| 2025 | Automatic Noodle | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2025 | Automatic Noodle | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | Automatic Noodle | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | Automatic Noodle | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi | |
| 2025 | Automatic Noodle | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Our Favorite Books | |
| 2025 | Automatic Noodle | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · SF/Fantasy | |
| 2024 | The Terraformers | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · SF Novel | |
| 2024 | The Terraformers | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novel | |
| 2023 | The Terraformers | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · SF/Fantasy | |
| 2021 | Four Lost Cities | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · History & Biography | |
| 2021 | Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2021 | Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2020 | The Future of Another Timeline | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · SF Novel | |
| 2019 | The Future of Another Timeline | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Future of Another Timeline | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2019 | The Future Of Another Timeline | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | The Future of Another Timeline | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Science fiction and fantasy | |
| 2018 | Autonomous | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | |
| 2018 | Autonomous | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best Science Fiction Novel | |
| 2018 | Autonomous | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · First Novel | |
| 2018 | Autonomous | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novel | |
| 2017 | Autonomous: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Autonomous | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Autonomous | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · SF/Fantasy | |
| 2013 | Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Science & Technology | |