| 2024 | Keeping the Faith | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2024 | Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted A Nation | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | The Impeachers: The Trial Of Andrew Johnson And The Dream Of A Just Nation | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | The Impeachers | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | Ecstatic Nation | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2013 | Ecstatic Nation | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | Ecstatic Nation | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2008 | White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography | |
| 2008 | White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Arts & Literature | |
| 2008 | White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2008 | White Heat | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2008 | White Heat | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |