| 2023 | The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2023 | The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2023 | The Quickening | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and Memoir or Autobiography source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · General Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nature | |
| 2018 | Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Science & Technology | |