| 2025 | Cahokia Jazz | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Cahokia Jazz | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Cahokia Jazz | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2024 | Cahokia Jazz | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2024 | Cahokia Jazz | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Cahokia Jazz: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Mystery & Thriller | |
| 2024 | Cahokia Jazz | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2024 | Cahokia Jazz: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Our Favorite Books | |
| 2023 | Cahokia Jazz | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Light Perpetual | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Light Perpetual | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2021 | Light Perpetual: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2021 | Light Perpetual | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Light Perpetual | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Light Perpetual | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2018 | Golden Hill | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill | Desmond Elliott Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Debut Book of the Year | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill | Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Historical Fiction | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill: A Novel Of Old New York | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Historical Fiction | |
| 2017 | Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2016 | Golden Hill | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · First Novel | |
| 2016 | Golden Hill | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Golden Hill | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Golden Hill | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Red Plenty | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | Red Plenty | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Book | |
| 2010 | Red Plenty | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Non-Fiction | |
| 2010 | Red Plenty: Industry! Progress! Abundance! Inside the Fifties' Soviet Dream | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2007 | The Ends of the Earth | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Travel | |