| 2024 | Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Circle of Hope | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2024 | Circle of Hope: A Reckoning With Love, Power, and Justice in An American Church | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Circle of Hope | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Circle of Hope: A Reckoning With Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Religion | |
| 2019 | Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and Memoir or Autobiography source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · General Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | Amity and Prosperity | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Science & Technology | |
| 2018 | Amity and Prosperity | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · PEN Award for Poetry in Translation | |
| 2015 | I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan | Best Translated Book Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Poetry | Eliza Griswold |
| 2014 | I Am the Beggar of the World | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Poetry | |
| 2011 | The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize | |
| 2010 | The Tenth Parallel | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Religion | |