| 2014 | Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Current Interest | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Non-Fiction | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 10 Best Books | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Health & Medicine | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: More Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal: Medicine And What Matters In The End | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Psychology | |
| 2014 | Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Science and technology | |
| 2007 | Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |
| 2006 | The Best American Science Writing 2006 | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |