | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Criticism | |
| 2018 | Swing Time | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Feel Free | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Feel Free: Essays | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Feel Free: Essays | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Feel Free: Essays | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | Feel Free | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2018 | Feel Free | Barack Obama's Favorite Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Favorite Books | |
| 2018 | Feel Free | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Feel Free | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Feel Free | Paste Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Swing Time | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Swing Time | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Swing Time | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 10 Best Books | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: Top Ten | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Paste Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2016 | Swing Time | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2014 | NW | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2013 | NW | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2012 | NW | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2012 | NW | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2012 | NW | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2012 | NW | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2012 | NW | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | NW | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | NW | The Wall Street Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | NW | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | NW | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2012 | Nw | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2012 | NW | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |
| 2012 | NW | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top Ten | |
| 2010 | Changing My Mind | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult | |
| 2009 | Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | Changing My Mind | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2007 | On Beauty | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2006 | On Beauty | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |