| 2022 | Less Is Lost | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2022 | Less Is Lost | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Less Is Lost | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | Less is Lost | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Less Is Lost | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2018 | Less | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Less | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Gay Fiction | |
| 2018 | Less | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Less | The Atlantic Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Less | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Less | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2017 | Less | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 10 Best Books | |
| 2017 | Less | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2013 | The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2010 | The Story of a Marriage | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Story of a Marriage | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Story of a Marriage | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |
| 2006 | The Confessions of Max Tivoli | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |