| 2025 | The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Social Sciences | |
| 2020 | The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons From World War To Cold War | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | The Last Million | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy | Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography or Autobiography | |
| 2013 | The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Mark Lynton History Prize | |
| 2013 | The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography | |
| 2012 | The Patriarch | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | The Patriarch | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | The Patriarch | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2007 | Andrew Carnegie | Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography or Autobiography | |
| 2006 | Andrew Carnegie | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2006 | Andrew Carnegie | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2006 | Andrew Carnegie | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |