| 2022 | Either/Or | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2022 | Either/Or | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2022 | Either/or | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Either/Or | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | Either/Or | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2022 | Either/Or | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Either/Or | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Either/Or | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2022 | Either/Or | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2018 | The Idiot | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | The Idiot | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | The Idiot | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction | |
| 2017 | The Idiot | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | The Idiot | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | The Idiot | Vulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | The Idiot | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | The Idiot | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | The Idiot | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2011 | The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay | |
| 2011 | The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Culture | |
| 2010 | The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Criticism | |
| 2010 | The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2010 | The Possessed | Vulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2010 | The Possessed | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |