| 2024 | The Library of Broken Worlds | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Book | |
| 2023 | The Library of Broken Worlds | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2022 | Reconstruction | Ignyte Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Anthology/Collected Works | |
| 2022 | Reconstruction: Stories | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Trouble the Saints | World Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novel | |
| 2020 | Trouble The Saints: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Trouble the Saints | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Love Is the Drug | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Andre Norton | |
| 2014 | The Summer Prince | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Children’s/Young Adult | |
| 2014 | The Summer Prince | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Book | |
| 2014 | The Summer Prince | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Andre Norton | |
| 2014 | Love Is the Drug | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2013 | The Summer Prince | Otherwise Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Otherwise Award | |
| 2013 | The Summer Prince | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2013 | The Summer Prince | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2013 | The Summer Prince | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2013 | The Summer Prince | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |