| 2023 | Young Mungo | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction Book of the Year | |
| 2023 | Young Mungo | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Historical Fiction | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 10 Best Books | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | Time Out Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Young Mungo | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Literary Fiction | |
| 2021 | Shuggie Bain | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Debut Book of the Year | |
| 2021 | Shuggie Bain | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Overall Book of the Year | |
| 2021 | Shuggie Bain | Dayton Literary Peace Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Shuggie Bain | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Gay Fiction | |
| 2021 | Shuggie Bain: A Novel | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel | |
| 2021 | Shuggie Bain | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Shuggie Bain | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Literature | |
| 2021 | Shuggie Bain | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Political Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · John Leonard Prize | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · First Novel | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Debut Novel | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Historical Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain: A Novel | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: Top 20 | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2020 | Shuggie Bain | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |