| 2024 | Killing Time | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Audio books | |
| 2018 | Keeping On Keeping On | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Gay Memoir/Biography | |
| 2017 | Keeping On Keeping On | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2011 | Smut: Two Unseemly Stories | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2009 | The Uncommon Reader | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2007 | Untold Stories | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Gay Memoir/Biography | |
| 2007 | The Uncommon Reader | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2007 | The Uncommon Reader | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2006 | Untold Stories | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-Fiction | |
| 2006 | Untold Stories | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult | |
| 2006 | Untold Stories | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |